History of the Civil War Museum
of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library
-
Captain
Thomas Espy Post No. 153,
Grand Army of the
Republic
Address for this Web Site:
History of the Civil War Museum of
the Andrew Carnegie Free Library -
Captain Thomas Espy Post Number 153, Grand Army of the Republic:
http://garespypost.tripod.com
Electronic Mail Regarding This History Web Site:
gawalsh@andrewcarnegie.cc
Address for Official Web Site of the Civil War Museum of
the Andrew Carnegie Free Library -
Captain Thomas Espy Post Number 153, Grand Army of the Republic
(co-sponsored by the
Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves Civil War Reenactment Group
and the
Andrew Carnegie Free Library):
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~jw3u/round/garroom.htm
Museum Location
Requested Donation for Museum Tour
History
of Post and Museum
Program from 25th Anniversary Celebration of the
Captain Thomas Espy Post
December 31, 1904
Photographs
of Post and Museum
Inventory of Original Museum Artifacts --
Original Inventory Booklet Published in 1911
Transcribed Inventory, with Updates
Civil War Artifacts Donations
Recently Received
Artifacts From Other American Wars
at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library
Recent Events of the
Civil War Museum
Battlefields and Broken Hearts
Living History Civil War Entertainment
NOTE: The Wednesday
evening tours,
begun in July of 1999, have
been so successful, Wednesday evening tours will
now continue throughout the year, except for holidays. Since these
tours are given by volunteer Docents, whose employment schedules may vary,
it would be advisable to telephone the Library[(412) 276-3456] on the
afternoon of the Wednesday you wish to visit, prior to that Wednesday
evening.
SPECIAL NOTE: NO CIVIL WAR MUSEUM TOURS ON THE WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE
THANKSGIVING
DAY;
this particular Wednesday, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library
closes, early, at 5:00 p.m.
January, February, March -
Every Wednesday evening: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.[18:00 to 20:00
Eastern Standard Time]
[Note: the last tour begins at 7:30 p.m.(19:30 Eastern
Standard Time)]
ALSO First Saturday of month:
12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m.[12:00 to 15:00 Eastern
Standard Time]
April -
Every Wednesday evening: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.[18:00 to 20:00
Eastern Time]
[Note: the last tour begins at 7:30 p.m.(19:30 Eastern
Time)]
May, June, July, August -
Every Wednesday evening: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.[18:00 to 20:00
Eastern Daylight Saving Time]
[Note: the last tour begins at 7:30 p.m.(19:30 Eastern
Daylight Saving Time)]
September -
Every Wednesday evening: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.[18:00 to
20:00
Eastern Daylight Saving Time]
[Note: the last tour begins at 7:30 p.m.(19:30 Eastern
Daylight Saving Time)]
ALSO Friday and Saturday after Labor Day:
12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m.[12:00 to 15:00 Eastern
Daylight Saving Time]
October -
Every Wednesday evening: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.[18:00 to 20:00
Eastern Time]
[Note: the last tour begins at 7:30 p.m.(19:30 Eastern
Time)]
November -
Every Wednesday evening: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.[18:00 to 20:00
Eastern Standard Time]
[Note: the last tour begins at 7:30 p.m.(19:30 Eastern
Standard Time)]
SPECIAL NOTE: No Civil War Museum Tours on the Wednesday evening
before Thanksgiving Day;
the Andrew Carnegie Free Library closes,
early, at 5:00 p.m.(17:00 Eastern Standard Time).
ALSO First Saturday of month:
12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m.[12:00 to 15:00 Eastern
Standard Time]
December -
Every Wednesday evening: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.[18:00 to 20:00
Eastern Standard Time]
[Note: the last tour begins at 7:30 p.m.(19:30 Eastern
Standard Time)]
ALSO First Saturday of month:
12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m.[12:00 to 15:00 Eastern
StandardTime]
Other times by appointment - contact Glenn A. Walsh:
By Telephone (412)
561-7876 or
By Electronic Mail andrcarn@alphaclp.clpgh.org.
Adults - $1.00
Children(age 12 and under) - Free of charge
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Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall
300 Beechwood Avenue
Carnegie, Pennsylvania 15106-2699
Telephone: (412) 276-3456
Telefacsimile: (412) 276-9472
Internet -
Electronic Mail: andrcarn@alphaclp.clpgh.org
Internet, World Wide Web Site: http://www.clpgh.org/ein/andrcarn
Address for this Web Site:
History of the Civil War Museum of
the Andrew Carnegie Free Library -
Captain Thomas Espy Post Number 153, Grand Army of the Republic:
http://garespypost.tripod.com
Electronic Mail Regarding This History Web Site:
gawalsh@andrewcarnegie.cc
Address for Official Web Site of the Civil War Museum of
the Andrew Carnegie Free Library -
Captain Thomas Espy Post Number 153, Grand Army of the Republic
(co-sponsored by the
Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves Civil War Reenactment Group
and the
Andrew Carnegie Free Library):
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~jw3u/round/garroom.htm
Recent Events of the Civil War Museum
"Our American Cousin" Theater
Benefit
Commemorating the 135th
Anniversary
of the Assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
The Weekend of April 14, 15, & 16, 2000(the weekend before Easter
Sunday)
Our
American Cousin,
the historic play during which
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated,
performed on the weekend of --
Friday, April 14, 2000 - 8:00 p.m.(EDST)
Saturday, April 15, 2000 - 8:00 p.m.(EDST)
Sunday, April 16, 2000 - 2:00 p.m.(EDST)
To benefit artifact restoration in the
Captain Thomas Espy Post Number
153, Grand Army of the Republic,
the Civil War Museum of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library.
Other special
Civil War events all weekend long!!!
READ MORE ABOUT IT FROM NEWSPAPER ARTICLES -
Donations of Civil War
Artifacts, Recently Received by the
Civil War Museum of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library
Artifact No. 1999-1 - 1864 Honorable Discharge of John W. McCowan
Donated by Mr. William Hertrick of Crafton, Pennsylvania, during his
visit
to the Captain Thomas Espy Post Civil War Museum on August 4,
1999.
Discharge***Enlarged View
Reverse Side of Discharge
Artifact No. 1999-2 - Harper's
Pictorial History of The Civil War
(reprint of original 1866 volume)
Reference Copy(Quarto-Oversized) in Civil War Museum collection.
Note: Additional copy for public loan in collection(Quarto-Oversized
section of Reference Room) of Andrew Carnegie
Free Library.
Artifact No. 1999-3 - The Civil
War, Volume 8 of The American heritage new illustrated history
of the United States. Created and designed by the editors of American
heritage.
Reference Copy in Civil War Museum collection.
Artifact No. 2000-1 - Three Ring Union Bullet, .58 Caliber
Found on the Battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
[originally sold for $4.75 by The Horse Soldier,
P.O. Box 184, Cashtown
PA 17310,
(717) 334-0347]
Donated by Helen Shick, Life Trustee,
Andrew Carnegie Free Library,
At the Regular Meeting of the Library Board of Trustees,
Tuesday Evening, February 29,
2000.
Artifact No. 2000-2 - Certificate from Captain Thomas Espy Post, Number
153, Grand Army of the Republic acknowledging donation of artifact to the
Espy Post, by the grandfather of Library Life Trustee Helen Shick.
Donated by Helen Shick, Life Trustee,
Andrew Carnegie Free Library,
At the Regular Meeting of the Library Board of Trustees,
Tuesday Evening, February 29, 2000.
Artifact No. 2000-3 - Abe
Lincoln of Pigeon Creek, a novel by William E. Wilson.
Reference Copy in Civil War Museum collection.
Donated by Helen Shick, Life Trustee,
Andrew Carnegie Free Library,
At the Regular Meeting of the Library Board of Trustees,
Tuesday Evening, February 29, 2000.
Artifacts From Other American
Wars
On Display at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library
Cannons from the Spanish-American War
guard the entrance to the
Andrew
Carnegie Free Library
Cannon on north
side of Library entrance. *** Cannon on south
side of Library entrance.
Black-Out Blinds Used by the Library During Air Raid Drills,
Conducted
During World War II
Donations of Civil War artifacts, books, and other materials, to the
Civil War Museum of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library(or the
donation of artifacts from
other wars to the Library), are
welcome and encouraged. For more information, regarding a donation to
the Museum, contact the
Andrew Carnegie Free Library.
Other News Regarding the Civil War Era
Note: The news reports listed in the news archives are a bibliography of selected news articles and other materials related to the topic indicated. In most cases, clicking on the active link will transfer the full-text version of the news article to your monitor. Although all of these links were good links when originally placed on the web page, as time goes on, you may find that some of these links become dead-links. This occurs as the host periodical transfers the news article from the original URL address to a different address for an archive.
In the case of many periodicals, these news articles would then be available only from a specific free-of-charge or a pay-per-view archive sponsored by that periodical [or the periodical's commercial archive service]. Hence, those articles which cannot be read from this web page could be accessed by accessing the archive of the particular newspaper or magazine of interest.
In the case of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a pay-per-view archive is used for articles written more than three years ago, back to 1990 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette articles date back to 1993; articles from The Pittsburgh Press, which suspended publication permanently in 1992, date from 1990 to 1992). Check
< http://www.newslibrary.com/nlsite/region_pgs/pa_search.htm > for this archive. HOWEVER, if you have an Electronic Information Network public library card issued by The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh or one of the suburban libraries in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania [with the possible exception of the Monroeville, Northland, or Upper Saint Clair Public Libraries], you may receive free-of-charge access to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette news archive by going to the following web page and entering your library card number: < http://infoweb.newsbank.com/cgi-bin/welcome/libcard.pl/einetwork >. More recent articles are accessible for no charge; hence the articles below, less than three years old, should have active links.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is one of the few major metropolitan daily newspapers which has a free-of-charge archive, back to 1988. Check the following Internet address for the archive page: <
http://library.triblive.com >.
Otherwise, these articles could be read from microfilm archives, for no charge, at many of the Carnegie Libraries in the Pittsburgh region.
However, there are active links to the majority of articles cited.
Other Internet Web Sites of Interest
History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie
Libraries
History of Astronomer, Educator, and
Optician John A. Brashear,
Friend of Andrew Carnegie
History of The Buhl Planetarium and
Institute of Popular Science, Pittsburgh -
America's Fifth Major Planetarium !
History of The Adler Planetarium
and Astronomy Museum, Chicago -
America's First Major Planetarium !
History of The Duquesne
Incline, Pittsburgh -
Historic Cable Car Railway Serving Commuters and Tourists since 1877 !
Other
History Links
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Andrew Carnegie Free Library,
Ninth Pennsylvania
Reserves Civil War Reenactment Group,
Henry Buhl, Jr.
Planetarium and Observatory,
The
Carnegie Science
Center, The
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Institute,
or
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
This Internet, World Wide Web Site administered by Glenn A.
Walsh.
Unless otherwise indicated, all pages in this web site are
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2000,
Glenn A. Walsh, All Rights Reserved.
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The Carnegie Library of
Pittsburgh and the Three Rivers Free-Net
for use of their digital scanner and
other computer equipment, and other
assistance provided in the production of this web site.
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