On Labor Day 1900, the surviving members of the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment gathered in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, to remember their Civil War service and honor their fallen comrades. Newspaper headlines from the Pottsville Republican on September 3, 1900 Among the veterans who shared recollections with the Pottsville Republican was Josiah “Jesse” Wildermuth, who served in Company H of the 48th from 1861 to 1864. The Orwigsburg …
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