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Stone-throwing and gunfire: A riot at a political meeting in Northeastern Pennsylvania in 1860

Posted on September 5, 2020September 3, 2020 by Jake Wynn

In the late summer and autumn of 1860, the looming election sparked heated political rhetoric, marches in support of political causes, and whispered talk of a coming civil war. These feelings manifest themselves in a violent skirmish between Republicans and Democrats on the streets of a Wayne County community on September 28, 1860. The fight in Hawley, which started … Continue reading Stone-throwing and gunfire: A riot at a political meeting in Northeastern Pennsylvania in 1860

Posted in Politics, Wayne CountyTagged 1860, Abraham Lincoln, Coal Region, Delaware and Hudson Canal, Democratic Party, Election, Election of 1860, Hawley, Honesdale, NEPA, Newspaper, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Politics, Republican Party, Riot, Stephen Douglas, Wayne County, Wide Awake1 Comment

A racist conspiracy theory found root in Schuylkill County in 1862

Posted on March 10, 2020March 9, 2020 by Jake Wynn

Some white residents of Schuylkill County believed former slaves were going replace them in the coal mines during the Civil War.

Posted in Civil War, Schuylkill CountyTagged 1862, Abraham Lincoln, African American, Antietam, Civil War, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Conspiracy, Emancipation Proclamation, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Pottsville Standard, Race, Schuylkill County1 Comment

A remembrance of a boyhood in Schuylkill County during the Civil War

Posted on November 9, 2019November 20, 2019 by Jake Wynn

A memoir from the 1930s describes the hard life of a breaker boy in Civil War-era Schuylkill County.

Posted in Civil War, Schuylkill CountyTagged Abraham Lincoln, anthracite, Autobiography, Breaker Boys, Civil War, Coal Mining, Coal Region, East Norwegian Township, Memoir, New Castle Township, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County1 Comment

A Pottsville editor’s letter to Abraham Lincoln in support of the Emancipation Proclamation

Posted on May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Editor Benjamin Bannan vehemently supported the end of slavery in the summer of 1862.

Posted in Civil War, NewspapersTagged 1862, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Bannan, Civil War, Coal Region, Emancipation Proclamation, Letter, Miners Journal, Pennsylvania, Politics, Pottsville, Primary Source, Schuylkill County, Slavery1 Comment

Violent assault on miners in Schuylkill County in 1865 linked to Lincoln assassination

Posted on April 20, 2019April 14, 2020 by Jake Wynn

Three miners in Lorberry were assaulted in a bar after expressing sorrow at Lincoln's assassination.

Posted in Civil War, Schuylkill CountyTagged 1865, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Coal Region, Lincoln Assassination, Lorberry, Miners Journal, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Violence1 Comment

“Wide Awake” in Tremont – Campaigning for Lincoln in the Coal Region in 1860

Posted on April 18, 2019August 28, 2019 by Jake Wynn

In the autumn of 1860, the Wide Awakes swept over Schuylkill County.

Posted in Politics, TremontTagged 1860, Abraham Lincoln, Coal Region, Election, Election of 1860, Pennsylvania, Politics, Republican Party, Schuylkill County, Tremont, Wide Awake1 Comment

Podcast – Discussing the 1862 uprising in Schuylkill County

Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 by Jake Wynn

We sat down with public historian John Heckman to discuss the 1862 miners' revolt in Schuylkill County.

Posted in Civil War, ReflectionTagged Abraham Lincoln, Cass Township, Civil War, Coal Region, Irish, Molly Maguires, Pennsylvania, Podcast, Pottsville, Reflection, Schuylkill CountyLeave a comment

“A Copperhead outrage” – An attack on a pro-Union newspaper in Schuylkill County during the Civil War

Posted on July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 by Jake Wynn

In June 1864, the offices of the Anthracite Journal in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania were ransacked by an angry mob.

Posted in Civil War, Schuylkill CountyTagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Coal Region, Copperhead, Labor, Newspapers, Pennsylvania, Politics, Schuylkill County, TamaquaLeave a comment

The dramatic aftermath of the Lincoln assassination in Schuylkill County

Posted on April 12, 2018April 18, 2019 by Jake Wynn

In Pennsylvania's anthracite coal field, reactions to the dramatic events of April 1865 were shockingly mixed.

Posted in Civil War, Schuylkill CountyTagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Coal Region, Lincoln Assassination, Newspapers, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Schuylkill County4 Comments

“This seems like madness” – An editorial from the aftermath of the 1860 election hits close to home

Posted on April 3, 2018April 11, 2018 by Jake Wynn

"We are quarreling with our own prosperity, and about to fly from imaginary evils to greater evils, the extent of which cannot be imagined."

Posted in Civil War, ReflectionTagged 1860, 2016, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Democrat, Election, Pennsylvania, Reflection, RepublicanLeave a comment

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