The Irish Railroad Workers Museum in Baltimore remembers the thousands of Irish immigrants who worked and lived in the neighborhood of the B&O Railroad.
Battlefields Archives
York County, PA, bordering slave state Maryland, had many residents that expressed pro-Southern sentiments during the Civil War, including at the polls. Sometimes, that support was more blatant.
Long-time author Scott Mingus presents a PowerPoint talk on R. H. Anderson’s Division at Gettysburg, with a focus on the fighting on the second day, July 1, in the center of the Union line.
The York (PA) Civil War Round Table welcomes Dr. Charlie Fennell on Sept. 19 for his lecture on the 1st US Sharpshooters (Berdan’s Sharpshooters) at Gettysburg. The free meeting is at 7 pm at the York County History Center.
The 87th Pennsylvania, the largest regiment from Yok County during the war, first saw combat at the Second Battle of Winchester in June 1863.
The small, but impressive Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum in Winchester, Virginia, is within a two-hour drive from York, PA. Here are some photos of the collection.
The George Spangler Farm Civil War Field Hospital Programs Summer Season Opens June 8, 2018
On the cloudy morning of Monday, June 29, 1863, Confederate Colonel Isaac E. Avery awoke
This is a back view of the old furnace stack at the Joanna Furnace near
Press Release from Preservation Pennsylvania: WRIGHTSVILLE RALLY FOR HISTORY: Threatened Underground Railroad station focus of