Cannonball

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

Thousands of dusty Confederate cavalrymen from Virginia passed this old farm near Wellsville, Pennsylvania, on

Phaeton carriage, c. 1860 at Ellwood House, DeKalb, Illinois. The 9th Virginia accosted a York

As the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia invaded south-central Pennsylvania, there were numerous accounts of

The interior of a reproduced 19th century general store in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. During

Old postcard depicting a Confederate cavalryman (from the author’s collection). York County author, historian, and

Joseph Menges lived on this prosperous York County, PA farm during the Civil War. The

Andrew Bentz Smith was a young saddle maker from northwestern York County who answered Pennsylvania

Mount Top is a tiny hamlet tucked in northwestern York County, Pennsylvania, not far from