“Scenes of War Are Not Forgotten” The Civil War Drawings of Anthony Goldsmith

Posted by on Jan 14, 2026 in | Comments Off on “Scenes of War Are Not Forgotten” The Civil War Drawings of Anthony Goldsmith “The scenes of war have long since past and the Ex Soldiers have long since settled down to peaceful vocations of life yet the scenes of war are not forgotten,” a Civil War veteran wrote in an 1889 letter to his former comrade-in-arms Anthony Goldsmith (1839–99). “The picket[,] the Skirmish line[,] the Battles[,] the Raids and night marches are all fresh in our memories, yet there are many...
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The World War One Diary & Art of Doughboy Cpl. Harold W. Pierce, edited by William J. Welch

Posted by on Sep 8, 2025 in | Comments Off on The World War One Diary & Art of Doughboy Cpl. Harold W. Pierce, edited by William J. Welch The World War One Diary & Art of Doughboy Cpl. Harold W. Pierce Duty, Terror and Survival edited by William J. Welch Pen & Sword, 224 pp., hardcover $37.95 Cpl. Harold Pierce’s diary is a fascinating glimpse of army life in a combat division in the First World War. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Pierce joined the 28th “Keystone” Division in 1917 and served through the armistice in...
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Elizabeth Drinker and the Quaker Exile

Posted by on Mar 17, 2023 in | Comments Off on Elizabeth Drinker and the Quaker Exile In 1758, at the age of 23, Philadelphia Quaker Elizabeth Drinker began keeping a diary. In it, she recorded social calls, correspondence, the operation of her household, illnesses, births, deaths, and marriages. An avid reader, Elizabeth also recorded her thoughts on books she read. She continued her diary until the end of her life. Throughout the tumultuous years of the American Revolution,...
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Bertha Wold’s World War I Diaries

Posted by on Mar 17, 2023 in | Comments Off on Bertha Wold’s World War I Diaries The Pennsylvania State Archives holds a large collection of diaries written by Pennsylvanians from all walks of life. Two small diaries by Army nurse Bertha Wold document her experience as she traveled by train through France at the end of the First World War to transfer wounded soldiers to base hospitals. Her entries, which begin on November 5, 1918, in Toul, provide some interesting details of...
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