Oct. 12—The Wilkes-Barre Record newspaper on Oct. 16, 1903, published a lengthy two-page story about eight men from Wilkes-Barre, describing their horrific experiences as war prisoners at the ...
Morris County leaders honored nine of their own during an annual Veterans Day ceremony, including a Civil War hero who survived the infamous Andersonville Prison before returning home to serve as ...
Among the prominent Civil War veterans laid to rest in the Capital Region is Union soldier Thomas O'Dea. He survived the harrowing conditions of the Confederate prison Andersonville before coming to ...