Community Service

Community Service: Portals to the Past

[Popp School, April 2004] Welcome to the Community Service section of the Ninth PA Web site. As a non-profit corporation, the members of the Ninth PA are committed to community service honoring the men and women who have served in the armed forces or our country with a focus on the American Civil War--a war that forged one country out of many states with a common destiny of freedom for all. Go back five generations and experience the America of your great grandparents.

The men and women of the Ninth PA will bring history alive for your school or group. See, feel and hear about the Civil War era infantrymen and their uniforms, weapons and equipment, daily routine, drill and training, medical and surgical applications, food and rations, songs and music. If you are interested in the home front, then experience what civilians and family life behind the lines was like during the Civil War. Interested in a first person impression of a famous personage of the Civil War era, like Abraham Lincoln or Mary Todd Lincoln? Then read on.

The Ninth PA provides two types of community service--Special Presentations and Living History encampments/Battle reenactments.

Living History encampments and Battle reenactments are listed on our Calendar of Events. Requests for Special Presentations may be made at any time for guest speakers and lecturers. If your Special Event request is for a field event, check our Calendar of Events to avoid a schedule conflict. A partial listing of Special Presentation topics is highlighted below.

First Person Impressions Military Topics Civilian Topics
Abraham Lincoln Artillery Etiquette
Mary Todd Lincoln Infantry Lest We Forget: An Overview of Mourning Customs 1861-1865
Rose O'Neal Greenhow Medical Destitute Weary and Careworn: The Civil War Refugee Experience
(Confederate Spy) Music The Fifth Wheel on a Cart: An Overview of the US Sanitary Commission
Jenny Lind Small Arms Womens Clothing 1861-1865

Let us serve your community or organization. Please feel free to contact the Ninth PA with the following information and a member of the Ninth will contact you shortly.

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[Meadowcroft, 6 Sept 2003] [Popp School, April 2004]

Return to the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves Home Page. For further information contact James J. White, jw3u at andrew dot cmu dot edu or write to 9th Pennsylvania Reserves, 1887 Old Ramsey Rd., Monroeville, PA 15146.
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