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Book History of York County  Pennsylvania

Download or read book History of York County Pennsylvania written by George Reeser Prowell and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Faces of the Civil War

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  • Author : Ronald S Coddington
  • Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
  • Release : 2012-11-12
  • ISBN : 1421410397
  • Pages : 294 pages

Download or read book Faces of the Civil War written by Ronald S Coddington and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archival images and biographical sketches of Union soldiers tell the stories of their lives during and after the Civil War. Before leaving to fight in the Civil War, many Union and Confederate soldiers posed for a carte de visite, or visiting card, to give to their families, friends, or sweethearts. Invented in 1854 by a French photographer, the carte de visite was a small photographic print roughly the size of a modern trading card. The format arrived in America on the eve of the Civil War, fueling intense demand for the keepsakes. Many cards of Civil War soldiers survive today, but the experiences?and often the names?of the individuals portrayed have been lost to time. A passionate collector of Civil War–era photography, Ron Coddington researched the history behind these anonymous faces in military records, pension files, and other public and personal documents. In Faces of the Civil War, Coddington presents 77 cartes de visite of Union soldiers from his collection and tells the stories of their lives during and after the war. These soldiers came from all walks of life. All were volunteers. Their personal stories reveal a tremendous diversity in their experience of war: many served with distinction, some were captured, some never saw combat while others saw little else. The lives of survivors were even more disparate. While some made successful transitions back to civilian life, others suffered permanent physical and mental disabilities, which too often wrecked their families and careers. In compelling words and haunting pictures, Faces of the Civil War offers a unique perspective on the most dramatic and wrenching period in American history.

Book Muscletown USA

Download or read book Muscletown USA written by John D. Fair and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Lincoln Highway

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  • Author : Brian Butko
  • Publisher : Stackpole Books
  • Release : 2002-10-01
  • ISBN : 081174826X
  • Pages : 372 pages

Download or read book The Lincoln Highway written by Brian Butko and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated edition. Filled with all-new vintage postcards and photos. Maps for travelers following the original route.

Book Haunted Places in York County Pennsylvania

Download or read book Haunted Places in York County Pennsylvania written by Leo Motter and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Civil War Voices from York County  PA

Download or read book Civil War Voices from York County PA written by Scott L. Mingus and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pennsylvania border county of York and its people stood smack in the middle of things - where South met North - in the American Civil War. That war roiled York County from its tip near the capital of Harrisburg to its 40-mile base at the Mason-Dixon Line. Union soldiers moved to the South after seasoning and staging on county soil. Train cars dripping with blood carried many wounded and diseased soldiers back to a mammoth U.S. military hospital on York parkland. Thousands of York County residents donned blue uniforms, and untold scores died. The war marched onto county soil in those terrible days before the Battle of Gettysburg. The four-day Confederate visit drained money, food, supplies, and horseflesh. Soldiers in blue and gray died in fighting at Hanover and Wrightsville. Gettysburg came next, and county residents gathered food and supplies to treat the wounds of battle, a short 30 miles away. In "Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.," Scott L. Mingus Sr. and James McClure use oral histories, letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts to tell the stories of York countians in those bleak days, 150 years ago. They give a vibrant voice to those living, serving, and dying in a border county in this most tumultuous period in America's history.

Book The Ground Swallowed Them Up

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  • Author : Scott L. Mingus, Sr.
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780979291555
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Ground Swallowed Them Up written by Scott L. Mingus, Sr. and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cabal

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  • Author : Mark Edward Lender
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2024-03-28
  • ISBN : 9781594164194
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Cabal written by Mark Edward Lender and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Comprehensive Historical Investigation into the Conway Cabal, the Attempt to Remove George Washington from Command In the spring of 1778, General George Washington wrote to his friend Landon Carter about a rumored "disposition in the Northern Officers to see me superceded in my Command." This was as candid a statement as the general ever made about the so-called "Conway Cabal" of patriot officers and politicians critical of his leadership. Most early historians of the Revolution took the threat to Washington seriously, but by the mid-twentieth century interpretations had reversed, with the plot--if one existed--posing no real danger to the commander-in-chief. Yet, as historian Mark Edward Lender reveals in his compelling Cabal! The Plot Against General Washington, clues found in original new research provide a more comprehensive understanding of the personalities and political maneuverings of those involved in the Cabal, and the real nature of the challenge to Washington. Rather than the "classic Cabal" of Generals Horatio Gates, Thomas Mifflin, and Thomas Conway in a plot to remove Washington quickly, the threat to Washington's command was a gradual administrative attempt by the Board of War and political allies to take over the war effort. Reorganized in late 1777 under the leadership of Mifflin, with Gates assuming the board presidency in January 1778, the Board of War sought authority to determine military policy and strategic goals, all training, organizational, personnel, and logistical functions, and even the assignment of theater commanders. Had they succeeded, Washington's title of commander-in-chief would have been utterly hollow. The Cabal tested Washington as few other things did during the war and perhaps tempered him into the man we remember today. Washington adroitly navigated the challenges to his leadership, meeting and defeating every attempt to curtail his authority. His response revealed a leadership style that saw him safely through the war, and gave him overwhelming support from his countrymen to become their first president.

Book Hex

    Hex

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  • Author : Arthur H. Lewis
  • Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Hex written by Arthur H. Lewis and published by Richmond Hill, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada. This book was released on 1969 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1928, in a sparsely settled area of York County, Pennsylvania, Nelson Rehmeyer, a self-proclaimed witch, was bludgeoned to death. Two days later his body was discovered and the murders apprehended. The accused were thirty two-year-old John Blymire, also a practitioner of witchcraft, John Curry, aged fourteen, and Wilbert Hess, aged eighteen. Their confessions revealed their belief in wtichcraft led to the murder. They believed that Rehmeyer had hexed them. When this case went to court it created headlines across the country. This book looks at this case and at how witchcraft is being practiced, even today, through the Pennsylvania Dutch country.

Book Sticks  n Stones

Download or read book Sticks n Stones written by Daisy D. Myers and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Publication

Download or read book Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey

Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 1230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Insurance Commissioner of Connecticut

Download or read book Annual Report of the Insurance Commissioner of Connecticut written by Connecticut. Insurance Department and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Acute Care General Surgery

Download or read book Acute Care General Surgery written by Dale A. Dangleben and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acute Care General Surgery provides a succinct focused overview of a myriad of general surgical emergencies. Each chapter has a concise, practical framework on the workup and management of a specific topic. The book covers a wide array of pathology from the more common appendicitis, diverticulitis and cholecystitis to those less frequently encountered such as toxic megacolon, Fournier's gangrene and volvulus. Learning objectives for each chapter are clearly defined. In addition to differential diagnosis, the work up and management is comprehensively discussed. In addition, a pithy clinical pearl is included to serve as a memory aid for each diagnosis. Upon reviewing this volume, clinicians who encounter the acute care surgical patient in their practices will be better equipped to rapidly assess, evaluate, diagnose and managing their complex and often challenging problems.

Book National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs

Download or read book National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs written by United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A listing of Federal, State, local and private facilities that provide substance abuse treatment services. Includes only those treatment facilities that are licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by their State substance abuse agencies for inclusion in the Directory and that responded to the 1999 Uniform Facility Data Set survey.