Western Pennsylvania
Civil War Resources

Databases, museums, libraries, collections, monuments, forts, etc.

The Thomas Espy G.A.R. Post #153, Andrew Carnegie Free Library, Carnegie, PA. See the annotated catalogue containing missing items and items not in the original catalogue. See also data on the veterans. Read how you and your organization can help preserve a deteriorating treasure!

Civil War Collection Bibliography, materials in the library and archives of the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center.

Historic Pittsburgh is a digital collection that provides an opportunity to explore and research the history of Pittsburgh and the surrounding Western Pennsylvania area on the Internet. It is a joint project of the University of Pittsburgh and the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. When complete, it will consist of a full-text collection of more than 400 items, over 500 archival finding aids, approximately 600 land ownership maps, and access to the Historical Society's catalog. Historic Pittsburgh is a digital collection that provides an opportunity to explore and research the history of Pittsburgh and the surrounding Western Pennsylvania area on the Internet. It is a joint project of the University of Pittsburgh and the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. When complete, it will consist of a full-text collection of more than 400 items, over 500 archival finding aids, approximately 600 land ownership maps, and access to the Historical Society's catalog. As a part of the partnership with the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, the Digital Research Library is providing a Web accessible, fully searchable version of the catalog of the Library and Archives of the Historical Society.

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, 4141 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213-3547, the second largest military museum in the state, aside from Gettysburg, containing 10-12,000 artifacts, complete records for 14-15 of the 30 GAR posts in the county, and dozens of manuscript collections. The genealogical section of the library contains the personal records of over 50,000 Western Pennsylvania Civil War soldiers. The library also maintains succinct records of thousands of Grand Army of the Republic members and the base records of over 1,000,000 Civil War soldiers from the mid-Atlantic states. The library has a Civil War soldiers 1890 Census; the 1859-1865 Civil War listing of those who entered the Regular U.S. Army; and a listing of Pennsylvania Jewish soldiers who served in the Civil War.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, The Civil War.

Photo Antiquities, 531 East Ohio Street, (412) 231-7881, contains images from the finest photographers of the Civil War era.

The Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society offers a number of publications on Allegheny County, City of Pittsburgh, and Western Pennsylvania, including ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN THE WAR FOR THE SUPRESION OF THE REBELLION 1861-1865 (1924), containing alphabetical list of the 25,930 veterans who served from Allegheny County, PA, with rank, company, regiment, class of service.

Note Lawrenceville Historical Society's 2006 Lecture Series. Contact them at Lawrenceville Historical Society, P.O. Box 4015 (Arsenal Station), Pittsburgh, PA 15201-0015.

See the PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW'S The Fort Pitt foundry and proving grounds and The Allegheny Arsenal During the Civil War (dates unknown). See Allan Becer's The Allegheny Arsenal .

Pittsburgh's Civil War Fortifications:

• "In the city's defense: During the Civil War Pittsburgh pitched in to build fortifications" by Arthur B. Fox, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• "Remnants of old Civil War fort can still be seen on South Side," The Pittsburgh Press (date unknown)
• Pittsburgh's Civil War forts: City digging for history of Civil War era dirt forts" from The Pittsburgh Press (6 Apr 1992)
• Arthur Fox, Pittsburgh During the American Civil War: 1860-1866
• James Wudarczyk, Fortifying Pittsburgh in 1863 in The Bivouac Banner IV(4) Dec 2005.
• Bill McCarthy, 2-part "One month in the Summer of '63: Pittsburgh prepares for the Civil War," Pittsburgh history 81(3 and 4).

Search the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Emil Bott (1825-1908), Civil War Soldier & Artist.

State Museum of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania's Civil War Flags and Search Pennsylvania's Civil War Flag Collection.

The National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA.

The New York Times during the Civil War.

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