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Fire on the river : the defense of the world's longest covered bridge and how it changed the Battle of Gettysburg

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Author: Sheldon, George

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 973.7349 S544

Responsibility: by George Sheldon.

Author: Sheldon, George

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Quaker Hills Press ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 186 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographic references.

Summary: It is late June 1863 in southern Pennsylvania. The Confederates are invading the North, and one of their toughest and most cantankerous generals has decided to capture the grand covered bridge that spans the Susquehanna from Wrightsville to Columbia. From there, General Jubal Early plans to capture Lancaster, and then seize the state's capital, Harrisburg. General Early had orders to destroy it, but intended to capture it on his way to siege the North. Fire on the River tells the story that is often described as a mere skirmish in most history books. What happened in the tiny village of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, on June 28, 1863, changes the course of the Civil War. Here is the story that for so long has been overlooked in the history books. It is an amazing story of courage, and perhaps not surprisingly, how the U.S. Congress never compensated the bridge's owner for the loss, yet the burning of the covered bridge probably saved the Union. [from Amazon.com]

Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.) Battle of, 1863-; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - York County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; York County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7349 S544

Defend or destroy? The Columbia-Wrightesville Bridge in the Gettysburg campaign

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Author: Schaefer, Thomas L.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 974.815 COLU D313 DVD

Responsibility: written and directed by Thomas L. Schaefer.

Author: Schaefer, Thomas L.

Place of Publication: [S. l.]

Publisher: A Total Magic Video Production ,

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: "Produced for Rivertownes PA USA in commemoration of the 140th anniversary of the burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge on 28 June 1863, this program narrates the dramatic story of the bridge's destruction and details the valiant attempt of an outnumbered detachment of raw Union militia to halt the advance of Confederate Brigadier General John Gordon's determined veteran infantry."; Also "introduces the poignant, very risky participation of a company of free blacks from Columbia."

Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.) Battle of, 1863-; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - York County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; York County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 974.815 COLU D313 DVD

Covered bridges of Lancaster, Berks and Chester counties

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Author: Fitzhugh, G. Campbell,

Date of Publication: [2012]; Â©2012

Call Number: 624 F555

Responsibility: G. Campbell Fitzhugh.

ISBN: 9781601263667; 160126366X

Author: Fitzhugh, G. Campbell,

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: [2012]; Â©2012

Physical Description: 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123) and index.

Subjects: Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Bridges - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Bridges - Pennsylvania - Chester County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 624 F555

Celebrating our past, focused on the future : Middle Creek Church of the Brethren, 150 years, 1864-2014

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Date of Publication: Â©2014.

Call Number: 286.5 M627

ISBN: 9781601264213; 1601264216

Place of Publication: Lititz, Pennsylvania

Publisher: Middle Creek Church of the Brethren,

Date of Publication: Â©2014.

Physical Description: vi, 162 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Lititz, Pa.) - History.; Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Middle Creek - History.; Middle Creek (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Corporate Author: Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Lititz, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 286.5 M627

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

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Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, MD

Publisher: Family Line Publications

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: 5 v. 21 cm.

Contents: Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).; Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.); Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.); Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.; Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]

Subjects: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.); St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.); White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Township, Pa.); East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation, Mountjoy Township, (Pa.); Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.); First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Christ Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (Elizabeth Township, Pa.); Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Township, Pa.); Jerusalem Reformed Church (Penryn, Pa.); Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata Twp., Pa.; St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim (Boro), Pa.; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [Maytown, East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Maytown Reformed Church, Maytown, [East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Reformed Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church, [West Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.]; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.3 W949

[Historic American Engineering Record : Big Conestoga Creek Bridge, No. 12]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12022

Date of Publication: [1996]

Call Number: 624.2 H673c

Date of Publication: [1996]

Physical Description: 22 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Historic American Engineering Record ; No. PA-500.

Notes: Draft copy.; Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: Documentation pertaining to significance of concrete Big Conestoga Creek Bridge, no. 12, built in 1917.

Subjects: Big Conestoga Creek Bridge #12 (West Earl: Pa. township).; Bridges - Pennsylvanaia - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 624.2 H673c

Faith and works at Middle Octorara since 1727 : a history of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, R.D. 3, Quarryville, Pa. Edited by Sanders P. McComsey

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Author: McElwain, Madison E.

Date of Publication: 1956]

Call Number: 285.1 M627 index

Alternate Title: Middle Octorara presbyterian cemeteries old and new, United Presbyterian 1717, taken from Faith and Works by Madison E. McElwain, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Penna.

Author: McElwain, Madison E.

Place of Publication: [Manheim? Pa

Date of Publication: 1956]

Physical Description: 582 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Library has a photocopy of the cemetery abstract (p. 451-581) with index added locally,and an updated abstract incorporating new graves (no date).

Subjects: Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Quarryville, Pa.); Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania.; Registers of birth, etc., Lancaster County, Pa.; Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.1 M627 index

Presbyterian Church Records- Middle Octorara, Bart Twp: [Church records 1796-1827 including membership list, accounts and minutes]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16418

Corporate Author: Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa.

Call Number: Drawer 2, sec. 5: #382

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Alternate Title: Presbyterian Church Records- Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa.

Corporate Author: Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa.

Physical Description: 1 reel , 35 mm.

Notes: Membership list; Subscription accts, 1816-1823; Treasurer's accts, 1815-1827; Trustees' minutes, 1796-1822; Labeled on box #382.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 43, #1.

Subjects: Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 2, sec. 5: #382

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A prologue to the construction of the fifth Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

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Author: Newcomer, L. W.

Date of Publication: 1971.

corporation's objection to the construction of a toll bridge by the county commissioners, based upon the premise that the Pennsylvania legislative act of 1923 did not permit it, was taken to the Grand Juries and the Courts of the two counties. The former refused to consider the subject. The Lancaster County

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Responsibility: by L. W. Newcomer.

Author: Newcomer, L. W.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1971.

Physical Description: [119]-124 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 3

Subjects: Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Bridges; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government.; York County (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 3 (1971), p. 119-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75

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Middle Octorara Presbyterian, Bart Township: [Church records including session minutes 1847-1874, members, admissions and dismissals 1847-1873, baptisms 1848-1859, deaths 1848-1859 and cemetery lot sales 1882-1894]

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Corporate Author: Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa

Call Number: Drawer 2, sec. 5: #384

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Corporate Author: Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa

Physical Description: 1 reel , 35 mm.

Notes: Labeled on box #384.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 43, #1.

Subjects: Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 2, sec. 5: #384

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Fire on the river : the defense of the world's longest covered bridge and how it changed the Battle of Gettysburg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16903

Defend or destroy? The Columbia-Wrightesville Bridge in the Gettysburg campaign

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17893

Covered bridges of Lancaster, Berks and Chester counties

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17999

Celebrating our past, focused on the future : Middle Creek Church of the Brethren, 150 years, 1864-2014

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18937

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

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[Historic American Engineering Record : Big Conestoga Creek Bridge, No. 12]

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Faith and works at Middle Octorara since 1727 : a history of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, R.D. 3, Quarryville, Pa. Edited by Sanders P. McComsey

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Presbyterian Church Records- Middle Octorara, Bart Twp: [Church records 1796-1827 including membership list, accounts and minutes]

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A prologue to the construction of the fifth Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

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Middle Octorara Presbyterian, Bart Township: [Church records including session minutes 1847-1874, members, admissions and dismissals 1847-1873, baptisms 1848-1859, deaths 1848-1859 and cemetery lot sales 1882-1894]

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