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A working model of the Monitor ironclad warship makes its way around a pond during the Sanitary Fair.

150 years ago today, Pittsburghers rallied to help wounded warriors

Twin cities -- Allegheny and Pittsburgh -- contributed to soldiers' relief in 1864 with a sanitary fair.

2 months ago

Upcoming events mark anniversary of Sanitary Fair.

June 14th event to mark 150th anniversary of Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair.

2 months ago

Some captive rebels took a different trip

Exactly 150 years ago, rebel prisoners, under heavy guard, were shipped from Western Penitentiary to Maryland.

4 months ago

Daniel Telep is a postal collector, and has a letter written by Confederate Lt. Van J. Sellers when he was held prisoner in Western Penitentiary in 1864.

Postal enthusiast traces history

For Sewickley businessman Daniel Telep collecting postal items has been a life-long passion.

4 months ago

Capt. William Catlin of the 32nd U.S. Colored Troops.

Two Monongahela residents want to honor first black officer in Pa. National Guard

Captain William Catlin of Monongahela was commissioned in the state's National Guard in 1871 and served until 1878.

5 months ago

Jeffrey Paul, president of Pomo Development Inc., tours the Mount Washington site on Wednesday where he hopes to build 26 single-family homes and a park marking the site of a Civil War fortification.

Project preserves Civil War remains on Mount Washington

The subdivision would create a half-acre of open space near the edge of a Mount Washington hillside.

6 months ago

Col. Thomas Foster Gallagher, a Westmoreland County native, was captured and wounded leading Pennsylvania soldiers during the Civil War.



Civil War colonel's uniform returned home to Westmoreland County

The Westmoreland County Historical Society raises funds to preserve uniforms and equipment of Civil War hero Thomas Foster Gallagher.

7 months ago

History Center's 'Dog Jack' exhibit winds down

"Pennsylvania's Civil War" show will close Jan. 5 at the Sen. John Heinz History Center.

7 months ago

Curator Michael Kraus looks at a photo of the Danner Museum with items that were from the museum laying on the table. Mr. Kraus is assembling items from the Soldiers & Sailors displays and archives that tell the story of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Book will give life to Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum's collection

"Witness to History: Gettysburg" will describe 50 items from the museum's collection linked to the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

7 months ago

Henri Lovie — “General Asboth and Staff on Horseback,” Dec. 10, 1861.

The Civil War brought to life by woodcut engravings

Woodcut engravings made from battlefield sketches chronicle much of the Civil War in publications in the North.

8 months ago

150 years later, newspaper prints a Gettysburg redress

The Patriot-News in Harrisburg apologized for its predecessors calling Abraham Lincoln's address "silly remarks."

8 months ago

Pittsburgh program to honor women's experiences in Civil War

Songs and stories at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Shadyside will explore lives of woman during the war.

9 months ago

Eyewitness 1863: Civil War draft debate heats up Washington Co.

Southern sympathizers could be a problem, including in the Burgettstown area.

10 months ago

Eyewitness 1863: Pittsburgh principal Meeds rescued by the cavalry

James B.D. Meeds went on to a fine career in finance with Dollar Bank after a short stint as prisoner of "Gray Ghost."

11 months ago

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