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August 28, 2008

Wrightsville Civil War Soldier Remembered Confederates at Mt. Pisgah.

 — June Lloyd ( 8:12 PM)

A 1917 newspaper account captured some reminiscences of David Sloat, who at 90 was one of the last three Civil War veterans in Wrightsville.

After the war Sloat had moved to Ohio and lived there for fifty years, but he retired back to Wrightsville. There he shared his vivid memories, as a boy of 16, of the Confederate invasion of York County. The account states:

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Posted in 1860s 1910s Civil War Lower Windsor Twp. Ohio Susquehanna River Universal York War Wrightsville York County soldiers
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August 15, 2008

Long Level Soldier Wounded

 — June Lloyd (10:21 PM)

A few days before armistice was declared between the Allies and Germany, ending the First World War, the York Gazette and Daily published a poignant letter written home by a York County soldier wounded in France.

The heading read:
"PRIVATE GEORGE SLOAT IS TWICE WOUNDED
Long Level Soldier Falls in Battle with Bullets in Leg and Arm"

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Posted in 1910s Army Long Level Lower Windsor Twp. Universal York War World War I York County
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