As a rule, Civil War soldiers were more religious than Americans ... like this one from a shopkeeper in Pennsylvania. “If brother is in any way conscious of passing events, I should like him ...

The Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home is ... history isn’t lost the recipients that we honor here today served Civil War era, so even though they were City of Erie residents, many City ...

Not long after, a young Confederate soldier—having ... had virtually no interest in the Civil War until 1987, when she toured the battle site at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. She was so moved ...

Envision the battlefield, ten miles from the Maryland border in Pennsylvania on July 1 to ... and that’s a very special thing. “The Civil War soldiers accidentally made us a country, made ...

At 29, the Scranton-born soldier succumbed to injuries received in battle. Creeping up on nearly two centuries later, the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Association of Scranton and Civil War ...

MERCER, Pa. (WKBN) — After a wind storm caused ... The top of the statue that fell over in the storm depicts Lady Victory and a Civil War soldier. Reiter said that the lady is not the Statue ...

Others show how a loved one was cherished through a photograph. This section displays objects that helped the soldier get through the atrocities of war—objects that have helped generations since in ...

April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. What is perhaps less well-known is ...

Mercer County Cemetery, the final resting place of nearly 200 Civil War veterans, hosted commemoration services for the 160th ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...