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.
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The Hanover Branch Railroad provided freight and passenger service connecting Gettysburg and Littlestown to the Northern Central Railway at Hanover Junction.
A York PA resident is victimized by a pickpocket while riding a railroad train south from York to Baltimore just days before the battle of Antietam.
Abraham Lincoln’s northbound train chugged into Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania, on the late afternoon of Wednesday,
The burning of Chambersburg remains controversial in south-central Pennsylvania to this day. Once known as
The vast public holdings of the U. S. government include thousands of vintage photographs from
During the Confederate occupation of York County, Pennsylvania, from June 28 – 30, 1863, Major
Shortly after the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers
Railroad travel in the 19th century at times could be risky at times. Poor track
Railroad travelers from Harrisburg or York, Pennsylvania, to Baltimore typically took the Northern Central Railway.