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“Played Out” – Corporal Henry Keiser and Disease in the Seven Days’ Battles

Posted on July 27, 2017March 27, 2026 by Jake Wynn

Keiser was fighting a potentially deadly illness and evading capture by advancing Confederate soldiers.

Posted in 96th Pennsylvania, Civil WarTagged 96th Pennsylvania, Civil War, Disease, Featured, Henry Keiser, Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days2 Comments

A Pottsville doctor reports on the 96th Pennsylvania at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill | June 1862

Posted on June 29, 2017April 13, 2026 by Jake Wynn

A Pottsville physician travels to the Peninsula to report on the experiences of the 96th Pennsylvania at Gaines' Mill.

Posted in 96th Pennsylvania, Civil WarTagged 96th Pennsylvania, American Civil War, Civil War, Coal Region, Featured, Gaines' Mill, John T. Boyle, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Seven Days, VirginiaLeave a comment

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