Pottsville, Pennsylvania in 1861: A Civil War Era Illustration

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Pottsville, Pennsylvania in 1861: A Civil War Era Illustration

This illustration of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad’s Pottsville train station looking south appeared in the 1861 travel guide Our Whole Country. This was published just as the nation began to tear itself apart and civil war began. The authors described the scene like this: “The view is taken from near the passenger station at the western terminus of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. The Clay Monument is seen on the elevation on the …