On a cold weekend morning in March 2026, I made a visit to the Civil War grave of Captain John Dougherty at Saint Patrick’s Cemetery #2 on the steep hillside above the Church of Saint Patrick and the Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, PA. On September 14, 1862, John Dougherty lead Company F of the 96th Pennsylvania into combat at the Battle of South Mountain near the village of Burkittsville, Maryland. Illustration of the fighting at the Battle of…
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