Honoring a Civil War hero: Making things right in Wrightsville
Wrightsville is full of veterans memorials, at least six by one count. And the eastern York County, Pa., borough soon will be home to another one, a marker to honor a black fighting man who died...
View ArticleA black Civil War volunteer’s heroism, and how his deeds in Wrightsville came...
This 1930 photograph from a Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge dedication booklet shows part of the battlefield in Wrightsville 70 years after the Civil War. A Confederate brigade, under the command of John...
View ArticleBells on Seminary Ridge will be heard across Gettysburg Battlefield
Linked in/Neat stuff, 4th of July style: 87th Pa. at Monocacy/Mount Pisgah memorial Every time you go to Gettysburg, there’s something new to see. In this case, to see and hear. These 1869-vintage...
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