John Covode represented Westmoreland County in the House of Representatives. He launched the first presidential impeachment in US history.

Rich Condon recently stopped by the grave of an African American US Navy veteran in an abandoned cemetery near Pittsburgh.

In the summer of 1863, the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry took part in raids that disrupted Confederate communication and supplies in Virginia.

More than 36,000 African American soldiers died during the Civil War, yet no national monument memorialized their sacrifice until 1998.

The 132nd Pennsylvania received its baptism by fire during the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.

In the wake of the Battle of Antietam, families of the those killed-in-action sought to bring their loved ones home for burial.

Codie Eash looks at politics in Pennsylvania during the chaos of early September 1862.

In September 1862, Confederate forces crossed the Potomac River and became a dangerous threat to Andrew Curtin's Pennsylvania.

George Washington Woodward ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Pennsylvania during the darkest year of the Civil War.

Pennsylvania's largest sports venue is named for a Civil War veteran who was wounded four times and lost a leg during his service.

In the months before his ill-fated raid on the Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, John Brown met with Frederick Douglass in Pennsylvania.

Guest contributor EJ Murphy looks at the politics surrounding black voting rights in antebellum Northeastern Pennsylvania.

In 1863, authorities began construction on a series of fortifications defending Pittsburgh from possible Confederate invasion.

A newspaper correspondent in the 46th Pennsylvania described his fight on August 9, 1862 at the Battle of Cedar Mountain.

A Jefferson County native wrote to his wife about his time as a prisoner-of-war and how he felt to finally be free.

In the days after the Battle of Antietam, a team of Pennsylvania journalists arrived on the battlefield to report on what they saw.

Contributors to PennCivilWar and colleagues gathered at Antietam National Battlefield to discuss the role played by Pennsylvanians.

The 76th Pennsylvania made numerous bloody assaults against Confederate fortifications on Morris Island in July 1863.

A confrontation between an officer and two soldiers turned bloody in the days after the Battle of Gettysburg.

An Adams County newspaper editor grappled with the meaning and consequences of the Battle of Gettysburg in the weeks after the fight.