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Cannonball

http://www.yorkblog.com/cannonball/

The Gettysburg Campaign and regional Civil War history blog

• Added on: Mar 12th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Scott Mingus
• Listed in: History Military
• Tags: pennsylvania civil war gettysburg york county pennsylvania dutch

Recent Posts

• Living Historian to speak at Lancaster PA Civil War Round Table on Nov. 12

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 10:21 in yankees, local acw events, lancaster cwrt

  The Lancaster Civil War Round Table will welcome Dick Simpson as their speaker on Thursday, November 12, 2009. A native of Vermont, Dick will be speaking about the 2nd Vermont Regiment at Gettysburg. He will, in period costume, be taking the role...

• 2009 Gettysburg Dedication Day to feature Gov. Edward G. Rendell and Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 08:11 in abraham lincoln, remembrance day, lincoln, gettysburg battlefield, gettysburg national military park, dedication day, local acw events

  Gettysburg National Military Park contains much of the ground where opposing armies from the Union and the Confederacy struggled for the first few days of July 1863 during the Battle of Gettysburg. The Pennsylvania Monument memorializes the soldier...

• July 1864: Big Scare at Glen Rock!

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 21:10 in other places, confederate soldiers, 1864, glen rock, confederates

  While Confederate cavalry under Brigadier General John McCausland threatened Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, rumors flew in York County PA that other Rebel raiders had entered the southern part of the county and were riding toward the village of Glen R...

• My Battle of Monocacy wargame at the recent Fall-In gaming convention at Gettysburg

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 20:08 in miscellaneous, wargaming, scott mingus, local acw events, battle of monocacy

  Photo of Scott Mingus's 15mm wargame of the 1864 Battle of Monocacy near Frederick, Maryland. Gettysburg, for the final time in the foreseeable future, hosted the annual Fall-In wargaming convention at the Eisenhower Resort and Conference Center o...

• Union militia campsite near Larue in Springfield Township

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 07:22 in yankees, civilians, larue, gettysburg campaign, confederates, hanover junction, springfield township, union campsites, 20th pennsylvania volunteer militia, william b. thomas

  During the week before the Battle of Gettysburg, the attention of the Union Department of the Susquehanna's commander, Major General Darius N. Couch, was on protecting vital railroad bridges and other transport and communications routes in south-ce...

• Four Rebels scouts were captured near York the week before Jubal Early arrived in York County

  Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 20:03 in confederate soldiers, gettysburg campaign, confederates, confederate prisoners, west manchester township, 16th virginia cavalry

  Harrisburg Evening Telegraph, June 18, 1863. Courtesy of NewsinHistory.com. It is quite possible this capture took place in West Manchester Township just outside of York. The event occurred on June 17, making these four men from Albert G. Jenkins'...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Linda W.

Lots of history, interesting photos.

Posted: February 28th, 2009 | More Reviews From Linja | Report This Comment

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