Soldiers Circle, where many Union soldiers who died at York's military hospital were buried, is seen through the gate at Prospect Hill Cemetery in this undated photograph. (Photograph courtesy of York County Heritage Trust.)
As blue and gray soldiers, bunked in hospital such as York's U.S. Army General Hospital, suffered and died in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, some of the wounded had a good life.
In researching a sequel to his "Human Interest Stories from the Gettysburg Campaign", Scott Mingus came upon an unfortunate story about William A. McCartney, listed as a York resident in his muster papers:
Continue reading Not all rebel wounded suffered after Gettysburg.
