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My experiences mid shot and shell and in rebel den, a graphic recital of personal experiences throughout the entire civil war

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9155
Author
Urban, John W.
Date of Publication
1882.
Call Number
817 U72m
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Battle field and prison pen, or Through the war, and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons
Responsibility
By John W. Urban ...
Author
Urban, John W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
For the author,
Date of Publication
1882.
Physical Description
xi, [1], 13-633 p. incl. plates, front., plates, ports.
Notes
Other editions published under titles, "Battle field and prison pen," "Through the war and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons."
Contents
Contents : The Overt Act of Treason and It's effect North and South --- Advance of the Grand Army From Washington and It's Defeat at Bull Run --- Departure of McClellan's Army For the Peninsula --- Advance of McDowell From Washington --- The Seven Days Fight On the Peninsula -- My First Capture --- Army of The Potomac and McClellan's Defence of The Capital --- Extravagant Errors, Halleck and Stanton In Control --- General Lee's Invasion of Pennsylvania and The Battle of Gettysburg --- Northern Campaign, Confederate Authorities Desperate --- Battle of The Wilderness , Our Capture and Recapture --- Advance of Grant's Forces -- Andersonville --- Hanging of The Thieves --- Enlargement of Our Prison --- Andersonville In August --- Millen Prison --- Florence Prison --- St. John's Gollege Hospital
Summary
The author tells of his experiences in the Civil War, including time spent in Confederate prisons.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
817 U72m
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Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn's Volunteers. Compiled from notes, sketches, facts and incidents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16653
Author
Sprenger, George F.
Date of Publication
1885.
Call Number
973.748 S768
  1 website  
Responsibility
as recorded in the diary of George F. Sprenger.
Author
Sprenger, George F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New era steam book print,
Date of Publication
1885.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 9-372 p. incl. illus., maps. front., pl., port. 20 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.748 S768
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Journals of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Beginning the twenty-eighth day of November, 1776, and ending the second day of October, 1781. With the proceedings of the several committees and conventions, before and at the commencement of the American Revolution. Volume the first

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19355
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
Call Number
342.05 P544 1782 Oversize
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Uniform Title
Journal
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Dunlap,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
Physical Description
[2], 698 [i.e. 697, 1] p. ; 2°.
Notes
No more published.
Title vignette: state seal.
Error in paging: page number 623 omitted from pagination.
"Errata."--Verso of last leaf.
First three pages after title page partially covered by cuttings from the Philadelphia Sunday Courier. Other cuttings partially or totally removed from pages 31-59 resulting in faded of text.
Evans,
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Three quarters leather over boards both badly worn; front cover loose; paper label on spine.
Subjects
Political science.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
342.05 P544 1782 Oversize
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An illustrated history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, civil, political and military, from its earliest settlement to the present time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3147
Author
Egle, William Henry,
Edition
2d ed.,
Date of Publication
1880.
Call Number
974.8009 E31 1880
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Responsibility
including historical descriptions of each county in the state, their towns, and industrial resources. By William H. Egle.
Author
Egle, William Henry,
Edition
2d ed.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E.M. Gardner,
Date of Publication
1880.
Physical Description
xii, 13-1186 p. incl. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps, facsim.) 27 cm.
Summary
This 1880 volume covers Pennsylvania history from the Native Americans prior to European settlement through 1876
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania - History, Local.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 E31 1880
Websites
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A biographical history of Lancaster County: being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19127
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1974.
Call Number
920 H313 1977
  1 website  
ISBN
0806305908
9780806305905
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1974.
Physical Description
638 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1872 ed. published by E. Barr, Lancaster, Pa.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
920 H313 1977
Websites
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Names of foreigners who took the oath of allegiance to the province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the foreign arrivals, 1786-1808

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5571
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
929.2 E31
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by William Henry Egle.
ISBN
0806301015
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
788 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Title on spine: Pennsylvania oaths of allegiance.
Reprint of the 1892 ed.
"Originally published as Pennsylvania archives, second series, vol. XVII, 1890."
Includes index
Subjects
Oaths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Additional Title
Pennsylvania archives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.2 E31
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Pennsylvania in the war of the revolution, battalions and line. 1775-1783

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3796
Author
Linn, John Blair,
Date of Publication
1880.
Call Number
974.8029 L756
  2 websites  
Responsibility
Ed. by John Blair Linn, William H. Egle ...
Author
Linn, John Blair,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
L.S. Hart, State Printer,
Date of Publication
1880.
Physical Description
2 v. col. plates, ports., maps, facsims. 22 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania archives; second series ... vol. X-XI
Notes
Rosters and brief histories of the various regiments, orderly books of the First and Seventh regiments, and other papers. For detailed list of contents, see Annual report of the Amer. Hist. Assoc. for 1904, p. 633-635.
The rosters are reprinted, with corrections and additions, in Pennsylvania archives, 5th series, v. 2-4, Harrisburg, 1906.
"Diary of events in the army of the revolution, from Aug. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780. From the journal of Capt. Joseph McClellan, of Ninth Penn'a": v. 2, p. [571]-585.
"Diary of the revolt in the Pennsylvania line. January, 1781 [by Capt. Joseph McClellan; with other papers relating to the affair]": v. 2, p. [629]-674.
"Diary of the Pennsylvania line. May 26, 1781-April 25, 1782 [comp. from the journals of Capt. Joseph McClellan and Lieut. William Feltman]": v. 2, p. [675]-727.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
McClellan, Joseph,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8029 L756
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A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1583
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
973.371 B872
  1 website  
Responsibility
with the compliments of the Society of Old Brooklynites.
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y
Publisher
Eagle print.,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
61 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Jersey (Prison-ship)
Great Britain. - Royal Navy - Prisons.
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Prison hulks - New York (State) - New York.
Prisoners of war - United States.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.371 B872
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History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3412
Author
Ellis, Franklin,
Date of Publication
1883.
Call Number
974.815 LACO E47 Oversize
974.815 LACO E47
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans.
Author
Ellis, Franklin,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Everts & Peck,
Date of Publication
1883.
Physical Description
viii, 1101 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Evans, Samuel,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO E47 Oversize
974.815 LACO E47
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The Indians of Berks County, Pa., being a summary of all the tangible records of the aborigines of Berks County, and containing cuts and descriptions of the varieties of relics found within the county

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Author
Brunner, D. B.
Date of Publication
1881.
Call Number
974.816 B894
  1 website  
Responsibility
Written for the Society of Natural Sciences, Reading, Pa., by D.B. Brunner ...
Author
Brunner, D. B.
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
The Spirit of Berks Book and Job Printing Office,
Date of Publication
1881.
Physical Description
177 p. incl. illus., 34 pl. 23 cm.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - Antiquities.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 B894
Websites
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