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When Schuylkill County’s veterans came marching home – June 1865

Posted on April 29, 2019April 27, 2019 by Jake Wynn

In 1865, Union soldiers began their triumphant return to Schuylkill County. Their future, however, was uncertain.

Posted in Civil War, Schuylkill CountyTagged 1865, Civil War, Coal Region, Miners Journal, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Spotsylvania Court House, Veterans2 Comments

“With great sorrow I address you” – A heartbreaking letter to the father of a fallen Civil War soldier

Posted on June 7, 2018May 16, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Private Anthony Wade died in an accidental shooting near Cold Harbor, Virginia in June 1864.

Posted in Civil War, Schuylkill CountyTagged 1864, 48th Pennsylvania, Civil War, Cold Harbor, Letter, Miners Journal, Mourning, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Spotsylvania Court House2 Comments

A Civil War officer’s grisly amputation at Spotsylvania Court House on May 10, 1864

Posted on May 10, 2018March 24, 2021 by Jake Wynn

Captain Edwin L. Severn lost his right arm at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 10, 1864.

Posted in 96th Pennsylvania, Civil WarTagged 1864, 96th Pennsylvania, Amputation, Civil War, Civil War Medicine, Coal Region, D.W. Bland, Mahanoy City, Medicine, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia4 Comments

Killed at Spotsylvania Court House – The Workman brothers of Wiconisco, Pennsylvania

Posted on May 12, 2017April 30, 2019 by Jake Wynn

On May 10, 1864, Josiah and Franklin Workman were killed in combat during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.

Posted in 96th Pennsylvania, Civil WarTagged 1864, 96th Pennsylvania, Civil War, Featured, Frank Workman, Josiah Workman, Lykens, Pennsylvania, Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, Wiconisco, Williams Valley3 Comments

Henry Keiser’s Civil War Diary: May 10, 1864

Posted on May 10, 2014April 30, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Corporal Henry Keiser recorded the horrific events of May 10, 1864 in his Civil War diary.

Posted in 96th Pennsylvania, Civil WarTagged 1864, 96th Pennsylvania, Civil War, Coal Region, Dauphin County, Diary, Henry Keiser, Schuylkill County, Spotsylvania Court House, Wiconisco1 Comment

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