Civil War 150th – 1863 Invasion in the Cumberland Valley

was remembered at the Cumberland County Historical Society
last evening with a presentation by Pvt. Patrick Farrell, portrayed by
Carlisle attorney Hubert Gilroy. Patrick told of the Irish families
in the

Cumberland Valley and the grand contributions the Irish soldiers
made for the cause. He also described his friendship with the Faller
family on North Hanover Street and the War skirmishes fought alongside two
of the Faller brothers, John and Leo. Mary, portraying great great
grandmother, Maria Faller, read a poignant letter that John wrote home
from Antietam telling of Leo’s death – September 17, 1862.

An illustrated letter by Leo.

The letters
are reproduced in a book titled Dear Folks at Home which includes Johns account of imprisonment in Andersonville.