where Tinen was married and where his children were baptized, originally stood on the present-day location of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 1898, the "new" St. Francis Xavier Church opened at 24th and Green Streets, where it still stands today.

is a patriotic society founded in 1862 to support President Lincoln's policies. The Union League's magnificent building, on South Broad and Sansom Streets, was the cite of a ceremony in 1999 in which the City of Philadelphia honored the 69th for its role at Gettysburg. Guests climbing a staircase to the meeting room passed the 69th's regimental colors, hanging prominently on the wall.

was opened in April 1898 to serve the city's growing immigrant population. A published article at the time said, "On April 21st, 1898, Congress declared war against Spain, and the Public Baths Association of Philadelphia declared war against uncleanliness by opening the doors of the Gaskill Street baths."

has been closed to prisoners for many years, but it is open to tourists, as it was during the 1800s, when it was considered a model penal institution. A strict silence and solitary confinement policy was imposed on prisoners. There is no evidence that Tinen ever worked at the prison.

opened in 1895, still stands, very close to Independence Hall. The Bourse was the first commodities exchange in the United States. It is now a retail and office complex, with a lovely food court in the magnificent three-story atrium in the center of the building.

located behind what is now the Philadelphia Museum of Art, was one of the earliest municipal water works in the country. Its handsome promenade and serene grounds made it a tourist attraction for visitors from around the world, as well as a favorite destination for Philadelphia's citizenry. By 1898, industrial pollution had fouled the works and the grounds were largely abandoned as a public space. But the Water Works was ultimately renovated and is now open to the public.
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existed in 1898 but are long gone, although the Bellevue was relocated across the street and now operates as the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue. The pictures are of the hotels as they were in 1898, the Stenton above and the Bellevue below.

in Elizabeth City, Virginia (now Hampton, Va.), was home to thousands of Union Civil War veterans from its opening in 1870 until it was closed in the early 20th century. The history of the national network of homes for Union veterans is a fascinating story of a pioneering effort to care for America's veterans. The site of the home in Virginia is now a large Veterans Administration hospital. More photos

related by Tinen and McAnally in the book, as well as through Ahrens' journal entries, are generally accurate depictions of the events experienced by the men of the 69th during the Civil War. Tinen's story about the Jewish Franks brothers is fiction, as is the diary entry about Tinen's role in reporting his regiment's vote in the 1864 election. (The regiment's actual vote count, though, is accurate.)

was imposed in 1898 to pay for the Spanish-American War, as described in the book. That federal excise tax was eventually repealed — in 2006.

was held in Philadelphia in August 1898, when about 100 survivors of Pickett's Division came to Philadelphia, attended a Mass and met with Union veterans in Washington Park. It is unknown whether Tinen participated in that event or the original reunion in 1887. (This picture is of the men of the 69th at that 1887 reunion.)

would be easy to navigate if a modern-day resident were to go back in time to that year. Benjamin Franklin Parkway, stretching from Logan Square to the Museum of Art, had not been built, but otherwise the street plan of the central city was pretty close to what it is today. View a Philadelphia street map from 1899.