York County was a Democratic stronghold in the 1800s. After the Gettysburg Campaign, a wave of anti-Lincoln sentiment swept through the county.
West Manchester Township Archives
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
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
Old postcard depicting a Confederate cavalryman (from the author’s collection). York County author, historian, and
Harrisburg Evening Telegraph, June 18, 1863. Courtesy of NewsinHistory.com. It is quite possible this capture
On Monday, June 29, 1863, Col. William H. French‘s 17th Virginia Cavalry ranged throughout Dover
As Major General J.E.B. Stuart’s division of three brigades of Confederate cavalry departed Dover, Pennsylvania,
This old farm at the intersection of Baker Road and East Berlin Road in West