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“Richmond has fallen! Richmond is ours!” – A victory poem from April 1865

Posted on April 3, 2020April 4, 2020 by Jake Wynn

Claude Merchant's April 1865 poem summed up the feelings in Pottsville, Pennsylvania after the Confederate capital fell to US forces.

Posted in Civil War, Schuylkill CountyTagged 1865, 19th Century, Civil War, Coal Region, Miners Journal, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Richmond, Schuylkill County, VirginiaLeave a comment

A Confederate proposal to invade and burn the Coal Region in the summer of 1863

Posted on June 27, 2019June 26, 2019 by Jake Wynn

The Richmond Whig told its readers that Lee had a plan to enter Pennsylvania's Coal Region during his 1863 invasion.

Posted in Civil War, Coal RegionTagged 1863, Army, Civil War, Coal Region, Confederates, Gettysburg, Harrisburg, Luzerne County, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Richmond, Schuylkill County7 Comments

A visit to the ruins of a Yuengling brewery in Richmond, Virginia

Posted on February 16, 2019February 13, 2019 by Jake Wynn

On a recent trip to Richmond, we visited the former site of a Yuengling brewery.

Posted in Reflection, Schuylkill CountyTagged Beer, Brewery, Pottsville, Richmond, Schuylkill County, Travel, Virginia, Yuengling7 Comments

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