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.
Hanover Archives
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.
Local historian Ray Kinard will present a free talk on the history of the Hanover Branch Railroad at the August 15 meeting of the York Civil War Round Table.
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
Phil Laino’s Gettysburg Campaign Atlas has long been considered as one of the finest and
In 1885, a McSherrystown, PA, newspaper editor deemed William Arter (as he misspelled Otter) as
Throughout the Civil War, in towns both large and small, North and South, people gathered