Amid the intense fighting on Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg, a Black man took up arms and joined US soldiers in combat.

The Scranton Civil War veteran received the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Fredericksburg, the 125th Pennsylvania experienced thick, sucking mud and lice known as "graybacks."

In the decades after the Civil War, Pennsylvania veterans sought to keep Confederate monuments and memorials off the Gettysburg battlefield.

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

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

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