Author Ron Kirkwood will discuss the George Spangler Farm and the field hospitals the army established after the battle of Gettysburg.
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The York CWRT will present two Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides who will discuss Civil War surgery at the Oct. 21 meeting via Zoom.
The Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 killed more than 50 million people. It impacted York County, including killing some Civil War vets.
Author Scott L. Mingus, Sr. will discuss the 1,600-bed US Army Hospital in York, PA at the Oct. 16, 2019, meeting of the York Civil War Round Table. Free.
Dr. Israel H. Betz in 1907 wrote his memories of the Fishing Creek Valley region in northeastern York County PA during the Civil War.
Ron Kirkwood wrote a new book on Gettysburg’s George Spangler farm, which was pressed into service as a temporary field hospital after the battle.
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.
The George Spangler Farm Civil War Field Hospital Programs Summer Season Opens June 9, 2017
In the late spring/early summer of 1862, the U.S Army established a sprawling General Hospital
During the Civil War, York, Pennsylvania, boasted a 2,000-bed U.S. Army Hospital with one of