Pro-Lincoln newspapers across the North pilloried York’s “copperhead” citizens and their chief burgess, David Small, for surrendering York to the Rebels in 1863. It remains a controversial decision to this day.
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Confederate Gen. John B. Gordon led a brigade at York and Wrightsville during the Gettysburg Campaign. In March 1894, the author/politician returned to York to give a speech at the Opera House.
More than 11,000 Confederate soldiers passed through York County, Pennsylvania, in the last days of
For more than 150 years, residents and writers have debated whether the civic leaders of
During the Confederate occupation of York County, Pennsylvania, from June 28 – 30, 1863, Major
D. Gary Nichols has recently published a new book-length account of the 38th Georgia Volunteer
On Sunday evening, June 28, 1863, more than 2,000 Confederate infantry, cavalry, and artillery under
Today, thousands of motorists travel through the intersection of U.S. Route 30 (Loucks Road) and
On June 29, 1891, the York Daily newspaper republished an article that had appeared the
I am always interested in fresh accounts of the Confederate invasion of June 1863, a