Pennsylvania Civil War Era Newspapers Online from Penn State University Library

A valuable resource for research on Pennsylvania Civil War history are the Pennsylvania Civil War newspapers available online courtesy of the Pennsylvania State University Library.  There are newspapers available from all the major cities--Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, etc.  In addition, there are newspapers from several smaller towns and counties throughout the Commonwealth.  I have used this collection extensively, and I believe it is one of the best research tools on the internet.  I only wish that the collection included newspapers from Washington County and Fayette County.  I understand, however, that this is an ongoing project, so I hope someday to see these two counties represented in the files.  Papers available date from 1831 to the 1870s.  The site has a nice search engine, and anyone can use it with ease to search the collection.  I have included a link that leads to the collection on this blog.