In prior posts on the actions of Laura Keene immediately after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the story of her rushing up to the State Box with a pitcher of water and then cradling Lincoln’s head in her lap was examined. There is no contemporaneous evidence that this actually happened, but there are many who […]
A School History of the United States by Albert Bushnell Hart and published in 1918, was in widespread use in the one room school houses of the Lykens Valley area after World War I. There are subtle changes in this text from the one used in the latter part of the 19th century (see post […]
The last stop on the Lykens Valley Railroad was Millersburg, where connections could be made with the Northern Central Railroad. This was one of the busiest points in the Union during the Civil War and everything from freight to regular passenger trains to troop trains to prisoner trains traveled through this small town day and […]
A revised and expanded edition of Civil War Harrisburg: A Guide to Capital Area Sites, Incidents and Personalities has recently been published by the Camp Curtin Historical Society. The book which is edited by Lawrence E. Keener-Farley and James E. Schmick, is available directly through the web site of the Camp Curtin Historical Society and […]
The Road Show of Pennsylvania Civil War 150 stopped in Philadelphia for the Fourth of July Weekend this year and was the highlight of the festivities held at Franklin Square. The Road Show is a traveling, interactive exhibition of photographs, maps, artifacts and documents that tell the stories of Pennsylvanians who were caught up in […]
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