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EPISODE · Jan 3, 2026 · 1H 2M

The Fishing Creek Confederacy

from The American Narrative: Histories of a Nation · host Discover America

During the summer of 1864, hundreds of Confederate sympathizers had allegedly constructed a fortress deep within the mountains of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Nearly 1,000 Union soldiers scoured the forested landscape looking for these perpetrators. However, there was no Confederate stronghold, rather a larger conspiracy that inflamed tensions along the home front. This is a story of political repression, armed draft resistance, and a murder that sent the Keystone State reeling. This is the Fishing Creek Confederacy.

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