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The Gazette: Episode 1 – The War Begins

Posted on April 22, 2021April 21, 2021 by Jake Wynn

Pittston responds to the astonishing news that Southern militia forces fired upon a Federal garrison in April 1861. The Civil War had begun.

Posted in Pittston, The GazetteTagged 1861, 19th Century, Abraham Lincoln, Advertisement, American Civil War, Andrew Curtin, April, Charleston, Civil War, Dry Goods, Fort Sumter, Kingston Coal Company, Militia, Mine subsidence, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Pittston Gazette, Podcast, South Carolina, Susquehanna River, Telegraph, The Gazette, Wyoming, Wyoming ValleyLeave a comment

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