Amelia M. Kurtz never married, living with her sister Catherine (Kate) until the latter’s death
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In the years following the Civil War, at times residents of York County, Pennsylvania, found
The 21st convention of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church met in downtown York,
On a cloudy Sunday evening, June 28, 1863, more than 2,000 Confederates (including 1,800 veteran
York butcher John F. Erwin, who today might be known as a “whistle blower,” was
View of downtown York, Pa., as shown in this this antebellum chromolith image by the
The U.S. government contracted throughout the Civil War with civilian individuals or private companies to
As the Civil War moved into its second year, the Federal government found itself with
From the summer of 1862 until the end of the Civil War, the Union army
During the Civil War, York, Pennsylvania, boasted a 2,000-bed U.S. Army Hospital with one of