Teenager John H. Shearer bravely protected the vital telegraph instrument at Hanover Junction when the Rebels attacked during the Gettysburg Campaign.
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Columbia officials arrested a York man for carelessness for leaving two wagons of gunpowder where some boys could steal some for their amusement.
Mistaken indentity brought about by prolonged nervousness among local residents provoked gunfire at the Brogue during the Gettysburg Campaign.
A doctor at York’s army hospital lost his job because of corruption. Also, a pair of civilians were imprisoned for harboring deserters from the hospital.
From 1863 through the early part of Reconstruction, a factory in York PA was one of the leading producers of Borden brand condensed milk in the country.
Jacob and Anna Maria (Anstine) Miller were residents of Red Lion during the Civil War. Unfortunately, she passed away in July 1863, leaving seven children.
An identified CDV of York Civil War-era resident Virginia E. Codwise has recently come into the possession of Cannonball blogger Scott MIngus.
York County normally voted Democratic in presidential elections throughout the 19th century. 1864 was no exception, when President Abraham Lincoln garnered less than 45% of the vote.
When a Marylander tried to sell a horse to a York dealer, the merchant became suspicious and set into motion a plan to apprehend the suspected horse thief.
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.