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From: "William T.Harvey" <>
Subject: Re: [PAINDIAN-L] CW & Indiana Co.
Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 21:56:30 -0500


Coleen,

Just saw a copy of my message....of course I will reimburse costs.

Bill

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> From: Coleen Chambers <>
> To:
> Subject: [PAINDIAN-L] CW & Indiana Co.
> Date: Saturday, May 02, 1998 6:27 AM
>
> >From the Blairsville Dispatch, May 1, 1998:
>
> "Indiana County takes center stage in PA on Sunday night when the PA
Cable
> Network features "The Price of Patriotism: Indiana County PA and the
Civil
> War" on its weekly "PA Book" series.
> IUP Professor W. Wayne Smith, author of the book, will explore life on
the
> home front during the War Between the States. . . . .
> "The study of Indiana County fits directly into the genre of community
> studies and Civil War history," notes Smith.
> "Though this area seems far removed from the battlefield, this study
> demonstrates that the war had a measurable impact on Indiana County
people,
> enterprises and institutions which were commonplace of the rural North."
> When President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to defend the Union
> after the fall of Ft. Sumter, hundreds of men and boys from Indiana
County
> joined regiments which would see combat on major battlefields.
> The 40th, 42nd, 55th, 67th, 78th, 105th, and 148th PA Volunteer Infantry
> Regiments all contained members from Indiana County.
> Smith's book explores how Indiana County - which saw 40 percent of
eligible
> males ages 15 - 40 serve in the Union Army - suffered additional
hardships
> during the war.
> Using family letters to and from soldiers, Smith portrays the sacrifices
> and difficulties faced by wives, mothers, sisters, brothers and other
> family members.
> His book also details how the community, and later the national
government,
> helped to soften economic burdens for widows and orphans.
> PNC is available in more than 1.9 million homes in PA.
> On Adelphis Cable in Indiana County it is carried on Channel 53."
>
> And for Bob and Mary, from the same edition:
> "Blairsville Historical Society met April 1 . . . Sympathy was expressed
> for families of Philip GOLDFARB and Tom HOLBY who recently passed away."
>
> Coleen
>
>

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