York County PA was an important first step on the journey for freedom seekers arriving from Maryland and Virginia in the early to mid 1800s.
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Co. C, 87th Pennsylvania, a group of Civil War living historians, have announced their 2021 schedule of events.
Gettysburg guides Chris Army & Rick Schroeder discuss the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg. Zoom for the York Civil War Round Table, 3/17, 7 pm.
Winchester, VA, is an excellent Civil War tourism destination, with multiple battlefields, museums, and historical sites.
In late October 1860, Republicans of York County PA held a torchlight parade in York to support Abraham Lincoln for president.
Abraham Lincoln disappointed a large crowd in York PA on Feb. 23, 1861, when assassination rumors changed his planned route to Baltimore.
Amos Griest of the Foustown area of York County PA was a conductor in the covert Underground Railroad in the 1840s and 50s
Press Release, York County Civil War Round Table: This Wednesday, February 17th at 7 p.m.,
John L. Shillito of York County and his friends used whiskey to compel an abandoned Rebel mule to take them to Gettysburg after the battle.
York County PA author Scott Mingus has several of his popular local history talks available on YouTube or Vimeo. Here are links to them.