Washington County, Pennsylvania. During their four years of active duty in the Civil War, 1861-1865, the regiment fought in ten major battles and participated in five campaigns. Their contribution to the Union war effort is impressive but heretofore they have received little recognition for their efforts

, 1861 That being the date of my enlistment In the Army of the United States For The Suppression of Rebellion \ Priv. W. T. CLARK Co. B P.V. Volume One: September 12, 1861 To May 21, 1862 Prepared for the Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania By William G. and Janet B. Davis Pequea

), p. 115 and Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster County, p. 112, say 16 killed, 66 wounded, and 47 missing. 2. The letter is the property of David Meister of Springfield, Ohio, a great grandnephew of the brothers Lewis and Kersey Bradley. 3. Letter from Major General William E. Bergin, The Adjutant

, (Vol. 10 of The Pictorial History of the Civil War), published by arrangement with A. S- Barnes & Co. Inc., 1957, New York by Castle Books, Pg. 248. 6. Ibid, Pg- 247. 7. 0. R. Vol, XXVII, Pg. 491, Report of John B. Gordon. 8. John W. Urban, Battle Field and Prison Pen,Hubbard Bros., Philadelphia, PA

Lancaster Borough: Host to British and Hessian Prisoners of War, 1775-1784 By Melvern Evans, Jr. Like it or not, in 1775 the borough citizens of Lancaster were saddled with the unpopular task of housing and guarding prisoners of war from the Revolution. Whether or not they were properly prepared

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

Historical Markers of the Heritage of the United Methodist Church in Lancaster County by The Reverend Abram W. Sangray The following Roadside Markers were put in place in Lancaster County, in the summer of 1984, as a bicentennial project of the United Methodist Church of Lancaster. Each description

Content Analysis of Selected United States History Textbooks Concerning World War II," Ed.D. Dissertation (Ball State University, 1985) for the names of the five most widely adopted United States history textbooks by secondary school districts in the nation. 49. Madgic, Robert F., Seaberg, Stanley S., et

thanks to George Blaisdell, J. W. Grove, Victor Despard, Ted Weeks, "Ding" Young, Dan Rhoads, and all Armstrong people who assisted in compiling this story. Samuel E. Dyke March, 1981 War Activities Late in December of 1940, President Roosevelt first challenged the United States to become the "Arsenal of

Wyoming Valley.' The territory known as the Wyoming Valley in this period included most of the counties of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming, and Bradford. This area was claimed by Connecticut, and her citizens had been settling there. It became the scene of a bitter civil war. The colonial governments of