Guest blogger and licensed battlefield guide John T. Krepps presents the story of David Thompson, a Black soldier from Hanover, PA.
Tag: Cemeteries
Historians Brad & Linda Gottfried will discuss the formation of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg and Lincoln’s role. 11/16. 7 p.m., York County History Center, York PA
Quaker businessman A.B. Farquhar, who played a prominent role in the surrender of York PA during the Civil War, had Maryland roots.
Scott Mingus and Jim McClure explore some “lost” Civil War & Underground Railroad sites in historic York County, PA.
The images on the nightly news are searing and unforgettable. Long trenches being dug in
Lebanon Cemetery on N. George St. in York PA contains the graves of several black US soldiers, including Sgt. Joseph Howard, 5th Mass Colored Cavalry.
The grave of a Yorker, George B. Berry of the 10th US Cavalry “Buffalo Soldiers”, is among the sites being restored and marked in Lebanon Cemetery.
The battle of Gettysburg on July 1-3, 1863, saw both heroes and cowards, brave men
John Hufnagel of the Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society sent me the above photograph from
Several thousand men from York County, Pennsylvania, served in the Union army during the Civil