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Soldiers Aid Societies in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1861-1865

(image from the Daily Evening Express)

Note:  DEE = (Lancaster, PA) Daily Evening Express

Lancaster's Civil War Soldiers (the Union Guard and more)

• Recruiting

  • "An Explanation to Our Country Friends" - 6 November 1861, DEE (addressing a controversy)

• 1st Pennsylvania Reserves Letters from Camp Pierpont, 1861

  • From Members of Company D (one of three Lancaster County companies in the First Pennsylvania Reserves)

    • "A Letter from Camp Pierpont" October 1861, DEE

  • From Dr. Edward DeWelden Breneman, Assistant Surgeon of the First Pennsylvania Reserves and Lancaster resident

    • Published 28 October 1861, DEE

    • Published 5 November 1861, DEE

    • About the Correspondent - "Assistant Surgeon Breneman" - 5 November 1861, DEE

  • "A Daring Act"  by Capt. Aldus J. Neff - 17 October 1861, DEE

• Miscellany

  • "Snakes in Camp" - 7 November 1861, DEE

History of the Pennsylvania Reserves

Poems and Essays

• Origins and Formation

• The Goods Donated

• Activities in Lancaster

• Correspondence

Lancaster at War! The Reaction to Fort Sumter, April 1861

Lancaster Life during the Civil War Era

    Patriotism and Politics

• S. H. Zahm's Lancaster Patriotic Covers

• "The War Excitement" - 22 October 1861, DEE

• "The Language of the American Flag" - 5 November 1861, DEE

     Business and Industry

• "Post Offices in Lancaster County"  - 1861 (repeated daily), DEE

• "Lancaster County Cotton" - 22 October 1861, DEE

• "Our Cotton and Woolen Mills" - 2 November 1861, DEE

• "Lancaster Inventions" - 2 November 1861, DEE

• "New Lancaster Locomotive" - 17 October 1861, DEE

     Domestic Life

• "The Singer Sewing Machine"  - 15 April 1861, DEE

• "For the Housewife" - Dough Nuts, White Bread, and Sponge Cake - 13 December 1861, DEE

• "Christmas for the Housekeepers" - Housekeepers' Furnishing Store - 21 December 1861, DEE

• Food and Drink

  • "The Best Corn-Bread" - 24 December 1861, DEE

   

    Holidays and Entertainment

• "Hallow Eve" - 31 October 1861, DEE

• "Playing Ball on the Pavements" - 8 November 1861, DEE

• Christmas

  • "A Merry Christmas" - 24 December 1861, DEE; Parts: 1, 2

  • "Giving Presents" - 21 December 1861, DEE

  • "We Understand" - Christmas at the African Union Church - 21 December 1861, DEE

  • "Christmas for the Housekeepers" - 21 December 1861, DEE

  • "The Market" - 21 December 1861, DEE

  • Poem: "Our Christmas Morn" - 24 December 1861, DEE

• Fulton Hall

  • "Fakir of Ava" - 24 December 1861, DEE

   

    Education

• "Parents and Schools" - 5 November 1861, DEE

• "Physical Training in the Public Schools" - 21 November 1861, DEE; Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

     News Items

• "Man of Leather" - 14 November 1861, DEE

    Religion and Morals

• "Church Etiquette" - 21 December 1861, DEE

• Temperance

  • "Temperance" meeting - 24 December 1861, DEE

   

    Race

• "We Understand" - Christmas at the African Union Church - 21 December 1861, DEE

The Victorian Era

• Ballroom Dancing and Etiquette

• "Hoops, Drawers, and Health" - 11 December 1861, DEE