Author: George Reeser ProwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : York County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
Book Description
History of York County, Pennsylvania
Author: George Reeser ProwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : York County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
Book Description
History of York County, Maine
Author: W. Woodford ClaytonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Civil War Voices from York County, PA.
Author: Scott L. MingusPublisher:
ISBN: 9780983364009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Pennsylvania border county of York and its people stood smack in the middle of things - where South met North - in the American Civil War. That war roiled York County from its tip near the capital of Harrisburg to its 40-mile base at the Mason-Dixon Line. Union soldiers moved to the South after seasoning and staging on county soil. Train cars dripping with blood carried many wounded and diseased soldiers back to a mammoth U.S. military hospital on York parkland. Thousands of York County residents donned blue uniforms, and untold scores died. The war marched onto county soil in those terrible days before the Battle of Gettysburg. The four-day Confederate visit drained money, food, supplies, and horseflesh. Soldiers in blue and gray died in fighting at Hanover and Wrightsville. Gettysburg came next, and county residents gathered food and supplies to treat the wounds of battle, a short 30 miles away. In "Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.," Scott L. Mingus Sr. and James McClure use oral histories, letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts to tell the stories of York countians in those bleak days, 150 years ago. They give a vibrant voice to those living, serving, and dying in a border county in this most tumultuous period in America's history.
A New and Complete History of the County of York ...
Author: Thomas Allen (Topographer.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
The Ground Swallowed Them Up
Author: Scott L. Mingus, Sr.Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979291555
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Haunted Places in York County Pennsylvania
Author: Leo MotterFaces of the Civil War
Author: Ronald S CoddingtonPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN: 1421410397
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Archival images and biographical sketches of Union soldiers tell the stories of their lives during and after the Civil War. Before leaving to fight in the Civil War, many Union and Confederate soldiers posed for a carte de visite, or visiting card, to give to their families, friends, or sweethearts. Invented in 1854 by a French photographer, the carte de visite was a small photographic print roughly the size of a modern trading card. The format arrived in America on the eve of the Civil War, fueling intense demand for the keepsakes. Many cards of Civil War soldiers survive today, but the experiences?and often the names?of the individuals portrayed have been lost to time. A passionate collector of Civil War–era photography, Ron Coddington researched the history behind these anonymous faces in military records, pension files, and other public and personal documents. In Faces of the Civil War, Coddington presents 77 cartes de visite of Union soldiers from his collection and tells the stories of their lives during and after the war. These soldiers came from all walks of life. All were volunteers. Their personal stories reveal a tremendous diversity in their experience of war: many served with distinction, some were captured, some never saw combat while others saw little else. The lives of survivors were even more disparate. While some made successful transitions back to civilian life, others suffered permanent physical and mental disabilities, which too often wrecked their families and careers. In compelling words and haunting pictures, Faces of the Civil War offers a unique perspective on the most dramatic and wrenching period in American history.
History, Directory & Gazeteer, of the County of York
Author: Edward BainesPublisher:
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Category : Yorkshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
An Historical Account of the Late Election for the County of York, Containing an Authentic Exposition of the Origin and Progress of the Whole of the Proceedings Connected with that Event
Author: Leeds IntelligencerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Author: Christopher Wyvill