"Dear Ma" reveals the letters of a Civil War soldier from Schuylkill County.
Coal Region Books – Lieutenant Curtis Pollock’s “Dear Ma” letters from the Civil War
“With great sorrow I address you” – A heartbreaking letter to the father of a fallen Civil War soldier
Private Anthony Wade died in an accidental shooting near Cold Harbor, Virginia in June 1864.
“The war feeling” – Amid chaos of September 1862, Schuylkill County prepared itself for war
When a Confederate army threatened Pennsylvania in September 1862, the citizens of Pottsville jumped into action. They also felt the harsh hand of war.
