Well and Eager for the Fray: Volume 1

Letters from Northumberland County Soldiers to the Local Press during the Civil War, 1861-1865

In 1861, young men from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, enthusiastically answered the call to war. From towns and farmlands along the Susquehanna River to the anthracite coal fields, they flocked to the national colors, ultimately serving in more than twenty different Pennsylvania regiments. Their service collectively spanned the entire length of the Civil War.

These soldiers had a story to tel...