Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train passed through York County on April 21, 1863, as a cold drizzle set the tone as somber crowds lined the tracks.
Hanover Junction Archives
Only a handful of outdoor photographs taken during the Civil War in York County, PA, still exist. Many more may have been taken. Here are a few examples.
The Hanover Branch Railroad provided freight and passenger service connecting Gettysburg and Littlestown to the Northern Central Railway at Hanover Junction.
Rob Wynstra’s new book details the interactions between Pennsylvania residents and invading Confederate soldiers of Ewell’s Second Corps in June 1863.
Abraham Lincoln’s northbound train chugged into Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania, on the late afternoon of Wednesday,
The vast public holdings of the U. S. government include thousands of vintage photographs from
I recently posted a blog entry about a small engagement during the Gettysburg Campaign in
“Listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…” Millions
In my past two Cannonball blog posts, we learned about railroad ticket agent Joseph Leib,
Let’s go back in our minds to Saturday afternoon, June 27, 1863, in scenic southern