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Armed Confederates in the Capital – Tennessee Veterans Visit Washington, D.C.

Guest Contributor

Jul 9, 2020

Armed Confederates in the Capital – Tennessee Veterans Visit Washington, D.C.

EJ Murphy stumbled across this story of Confederate veterans in Washington in the pages of a Scranton newspaper from 1907.

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"Ladies of York" - An Ohio soldier's letter thanking nurses at York General Hospital

Kendrick Gibbs

Jun 15, 2020

"Ladies of York" - An Ohio soldier's letter thanking nurses at York General Hospital

"This is one of the mostly lovely places that I have seen since I bid farewell to my native home, in Ohio."

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A soldier's obituary - Corporal Bently Stark of the 57th Pennsylvania

Jake Wynn

May 7, 2020

A soldier's obituary - Corporal Bently Stark of the 57th Pennsylvania

An obituary for a Pennsylvania soldier who died of disease in August 1862.

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“I saw the first meeting between Grant and Lee” – A Pennsylvania private’s Appomattox recollection

Codie Eash

Apr 12, 2020

“I saw the first meeting between Grant and Lee” – A Pennsylvania private’s Appomattox recollection

Two decades after Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, a Pennsylvania veteran sparked a fierce debate over the memory of the event.

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"The Glad Notes of Victory" - A poem for Confederate surrender in April 1865

Jake Wynn

Apr 11, 2020

"The Glad Notes of Victory" - A poem for Confederate surrender in April 1865

The Miners' Journal of Pottsville, PA published a victory poem written by a local man after Confederate surrender in April 1865.

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"Joy In Richmond" - Lancaster County's Response to the fall of the Confederate capital

Kendrick Gibbs

Apr 10, 2020

"Joy In Richmond" - Lancaster County's Response to the fall of the Confederate capital

How did the community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania react to news of Richmond's fall in 1865?

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Medal returned to its proper owner 40 years after it was lost at the Battle of Antietam

Jake Wynn

Jan 31, 2020

Medal returned to its proper owner 40 years after it was lost at the Battle of Antietam

William W. Warren lost a medal he wore around his neck after being wounded and captured at the Battle of Antietam.

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"One common calamity" - A November 1864 lament over the Civil War's devastating costs

Jake Wynn

Nov 8, 2019

"One common calamity" - A November 1864 lament over the Civil War's devastating costs

A newspaper editorial lamented the horrific costs of the Civil War in a November 1864 editorial in the Pottsville "Miners' Journal."

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A "Wildcat" in Libby Prison - Letters from Stephen Sartwell's POW Experience

Kendrick Gibbs

Jul 26, 2019

A "Wildcat" in Libby Prison - Letters from Stephen Sartwell's POW Experience

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

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"The destructiveness of war" - The Altoona Tribune's visit to the Antietam battlefield

Jake Wynn

Jul 23, 2019

"The destructiveness of war" - The Altoona Tribune's visit to the Antietam battlefield

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

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“A Terrible, and Yet Glorious Reality”: The Adams Sentinel on the Immediate Meaning of Gettysburg

Codie Eash

Jul 12, 2019

“A Terrible, and Yet Glorious Reality”: The Adams Sentinel on the Immediate Meaning of Gettysburg

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

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"A deplorable scene" - A description of Gettysburg after the battle

Jake Wynn

Jul 7, 2019

"A deplorable scene" - A description of Gettysburg after the battle

A reporter from Harrisburg's Patriot and Union newspaper described the scene at Gettysburg in the days after the 1863 battle.

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Pennsylvania in the Civil War

Exploring the history of the Keystone State in America's bloodiest conflict

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