Wrightsville’s schools and factories closed on Dec. 14, 1917, as the governor of Pennsylvania dedicated four Civil War cannon. “Farthest east.”
Tag: Governor Andrew Curtin
Convalescing soldiers in York’s army hospitals marched through the streets to the train station to martial music carrying an anti-copperhead banner.
David Small, the Democratic chief burgess of York PA, had to call for the local constables to protect him from angry Union soldiers.