On April 21, 1865, the funeral train bearing the body of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln passed through York County, PA, enroute to Harrisburg.
Jefferson Archives
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.
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 our last post, 19th-century historian George R. Prowell had interviewed former Hanover shopkeeper Joseph
A couple of years ago, I wrote a series of blog posts (the “In the
David McMurtrie Gregg (shown above in this photo from the Library of Congress) commanded a
This historical marker along East Canal Road in Dover, Pennsylvania, commemorates the invasion of this
As the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War approaches in 2011, author James McClure
Gettysburg photograph courtesy of Becky and Mike Esterbank of Erie, Pa. Used by permission. Jim