During the Civil War, many regiments had mascots to lift their spirits and provide a sense of companionship during the difficult and often terrifying days of battle. One such mascot was Sallie, a Staffordshire Terrier who became the beloved pet of the 11th...
THE CAPITOL GROUNDS AT HARRISBURG TURNED INTO A CAMP The following images and article appeared in the October 4, 1862 edition of Harper’s Weekly. The images show Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in late September 1862. Governor Curtain and citizens of the...
160th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Recap Over the last weekend in June and the first weekend in July, I participated in and attended numerous events related to the 160th anniversary. First, I attended and presented at the Patriots of the Civil War...
I was recently thinking about the upcoming 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and was wondering, how would some of the commanders have tweeted about the battle. I have talked about using ChatGPT before and thought I would ask it to write a series of...
#OnThisDay in 1861, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln delivered a unanimously well-received speech from the balcony of the Monongahela House during his whistle-stop trip to Washington, D.C. On February 14, Lincoln arrived at the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and...
156 YEARS AGO – On February 6, 1865, during the Union advance at Hatcher’s Run, Virginia, the canine mascot “Sallie” of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry was struck by a bullet and killed. Despite being under heavy fire, several soldiers put aside their arms...
