Author: Alex Pruszenski

  • The 78th Pennsylvania: Homecoming and a Stark Absence

    Part of Series: “The Kittanning Regiments – A Portrait of Service” This post is a continuation of our series on the Kittanning regiments. Here we’ll take a look at the 78th Pennsylvania Infantry and their return home, in an attempt to uncover the meaning of their homecoming and piece together the significance of one of their…

  • Colonel Theodore Friedrich Lehmann: An Immigrant’s Choice

    Part of Series: “The Kittanning Regiments – A Portrait of Service” This post is a continuation of our series on the Kittanning regiments. Here we’ll take a look at Col. Theodore Friedrich Lehmann, commander of the 103rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, in an attempt to uncover the varied details of his life and piece together his possible motivations…

  • Camp Orr and the Road to Andersonville: The Story of the 103rd PA Volunteers

    Part of Series: “The Kittanning Regiments – A Portrait of Service” A Small Town on the Eve of War The Kittanning of 1861 would have borne some resemblance to the town it is today: a small community on the banks of the Allegheny River, surrounded by rural countryside. Going into Kittanning was a trip into…

  • Chasing History: The Plum Creek Cemetery Soldiers’ Monument

    I didn’t grow up here. But I’ve lived in Plum for 11 years now. I drive past this cemetery twice a day on my regular commute. You can see it from my kids’ elementary school. And for 11 years, I thought it would be a pretty cool place to check out sometime. Sometime. As I’m…