Richard CondonFeb 108 min"Mint Julep's Escape" - A Tennessee Confederate's Northern JourneyWith the Confederate defeat at the battle of Missionary Ridge on November 5, 1863, approximately 4,000 southern troops were captured outside the Union occupi...
Richard CondonJan 217 min"The ground seemed to be sacred." - The death of Major Frank Biddle Ward The opening week of January 1863 was a stretch of dread and uncertainty for the Ward family of Allegheny City. With reports of recent fighting around Murfree...
Richard CondonDec 25, 20194 minAllegheny Arsenal's Christmas Debacle of 1860 As the citizens of Pittsburgh awoke on a cold Christmas morning in 1860, they found themselves in the midst of a foreshadowing of events to come. With South ...
