Lancaster In The Gettysburg C ampaign By M. LUTHER HEISEY THE ALARM At no time in the long history of Lancaster County did consternation and excitement reign among its citizens as in the closing days of June, 1863, when the gray ranks of the Confederacy approached to its very gateways. For days

Lincoln's action see Randall, James G.: "The Civil War and Reconstruction," New York, 1937, pp. 234-238. The order was signed by E. D. Townsend, Asst. Adj.-General, "Naval Records of the Union and Confederate Navies," Wash- ington, 1896, Series I, Vol. 4, p. 90. "Mr. Lincoln assumed the government on the

the following statement: "To whom it may concern : "About 2 P. M., on February 22, 1861, I saw President-elect Abraham Lincoln at the Pennsylvania railroad station, Mt. Joy, Pa. He had made a short address at Lancaster and was en route to Harrisburg, where he addressed the Legislature. The telegraph

Helen Noble Worst for inclusion in the Book of Honor to be placed in Strawberry Mansion, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Pre- pared from data given in the "Obituary of Mary Louisa Walker Roberts," the "History of Lancaster County," by Ellis and Evans, and family records, and arranged and published by

MUSTER ROLLS OF SOLDIERS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY IN THE WAR OF 1812 By MRS. J. V. R. HUNTER AND MRS. MARY OWEN STEINMETZ Not long ago, an old record book was found in the office of the prothon- otary in the court house of Reading, Berks county, Pa., bearing the following title: "Muster Roll of the