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Civil War Trails Marker installed at historic Lebanon Cemetery

Friends of Lebanon Cemetery recently worked with Civil War Trails to install a new commemorative marker in the historic cemetery,

Civil WarApril 18, 2024April 18, 2024

Many of York County’s Civil War sites remain unmarked

Civil War Trails has recently installed new interpretive signs in York County PA. A new book offers perspectives on key events in the area.

Civil WarDecember 22, 20212 Comments

Two new Civil War Trails signs in Wrightsville

Civil War Trails has installed two new wayside markers in Wrightsville commemorating the Mifflin House and the Underground Railroad and Civil War skirmish.

Battlefields, Black history, Confederate camp sites, Gettysburg Campaign, Monuments and markers, Preservation efforts, Underground Railroad, Union camp sites, Wrightsville, York County sitesJune 3, 2019October 3, 2020

About the Author

Scott Mingus is the author of the Cannonball blog about York County Civil War history.

Scott Mingus is a retired scientist and consultant in the global pulp and paper industry. He holds a patent in self-adhesive postage stamps and was a pioneer in the early development of bar code labels. He has written more than 35 Civil War and Underground Railroad books. His biography of Confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith won multiple awards, including the Dr. James I. Robertson Jr. Literary Prize for Confederate History. The Gettysburg Civil War Round Table awarded Mingus and co-author Eric J. Wittenberg with the 2023 Bachelder-Coddington Award for the best new book on the Gettysburg Campaign: “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania:” The Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia March to Gettysburg. He has also written several articles for Gettysburg Magazine, as well as for various historical journals.

Scott and his wife, Debi, live in York, Pa., and for more than a decade, he was written this blog, Cannonball, on the Civil War history of York County. His great-great-grandfather was a 15-year-old drummer and rifleman in the 51st Ohio Infantry under Major General George “Pap” Thomas, and other family members fought at Antietam and Gettysburg in the 7th West Virginia.

Contact Scott at scottmingus@yahoo.com.

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Civil War Trails Marker installed at historic Lebanon Cemetery

Many of York County’s Civil War sites remain unmarked

Two new Civil War Trails signs in Wrightsville