York CWRT Zoom: Bruce Allardice will discuss “Baseball During the Civil War,” May 19, 7 p.m., York County History Center Facebook page.
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The April 2021 Zoom meeting of the York (PA) Civil War Round Table will feature Bob Bowser discussing Lincoln conspirator Ned Spangler.
The commander of the Union forces in south-central PA reported on his investigation that York’s residents welcomed Confederate invaders.
York County PA was an important first step on the journey for freedom seekers arriving from Maryland and Virginia in the early to mid 1800s.
Co. C, 87th Pennsylvania, a group of Civil War living historians, have announced their 2021 schedule of events.
Gettysburg guides Chris Army & Rick Schroeder discuss the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg. Zoom for the York Civil War Round Table, 3/17, 7 pm.
Winchester, VA, is an excellent Civil War tourism destination, with multiple battlefields, museums, and historical sites.
In late October 1860, Republicans of York County PA held a torchlight parade in York to support Abraham Lincoln for president.
Abraham Lincoln disappointed a large crowd in York PA on Feb. 23, 1861, when assassination rumors changed his planned route to Baltimore.
Amos Griest of the Foustown area of York County PA was a conductor in the covert Underground Railroad in the 1840s and 50s