Lewis Miller shows invading rebels taking down York's Centre Square flag. The Civil War divided York, but loss of the flag was a sad event for everyone.
York County experienced a civil war within the Civil War.
That came, in part, because the county is a border county in a border state. A lot of complex political factors swirled then - and persist today.
Nowhere was that battle within county borders more apparent than in churches.
Here's an example of how from "East of Gettysburg," based largely on information from George Sheets' "Children of the Circuit Riders.")
Sheets' book primarily looks at York's largest Methodist Church, known as Asbury United Methodist today. (it's a good read, btw.) The church either had their share of Unionists or else preferred Copperheads - the Peace Democrats - to hold their tongues:
