First installment: Who paid the Confederate requisition after York’s Civil War surrender? And who did not? The other day at Seminary Ridge Museum in Gettysburg, a Civil War talk turned to the ...
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Why the end of the Civil War was only the beginning of a new struggle for Confederates
This video uncovers what happened to former Confederates in the turbulent years after the Civil War. Animated scenes ...
(This is the first of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story. Civil War historian Scott Mingus served as a ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On April 9, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee met in the home of Wilmer McLean at Appomattox ...
GREENVILLE — Well, it’s not much to look at. But this small square of tattered, tawny fabric is believed to be a piece of the flag Union troops hoisted above Fort Sumter to announce their surrender — ...
GENOA — The wives, parents and girlfriends cheered as 50 Genoa men marched off on Aug. 21, 1862, to fight for the Union cause in the Civil War. Three weeks later, after little training and an intense ...
(This is the second of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late-June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story. Civil War historian Scott Mingus served as a ...
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