Category Archives: Confederate invasion

Civil War Voices from York County, Pa. Now Available at York County Heritage Trust

Posted on April 7, 2011 by june lloyd

Popular authors Scott Mingus and Jim McClure, in conjunction with the York Daily Record/Sunday News, York County Heritage Trust and Pennsylvania Civil War 150, have just published Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.: Remembering the Rebellion and the Gettysburg … Continue reading →

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Small Family Left a Large Mark on York County

Posted on June 21, 2010 by june lloyd

Philip A. Small examining Christian Roth’s wheat Whenever I start researching some York County history, it seems like someone from the Small family turns up. Pennsylvania German immigrant Lorentz Small settled in Windsor Township in 1743, but soon the family … Continue reading →

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Cannonball found in Northern York County

Posted on October 8, 2009 by june lloyd

You might not to be too surprised to find Civil War artifacts in York County around Hanover, where Union General Kilpatrick met up with Confederate General Stuart, or near Wrightsville, where Union troops dug in to defend the bridge crossing … Continue reading →

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Confederate Cousins Invade York in 1863

Posted on June 16, 2009 by june lloyd

Lewis Miller drawing of the Confederate invasion of York, June 1863. Cassandra Small’s vivid letters to cousin Lissie Latimer, describing the Confederate invasion of York during the end of June 1863, are often quoted. Cassandra was the daughter of Philip … Continue reading →

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