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.

“We gave them hell” – Company G, 96th Pennsylvania in the Battle of South Mountain

Battle of SOuth Mountain - Crampton's Gap

Soldiers from a company in the 96th Pennsylvania describe their experiences in the Battle of South Mountain in September 1862.