Results tagged “Wills House” from York Town Square

The 21st century meets the 19th as rebel re-enactors march in Gettysburg in 2004. The 145th re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg is set for July 4-6 this year. Background posts:Rebel trooper: 'Broken down & in no condition to fight' and Gettysburg Cyclorama, with new shape, set for Sept. display and Gettysburg battlefield produces steady supply of news, Part I.

In any given month, the battlefield at Gettysburg produces numerous news stories, even in the "off-season."

And these story just don't come from updates on the new visitors center construction or controversies over the current center... .

The goddess Victory is part of the handle to U.S. Grant's silver and gold sword. The former Union general in chief's initials are monogrammed in diamonds. This sword, estimated to be worth $2 million to $2.5 million will be auctioned in Gettysburg, June 24-25. The story of the sword appeared in the York Sunday News in June, another in a long line of Gettysburg stories. Background posts: Gettysburg statue damage spawns memories of Ellsworth Zouaves and U.S. Grant dines at Mick E. Dees.

The York Daily Record/Sunday News regularly covers Gettysburg battlefield news with the idea that not only will Adams County readers eat it up, but so will our primary circulation base in York.

When you add stories from our sister paper, the Hanover Evening Sun, to our regular story lineup coming from Adams, it's a heavy lineup of high-interest news to thousands of readers.

Many appear in our history section or in this blog's Civil War archives.

The following represents a short list of recent Gettysburg/Civil War stories produced by the Daily Record/Sunday News or the Hanover Evening Sun: