Primary Source Collection -Cumberland Valley Families

Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley contained all kinds of families in the Civil War era.  Many supported the Union, but not all.  A number of families regretted the war and complained about the conduct of both sides.  Some of the families themselves were even divided in their loyalties and experienced their own internal civil war.  All families in the Cumberland Valley watched the intensifying and deadly conflict with great anxiety and concern.

Carlisle Herald, June 7, 1861	John Colwell to Annie Colwell July 4, 1861	John T. Cuddy to John H. Cuddy July 7, 1861	John T. Cuddy to John H. Cuddy January 16, 1863	Carlisle Herald, May 13, 1864