Guest host Rich Condon and I discuss the final episodes of Manhunt and NPR's investigation into American historical markers.
Podcast – Useless: Recapping Manhunt Episodes 5-7 and More
Podcast – The Wolves Aren’t Fleeing: Reviewing Manhunt Episodes 3-4
In this episodes, we chat about Manhunt and its portrayal of Reconstruction.
A Luzerne County newspaper’s editorial about Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia | April 1865
"The rebellion of American slavery against American freedom has just been beaten and crushed..."
CSI: Lincoln Assassination – Reviewing Manhunt Episodes 1-2
In our first podcast episode, we discuss the opening episodes of the new limited series "Manhunt."
How Pottsville commemorated the first anniversary of the Confederate army’s surrender – 1866
Parades, speeches, and way too much alcohol characterize how Schuylkill County marked the one year anniversary of the Civil War's end.
An 1865 baseball battle between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton
In October 1865, multiple baseball clubs met in the Wyoming Valley to battle for victory on a makeshift diamond.
Four Christmases – Holiday excerpts from Henry Keiser’s Civil War diary
Four diary entries from the Civil War document the evolution of holiday experiences of a soldier from Pennsylvania's Coal Region.
“Richmond has fallen! Richmond is ours!” – A victory poem from April 1865
Claude Merchant's April 1865 poem summed up the feelings in Pottsville, Pennsylvania after the Confederate capital fell to US forces.
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.
Violent assault on miners in Schuylkill County in 1865 linked to Lincoln assassination
Three miners in Lorberry were assaulted in a bar after expressing sorrow at Lincoln's assassination.
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