In 1897, Lord Byron Green of Fleetville, PA began publishing his memoirs of the Civil War in a Scranton newspaper.

The 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry received its baptism by fire at the Battle of South Mountain in September 1862.

On the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee, the troopers of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry experienced a memorable Christmas holiday.

On Christmas Day 1860, the Philadelphia Inquirer took a swipe at South Carolina's secession with a holiday op-ed.