SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
Civil WAR ROUNDTABLE
Promoting the study, discussion, and appreciation of our county's Civil
War history
Schuylkill Haven native sets up Civil War display in Washington state
Tracing Civil War ancestor rewarding, but also challenging
Focusing on area units adds to tour of Gettysburg
Schuylkill natives bring history alive at Gettysburg
Nicholas Biddle - Forgotten Hero
John David Hoptak, author of several books and a National Park Service interpretive ranger at Antietam National Battlefield, offers a riveting account of how Nicholas Biddle became the "first man to shed blood in the Civil War." An African American living in Pottsville, Biddle was not, curiously enough, a member of a military unit nor was his wound inflicted during battle. Discover how Biddle earned a niche in American history in "A Forgotten Hero of the Civil War" Read more » (PDF, 1.2 MB).
Photo from member Deborah E. Reed
Deborah provided me with this photo of several "retired" Civil War veterans from Schuylkill County.
Col Daniel Nagle, Robert Reid, Frank R. Leib, Joseph Gould, and Daniel Donne.
Daniel Donne is her paternal G-G-Grandfather and was sergeant in the 48th PA.
The date for the photo (probably taken at a reunion) is June 16, 1914
Daniel was in his late 70’s at the time. He died in the early 1920’s and is buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Pottsville.
Campaign to replace General Nagle's on 48th Monument comes full circle
After more than two years, a campaign to replace the missing sword on a Pottsville Civil War general's monument has been completed. Read the article from Pottsville Repubican
Hamburg students featured in USATODAY for Hunley research
Twelve students at Hamburg (Pa.) Area High School are building three replicas of the submarine's lantern in the school's metal shop to resolve a mystery
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-05-11-hunleylantern11_ST_N.htm