York County was a Democratic stronghold in the 1800s. After the Gettysburg Campaign, a wave of anti-Lincoln sentiment swept through the county.
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Battle to save Underground Railroad Station marks 154th anniversary of Rebel invasion of York County
Today marks the 154th anniversary of the beginning of the Confederate invasion of York County,
The Jacob Rudy farm is illustrated by the blue arrow in the above detail from
On a cool Sunday afternoon, June 28, 1863, as rainclouds threatened, more than 2,000 well
I recently attended the 160th anniversary celebration at Fairmount United Methodist Church on Furnace Road
A solitary grave along the Susquehanna River marks where locals discovered & buried a dead Rebel cavalryman during the Gettysburg Campaign.
The old stone house shown above sits on the south side of State Route 462
Hellam Heights (foreground) is a long, narrow rise just north and northwest of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania,
The Skirmish of Wrightsville was one of the largest military engagements in the history of
In September 1861, recruiters enlisted enough men primarily from York and Adams counties to form