The Christiana Riot of 1851: A Reappraisal Richard Grau THE MASON-DIXON LINE BECOMES PRONOUNCED The Christiana Riot of September, 1851 epitomized the conflicting in- stitutions which were already threatening the unity of the nation. The tragedy in Christiana, Pennsylvania was an outgrowth of the

, in 1820 and 1821. See Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County. Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneer and Prominent Men (Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1883). 543-544; and the undated clippings of articles written by Francis Xavier Reuss, an old Columbia

to as the “Christiana Riot” occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker (1822), a free black living in Christiana

Lancaster County's Present Court House: A History of Its Construction 1852-1855 Fay Follet Kramer ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author is indebted to many people who aided in various ways in making this paper a reality. It is hoped that, in a small way, this paper will serve as a means of saying thank-you to

Regimental History of the 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War: The Lancaster County Regiment By Harrison C. Williams Preface The Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment was recruited from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with the exception of Company D, which was recruited from

84/3, 1981 131 An Unusual Discovery Prisoner-of-War Barracks in Lancaster Used During the Revolutionary War By Albert G. Overton and J. W.W. Loose Although historians have known for a long time barracks to house British and Hessian prisoners-of-war during the American Revolution were located at the

New York Cavalary under Captain Bo yd, who covered the wagon train of General Milroy on its retreat from Winchester, Va., toward Harrisburg, Pa."1 This news made things rather difficult for Major General Darius N. Couch, who had just assumed command of the newly established Department of the

A Bit of Local History Estates of Lancaster Countians Confiscated During the American Revolution During the American Revolution owners of property (real estate) had to be careful what they said or did, because any remark or action that might be construed as disloyal to the American cause or that

JAMES D. McMAHON HISTORY OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT IN LANCASTER How a Civil War monument event- ually came to the crossroads of Lan- caster where it has resisted successfully the efforts of anti-traditionists is told by a police officer with an interest in the monument and history. In

FORWARD About William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania The 79th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a three-year regiment formed in the wake of Lincoln's second call for troops. Its cadre were men who had drilled in the pre-war militia units in and around Lancaster, and others who had seen