Winchester, VA, is an excellent Civil War tourism destination, with multiple battlefields, museums, and historical sites.
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The 87th Pennsylvania, the largest regiment from Yok County during the war, first saw combat at the Second Battle of Winchester in June 1863.
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
At the start of the Civil War, across both the North and South tens of
In the years following the Civil War, hundreds of former Southern slaves seeking a fresh
A young Connecticut lad named William Caruthers had quite the experience as a Civil War
The 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, which hailed primarily from York and Adams counties, had suffered through