York’s chief burgess, Democrat David Small, endorsed famed Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin as a possible candidate for PA governor in 1863. It was not to be.
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William B. Franklin was the highest ranking Union officer from York, PA, during the Civil War. He made a daring escape after being captured by Rebels in Maryland in July 1864.
106. During the Gettysburg Campaign, Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal Early brought 16 cannon into the
With this year’s York County Fair now in full swing, I have received some questions