Here are ten misconceptions about York County, PA, during the Civil War. Author and lecturer Scott Mingus answers readers’ questions.
Hanover Archives
West Manheim Twp. residents hid their horses in Horse Thief Lane during the Civil War to protect them from Jeb Stuart. Richard Resh has located the site.
A temporary field hospital established after the Battle of Hanover reportedly closed after some townspeople grew weary of supporting the patients.
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.
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.
The Hanover Branch Railroad provided freight and passenger service connecting Gettysburg and Littlestown to the Northern Central Railway at Hanover Junction.
When the Rebels rode into Hanover, PA, during the Gettysburg Campaign, a local jeweler desperately tried to escape with much of his store inventory.
On July 1, 1863, a group of Confederate soldiers visited this barn that once stood
Jacob Wirt was a prominent 19th-century businessman and civic leader in Hanover, Pennsylvania. He owned
In 1885, a McSherrystown, PA, newspaper editor deemed William Arter (as he misspelled Otter) as