Newly digitized photograph of Captain Jacob Haas | 96th Pennsylvania

Jacob Haas during the Civil War from the Library of Congress 96th Pennsylvania

A newly digitized Library of Congress portrait brings Captain Jacob Haas of Company G, 96th Pennsylvania into stunning focus. Taken by Pottsville photographer A.M. Allen, this Civil War image captures the resolve of a Coal Region officer. Discover Haas’s story and his regiment’s legacy in our latest post. Read the full story.

Photograph from the 1860s shows incredible detail of the Shenandoah City Colliery

Pottsville photograph A.M. Allen made a trip to northern Schuylkill County to capture an image of the Shenandoah City Colliery.