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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum: “The War Came by Train” – Part 1

Each year for my birthday each of my three kids spends time with me, with

One-tank road trips, RailroadsOctober 16, 2011October 10, 20201 Comment

Civil War diorama in Wrightsville depicts Rebel attack on Union militia on Sunday, June 28, 1863

Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, is a small town in eastern York County nestled against the Susquehanna River.

Gettysburg Campaign, WrightsvilleOctober 11, 2011October 10, 2020

About the Author

Scott Mingus is the author of the Cannonball blog about York County Civil War history.

Scott Mingus is a retired scientist and consultant in the global pulp and paper industry. He holds a patent in self-adhesive postage stamps and was a pioneer in the early development of bar code labels. He has written more than 35 Civil War and Underground Railroad books. His biography of Confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith won multiple awards, including the Dr. James I. Robertson Jr. Literary Prize for Confederate History. The Gettysburg Civil War Round Table awarded Mingus and co-author Eric J. Wittenberg with the 2023 Bachelder-Coddington Award for the best new book on the Gettysburg Campaign: “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania:” The Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia March to Gettysburg. He has also written several articles for Gettysburg Magazine, as well as for various historical journals.

Scott and his wife, Debi, live in York, Pa., and for more than a decade, he was written this blog, Cannonball, on the Civil War history of York County. His great-great-grandfather was a 15-year-old drummer and rifleman in the 51st Ohio Infantry under Major General George “Pap” Thomas, and other family members fought at Antietam and Gettysburg in the 7th West Virginia.

Contact Scott at scottmingus@yahoo.com.

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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum: “The War Came by Train” – Part 1

Civil War diorama in Wrightsville depicts Rebel attack on Union militia on Sunday, June 28, 1863