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“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

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