A memoir from the 1930s describes the hard life of a breaker boy in Civil War-era Schuylkill County.
A remembrance of a boyhood in Schuylkill County during the Civil War
The Archbald Draft Riot of September 1862
In September 1862, Irish immigrants living near Scranton rose up to resist efforts to enroll local men for the draft and service in the Civil War.
PennCivilWar – Check out our newest project on Pennsylvania in the Civil War
A new project aims to tell stories of Pennsylvania's role in the American Civil War.
Port Carbon’s Soldiers Monument – Dedication on July 4, 1906
Port Carbon's Civil War monument was dedicated on July 4, 1906 to much fanfare.
A Confederate proposal to invade and burn the Coal Region in the summer of 1863
The Richmond Whig told its readers that Lee had a plan to enter Pennsylvania's Coal Region during his 1863 invasion.
Coal Region mother sought help from Clara Barton after the Civil War
Private Thomas Hudson disappeared during the Civil War. His mother set out to find out what happened to her son.
A solemn tribute – Visiting Port Carbon’s Civil War memorials
In May 2019, we traveled to Port Carbon to see two Civil War monuments dedicated to local residents.
A Pottsville editor’s letter to Abraham Lincoln in support of the Emancipation Proclamation
Editor Benjamin Bannan vehemently supported the end of slavery in the summer of 1862.
Attack on the wife of a Union soldier launched brawl on streets of Pottsville in 1864
After a landlord threw out the family of a Union soldier, the women of Pottsville rose up in anger to attack him.
When Schuylkill County’s veterans came marching home – June 1865
In 1865, Union soldiers began their triumphant return to Schuylkill County. Their future, however, was uncertain.
