I am collecting material concerning the "Louisiana Tigers" (the First Louisiana Brigade of Brigadier General Harry T. Hays) in the Gettysburg Campaign, particularly during their short time in York County June 27-30, 1863.
If anyone has sources, leads, information, diaries, letters, journals, clippings, or any other tidbits that you think might be of interest to me, please send me an e-mail ASAP. The Tigers camped along the Codorus Creek near where Route 30 crosses over the creek north of York. They were ordered to guard the flour mills in that vicinity, an odd order for troops often considered to be unmanageable thieves in some quarters.
I'm collecting material for possible inclusion in another manuscript...
Thank you!
Scott,
I'm sure you are aware of this title: _The Civil War Memoirs of Captain William J. Seymour: Reminiscences of a Louisiana Tiger_, edited by Terry L. Jones (LSU, 1997). Seymour writes in detail about his "visit" to York in 1863. Back in 1975 a friend and I were relic hunting on the east bank of Codorus Creek about a mile south of the Route 30 Bypass bridge. Although I didn't find anything, he found a relic bayonet leaning against the stump of an old, rotted tree. That was the only Civil War artifact we recovered, but it was quite a nice find!
What an excellent find! I know people here in York County who have collections of artifacts found on their properties. During 2008, I will be doing a series on various area campsites used during the Gettysburg Campaign by Union and Confederate troops.
I have the Seymour material; it is quite interesting. I have found a lot of other goodies on the Tigers that I will include in the book.