Pittston responds to the astonishing news that Southern militia forces fired upon a Federal garrison in April 1861. The Civil War had begun.
The Gazette: Episode 1 – The War Begins
Coal Region responses to the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter – April 1861
Patriotism took over Pennsylvania's Coal Region in the wake of the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861.
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