About this blog
Scott L. Mingus, Sr. is a scientist and executive in the paper and printing industry, as well as the author of several books and magazine articles on the Civil War, including some that deal primarily with York County during the Gettysburg Campaign.
This Cannonball blog presents stories and anecdotes from the war years, as well as announcing local Civil War events of the modern day.
Send all questions, news items, and suggestions to scottmingus@yahoo.com.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
John Brown Sesquicentennial event at Harpers Ferry: FREE panel discussion!
Dr. Mark Snell of the George Tyler Moore Center for Civil War Studies at Shepherd University is involved with the planning of the West Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission’s inaugural events. The kick-off event take place on Thursday, October 15. … Continue reading
Posted in Civilians, One-tank road trips
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Licensed Guide Jim Hessler to speak at York CWRT October 21
The York Civil War Round Table will feature James A. Hessler at its monthly meeting on October 21, 2009. The topic of the evening will be “Sickles At Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round … Continue reading
Licensed Guide Roy Frampton to speak at Lancaster CWRT October 15
You’re invited to join the Lancaster Civil War Round Table as they welcome Licensed Battlefield Guide Roy Frampton. Reverend Frampton has been a Civil War “buff” since the age of nine years old. He became a Licensed Battlefield Guide at … Continue reading
A Northern Friend of the Southern Confederacy
St. Albans (Vermont) Daily Messenger, July 9, 1863 The identity of this southern Pennsylvania “Copperhead” farmer is unknown, but during the Civil War the majority of pro-Southern sentiment in York County was in Dover, Codorus, and North Codorus townships. A … Continue reading
Posted in Civilians, Gettysburg Campaign
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New Civil War book now available at the York Emporium!
The Louisiana Tigers were one of the most publicized (and feared) brigades in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Author Scott L. Mingus, Sr. has assembled many of the stories of the Tigers’ invasion of southern Pennsylvania (including York County) … Continue reading
Posted in Civilians, Confederates, Gettysburg Campaign, York
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Franklintown builder organized Union troops in NW York County
Captain John Klugh, 209th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, U.S. Army York County, Pennsylvania, was a valuable source of war materiel, woolen blankets, supplies, and perhaps most of all, fresh troops. As the war progressed, the need for additional manpower caused the … Continue reading
Posted in Civilians, Dillsburg, Franklin Township
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“Intense excitement” at Shrewsbury!
Baltimore Sun, June 29, 1863. Courtesy of NewsInHistory.com “The Rebels have come! The Rebels have come!” As news spread throughout southwestern York County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon, June 27, 1863, that Confederate cavalry was raiding f arms and stealing horses … Continue reading
Posted in Civilians, Gettysburg Campaign, Hanover, Other places
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One tank trips: More photos from Harpers Ferry
Engine House in Harpers Ferry (restored and relocated from its original location). John Brown and some of his raiders sought refuge here and used it as a blockhouse to resist local militia and then Federal troops under Robert E. Lee. … Continue reading
Posted in Civilians, One-tank road trips, York
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Philadelphia reporter: Rebels behaved very well while in York
Columbus (Ohio) Crisis, July 29, 1863, citing the Philadelphia Age, a long defunct newspaper. Several reporters from Philadelphia, Lancaster, Harrisburg, and Reading were in York during the Confederate occupation, along with some from out of state papers such as Baltimore … Continue reading
Posted in Confederates, Gettysburg Campaign, York
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“Sherman Captures Savannah:” Free talk at October Harrisburg Civil War Round Table
Historian Roger S. Durham will speak on Sherman’s capture of Savannah, Georgia, at the Friday, October 23, meeting of the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table. Entitled “A Great Lion at By: William T. Sherman Storms Fort McAllister,” the talk focuses … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Civil War events, Yankees
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