The 87th Pennsylvania, the largest regiment from Yok County during the war, first saw combat at the Second Battle of Winchester in June 1863.
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Today, thousands of motorists travel through the intersection of U.S. Route 30 (Loucks Road) and
As the biographer of Confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith, I have long been interested
Concurrent with the opening of the Second Battle of Winchester, Confederate Brig. Gen. Albert G.
Today, we pick up the fascinating, almost movie-like story of Lt. Harry Welsh of the
William Henry Harrison “Harry” Welsh, according to longtime York-area researcher and historian Dennis W. Brandt,
John Hufnagel of the Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society graciously sent me the above newspaper
Two soldiers of the 87th Pennsylvania posed for a photographer in York, Pennsylvania, early in
The 87th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was primarily raised in York, Pennsylvania, with a few
A young Connecticut lad named William Caruthers had quite the experience as a Civil War