The last of June 1863 were momentous times for the citizens of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Situated
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A few months ago, I was among a small group of fellow history buffs who
Twenty-eight years after the Confederates invaded Pennsylvania in what became known as the Gettysburg Campaign,
Twenty-eight years after Confederate Major General Jubal Early led more than 6,600 Confederate infantry, cavalry,
On June 29, 1891, the York Daily newspaper republished an article that had appeared the
I am always interested in fresh accounts of the Confederate invasion of June 1863, a
In part 1 of this brief two-part series, we looked at the Mifflins, who were
Back in June of this year, I published a well-received blog entry briefly outlining the
The year was 1938. In Gettysburg, thousands of aged Civil War veterans gathered together one
It was July 4, 1938, Independence Day in America. In Gettysburg, the 75th anniversary commemoration