Here are ten misconceptions about York County, PA, during the Civil War. Author and lecturer Scott Mingus answers readers’ questions.
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After the Civil War, PA residents could file border claims for the damages inflicted by the Confederate or Union soldiers, including stolen horses. More than 800 York Countians filed such claims. None received a dime from the commonwealth.
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.
York County was a Democratic stronghold in the 1800s. After the Gettysburg Campaign, a wave of anti-Lincoln sentiment swept through the county.
Bullets flew hot and thick on the morning of September 17, 1862, in the fields
I recently posted a blog entry about a small engagement during the Gettysburg Campaign in
Salem Church (also called Strayer’s Church and Salem Union Church) celebrated its sesquicentennial in May
More than 4,000 people had crammed into tiny Dover, Pennsylvania, on November 23, 1907, to
Stuart’s two-day ride through York County caused calamity for the citizenry. His division’s horses were
Major General J.E.B. Stuart led more than 4,500 veteran Confederate cavalrymen through western York County