Wrightsville’s schools and factories closed on Dec. 14, 1917, as the governor of Pennsylvania dedicated four Civil War cannon. “Farthest east.”
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A Rebel soldier who fought at Gettysburg later designed and sculpted the impressive Irish Brigade Monument. William O’Donovan had a connection to York PA.
York Countian Edward Fisher of the 130th Pennsylvania described the horrors of the battle of Antietam in which his good friend Richard Smith perished.
Ask most Civil War buffs to name ten Union generals that fought at Gettysburg, and
June 30, 1863. The largest military battle ever fought in the recorded history of York
At one time, an impressive equestrian statue of a Union cavalry trooper from the Civil
More than 4,000 people had crammed into tiny Dover, Pennsylvania, on November 23, 1907, to
Stuart’s two-day ride through York County caused calamity for the citizenry. His division’s horses were
Major General J.E.B. Stuart led more than 4,500 veteran Confederate cavalrymen through western York County
It was late November 1907, the Saturday before Thanksgiving. All morning, crowds jammed the main