York County PA author Scott Mingus has several of his popular local history talks available on YouTube or Vimeo. Here are links to them.
Tag: Abraham Lincoln
On April 21, 1865, the funeral train bearing the body of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln passed through York County, PA, enroute to Harrisburg.
York County’s Democratic congressman, Joseph Bailey, voted against recruiting black soldiers. He later supported President Lincoln’s war efforts.
Lincoln researcher Scott E. Rosenau will be the featured speaker at the February 19, 2020, monthly meeting of the York Civil War Round Table. 7 pm. Free!
Living historian James Hayney will portray Abraham Lincoln in a special 211th Abe birthday bash at Hanover Junction, Feb. 8, 2020 from 1:00-2:00 p.m.
York PA preacher Rev. Thomas Street gave a fiery sermon in Nov. 1863 after President Lincoln asked for a national day of thanksgiving.
York newspaperman David Small, an ardent Democrat, questioned why President Lincoln did not send his own son off to war while ordering others to do so.
York Civil War Round Table: June 19, 7 pm: Michael Jesperger will discuss the attempted theft of Abraham Lincoln’s body from its grave. YCHC, 250 E. Market St., York PA. FREE talk!
Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train passed through York County on April 21, 1863, as a cold drizzle set the tone as somber crowds lined the tracks.
Michael Wunsch will discuss “Abraham Lincoln & the National Union Party Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, June 7-8, 1864,” at the York CWRT April 17 at 7 pm