Lewisberry’s Dr. Webster Lewis and his son Robert, a physician in Dover, were among the early conductors in York County’s Underground Railroad movement.
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York County was a Democratic stronghold in the 1800s. After the Gettysburg Campaign, a wave of anti-Lincoln sentiment swept through the county.
I recently posted a blog entry about a small engagement during the Gettysburg Campaign in
Salem Church (also called Strayer’s Church and Salem Union Church) celebrated its sesquicentennial in May
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
I frequently peruse eBay and other on-line auction sites looking for photographs/CDVs of York Countians
Robert E. Lee walked the streets of Dover. The Pickets area along the Conewago Creek