Civil War-era locomotive from the PRR
York County has long been known as a town that cares for its military service personnel. Over the past few years, the local news on WGAL TV-8 has frequently shown clips of National Guardsmen and other soldiers returning from overseas assignments, often to joyous receptions and parties with all kinds of good food. Jim McClure's excellent book on local World War II history describes some of the homecomings after that conflict, and I have read similar accounts for other wars.
During the Civil War, as regiments left Camp Scott on the old fairgounds on York's east side, they were often treated to showers of flowers as they marched through the principal streets to the train station to go off to the front. At times, Southern Pennsylvania's hospitality even extended to soldiers merely passing through York.
