Cannonball

Guest blogger and licensed battlefield guide John T. Krepps presents the story of David Thompson, a Black soldier from Hanover, PA.

Recently, I gave a customized tour of Jeb Stuart’s ride through York County, Pa., during

Image collector Ron Coddington shares 100 photos from his Military Images magazine and the stories of the soldiers depicted.

Author Vincent L. Burns gives a sweeping history of the Union Army of the Potomac, spiced with anecdotes from the soldiers and officers.

The commander of the Union forces in south-central PA reported on his investigation that York’s residents welcomed Confederate invaders.

Dillsburg PA native Levi Mumper, raised in Gettysburg, was a Civil War veteran and a prominent photographer of the battlefield.

Wm. L. Rannells of the 60th Ohio sent his thanks to the ladies of York PA for their kind care while he was a patient at the army hospital.

Lebanon Cemetery on N. George St. in York PA contains the graves of several black US soldiers, including Sgt. Joseph Howard, 5th Mass Colored Cavalry.

York Countian Edward Fisher of the 130th Pennsylvania described the horrors of the battle of Antietam in which his good friend Richard Smith perished.

Frank Eich, who died in 1942, was the last Civil War veteran living in the city of York PA. He wished he was young enough to fight Hitler in WW2.