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"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...
Richard Condon
Jan 2, 202017 min read
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Allegheny 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...
Richard Condon
Dec 25, 20194 min read
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To the Beat of His Own Drum - The 1913 Journey of Peter Guibert
As the United States transitioned into the 20th century, the memory of its own Civil War became more and more distant with the thinning...
Richard Condon
Nov 16, 20194 min read
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