Cannonball

York County was a Democratic stronghold in the 1800s. After the Gettysburg Campaign, a wave of anti-Lincoln sentiment swept through the county.

In early May 1901, a small group of former officers in the Confederate army were

Tens of thousands of Union soldiers passed through York County during the Civil War, with

A couple of years ago, I wrote a series of blog posts (the “In the

This historical marker along East Canal Road in Dover, Pennsylvania, commemorates the invasion of this

George Berkheimer was just one of more than 11,000 men in York County, Pennsylvania, who

Grave of George Glatfelter, Civil War veteran buried in St. Paul’s (Wolf’s) Lutheran Church Cemetery

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

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