For the past 16 years, Iba’s Civil War uniform – coat and cap, saber and sash – have been under glass in a case in the Thomas Brendle Museum on North Market Street in Schaefferstown.

The uniform coat pictured here is part of the Society’s Civil War collection. It is a single-breasted navy blue Union captain’s frock coat, with sky blue piping indicating that the wearer ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms fired musket volleys and the crowd sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th US Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms fired musket volleys and the crowd sang “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” ...

The Civil War was entering its fifth year. Nothing in America’s experience in the past or since had been so brutal or costly. The toll on the nation had been enormous, and few had escaped its ...