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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

• York County Civil War Border Claims Database now on-line at YCHT

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 21:08 in york, jefferson, dover, other places, york county, hanover, civilians, wrightsville, spring grove, gettysburg campaign, dillsburg, hanover junction

  Joseph Menges lived on this prosperous York County, PA farm during the Civil War. The Franklin Township farmer filed a damage claim for $225 citing the loss of two horses to "Stuart's Cavalry" during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign). He lost a 14-yr-o...

• Colonel William B. Thomas commanded York County\'s defenses during the Gettysburg Campaign: Part 1

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 06:48 in yankees, york county, gettysburg campaign, 20th pennsylvania volunteer militia, william b. thomas

  One of the forgotten men of the rich Civil War history of York County, Pennsylvania, is Colonel William B. Thomas, the commander of the 20th Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. Thomas was perhaps the most politically powerful man in uniform here in sou...

• Harrisburg CWRT to feature guest speaker Scott L. Mingus, Sr.

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 06:55 in books, scott mingus, louisiana tigers, harrisburg cwrt

  Scott L. Mingus Sr. will discuss his new book, The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign: June-July 1863, at the December 11 meeting of the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table. One of the fiercest fighting units in the Army of Northern Virginia...

• An enduring York County tale: Pvt. John Hoffacker

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 07:12 in yankees, hanover, civilians, gettysburg campaign, battle of hanover, mt. olivet cemetery, john t. krepps

  Photo by Harry T. McLin of Hanover PA; courtesy of the excellent on-line Historical Marker Database website (Civil War content edited and maintained by Craig Swain). I have recently been rereading Licensed Battlefield Guide John T. Krepps' excelle...

• J.E.B. Stuart disrupts a York County funeral

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 05:40 in civilians, j.e.b. stuart, gettysburg campaign, confederates, hanover junction, confederate cavalry, north codorus township, zeigler's church

  Historic Zeigler's Church Cemetery in southern York County, Pennsylvania, contains the graves of many of the pioneers and early settlers of the Codorus Valley region. Several Civil War veterans are buried here, as well as civilian farmers whose liv...

• Gettysburg 2009 Remembrance Day Parade - Part 2

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 06:01 in remembrance day, gettysburg, civil war reenactors, local acw events

  Background Post: Gettysburg 2009 Remembrance Day Parade - Part 1 Here is the second installment of some of the photographs I took at the November 21 reenactors parade in downtown Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of the 2009 Remembrance Day celebr...

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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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