The 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Elias and Israel Britton--whether brothers or cousins, I am not quite certain--volunteered their services to the Union during the summer o...

The 50th PA Monument at Antietam * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Lizzy Bianchi is a student at Honesdale High School in no...

Lieutenant Joseph Edwards (Pictured here as Sergeant) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Today, a quick look at the l...

Please join me in welcoming to the Civil War blogosphere a dedicated young student of the great American conflagration, Dan Vermilya , who h...

I was very pleased last night when I discovered that the story of the First Defenders made its way into two excellent pieces that appeared y...

First Defenders' Monument, Reading, Pennsylvania * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I could not let today pass without a brief men...