The Battle of Antietam: a Philadelphia soldier’s experience

...anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. The 69th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, with which Philadelphia native William C. White served, participated in this harrowing conflict. Several letters that White wrote to his parents shortly after the battle describe some his experiences. In a

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Temperance Movement

...ini, “A Celebration of Moral Force: The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of American Centennial Fountain,” Master’s Thesis (University of Pennsylvania, 2002), 47. [3] Ibid., 47. [4] Ibid., 49. [5] Gibbs, History of the Catholic, 19. [6] Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force,” 49. [7] Ibid. 50. [8] Ibid., 51. [9]

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