W. H. F. Payne had been an attorney from Warrenton, Virginia, before the Civil War.
Hanover Archives
In several Cannonball blog posts a few years ago, I covered in some detail the
“Listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…” Millions
In our previous post on the subject, we looked at 19-century historian George R. Prowell’s
In our last post, 19th-century historian George R. Prowell had interviewed former Hanover shopkeeper Joseph
On the morning of June 17, 1863, Joseph C. Holland, like his fellow businessmen and
The largest military battle ever fought in York County, Pennsylvania, occurred in Hanover on June
It is Saturday morning, June 27, 1863, in Hanover, southwestern York County, Pennsylvania. All is
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