Several civilians from York County, PA, who had ventured into Maryland watched the battle of Antietam and then rendered aid to wounded townsmen.
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Some of Jeb Stuart’s Confederate cavalry camped on the John Mumper farm near Dillsburg PA concurrent with the 1st day of the battle of Gettysburg.
I collect photos of 19th-century, Civil War-era residents of York County, PA. My latest acquistion is this unidentified family grouping.
On April 21, 1865, the funeral train bearing the body of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln passed through York County, PA, enroute to Harrisburg.
Author David A. Welker has written a new book on the Cornfield at Antietam, one of the bloodiest tracts on the famed battlefield in Maryland.
Scott Mingus, the author of 29 Civil War and wargaming books, traces the beginnings of his career as a writer to a Christmas gift in 1962.
Here are ten misconceptions about York County, PA, during the Civil War. Author and lecturer Scott Mingus answers readers’ questions.
Two major traveling circuses came to York PA in the spring of 1865 at the close of the American Civil War. Children got in for a quarter.
Wrightsville’s schools and factories closed on Dec. 14, 1917, as the governor of Pennsylvania dedicated four Civil War cannon. “Farthest east.”
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.