The Pennsylvania Reserves in the Civil War
For a number of years I have gone to the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, in Carnegie, for their “Second Saturday Civil War Series” programs, especially when a specific program had a local connection or dealt with some aspect of Gettysburg. Last weekend the subject was “To Conquer on the Soil of Our Native State or Perish!”, the slogan of a volunteer Pennsylvania Division (the Pennsylvania Reserves) in the Civil War. The speaker was Eric Mohney, an impressive young man from St. Mary’s, Pa., with a significant passion for that subject. Mr. Mohney is well known to Civil…