07/07/2023
📢 Tomorrow!!!📢
Join Ridgway native and local author Kathy Myers for a presentation/book signing of her latest book, "The Pennsylvania Wilds and the Civil War." She will have autographed copies available for sale.
Kathy specializes in writing about the history of Pennsylvania. Her newest book's description is as follows: "Battlefield heroes, abolitionists, copperheads, and more. The Pennsylvania Wilds lived up to its adventurous name during the Civil War era. The all-volunteer Bucktail regiment included local woodsmen and lumbermen dressed in red flannel and led by the enigmatic reformer Colonel Thomas L. Kane. The regiment was heralded for its ability to live off the land and forage for food, as well as its skilled marksmanship honed hunting wildlife. Brookville's Kate Scott forged her own path, courageously going to the front of the lines to work as a nurse and later writing foundational histories on the history of Jefferson County and the military unit raised there. Citizens from across the Wilds defied the Fugitive Slave Act, aiding travelers along regional Underground Railroad routes. Author Kathy Myers reveals harrowing stories of the Pennsylvania Wilds in the Civil War.”
