Jonathan Mifflin was from a long and broad line of Quakers who settled in the
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A Cannonball blog reader from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, has the above reverse glass painting. Only a
On a cloudy Sunday evening, June 28, 1863, more than 2,000 Confederates (including 1,800 veteran
The above image by Bradley Schmehl shows the vanguard of the 27th Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia
The February 14, 1930, issue of the Altoona (Pa.) Tribune contains a story I had
It was the bright, sunny Sunday morning of June 28, 1863. The macadamized turnpike west
Savas Beatie LLC has just published Tom Ryan’s excellent new book on Spies, Scouts, and
Sunday, June 28, 2015, marks the 152nd anniversary of the destruction of one of the
In the early 18th century as the population of the United States moved ever westward
A traveler calling himself “P.M.” visiting Baltimore in the early winter of 1850 sent back