Letters from Everard Bierer to Eli Slifer

Letters from Everard Bierer to Eli Slifer
Date
1861-1865

Captain Everard Bierer writes a series of twelve letters to Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Andrew Curtin, regarding the assembly and movement of army troops, the transportation of said troops, and requests for promoti

Location
MC 2003.4, B1, F18
Time Period

Proclamation of a Day of Thanksgiving by Andrew Curtin

Proclamation of a Day of Thanksgiving by Andrew Curtin
Date
October 16, 1861

Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin (Class of 1837) issues this proclamation during the Civil War on October 16, 1861: "...to the People of this Commonwealth, that they set apart Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November next, As a day of

Location
I-BeachW-1986-9
Time Period