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Battle field and prison pen, or Through the war, and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons. A graphic recital of personal experiences throughout the whole period of the late war for the Union

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Author: Urban, John W.

Date of Publication: [1882]

Call Number: 817 U72b

Responsibility: By John W. Urban ...

Author: Urban, John W.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Hubbard Brothers,

Date of Publication: [1882]

Physical Description: xii, 13-422 p. front., plates. ports. 19 1/2 cm.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 817 U72b

News of the president's proclamation of peace by treaty ending the War of 1812 received in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1929

President's ratification of the treaty of peace was celebrated in the borough with clamorous rejoicings. Business was suspended and the citi- zens spent the day in celebrating the glorious termination of the war. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 24th, 1815, states : "The confirmation of the news of

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1929

Physical Description: 139-140 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 7

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - History - War of 1812.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 7 (1929), p. 139-140Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33

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The Twenty-eighth division, Pennsylvania's guard in the world war; forewards by the commanding generals. The history of the Keystone or Iron division in the world war. Also the history and traditions of the Pennsylvania national guard and its predecessor the Pennsylvania militia

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Author: Martin, Edward,

Date of Publication: [c1923-24]

Call Number: 940.412 M379 Oversize

Responsibility: Compiled from official and private records, by Colonel Edward Martin, assisted by officers and men of the various units; E.S. Wallace ... editor ...

Author: Martin, Edward,

Place of Publication: Pittsburgh, Pa

Publisher: 28th division Pub. Co.

Date of Publication: [c1923-24]

Physical Description: 5 v. fronts., illus. (incl. ports., maps) 2 col. pl. 35 cm.

Subjects: United States. - Army. - Infantry Division, 28th.; World War, 1914-1918 - United States.

Additional Author: Wallace, Edwin Sherman,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 940.412 M379 Oversize

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

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Author: Urban, John W.

Date of Publication: 1882.

Call Number: 817 U72m

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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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The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

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Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Date of Publication: 1929.

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: The Telegraph Press,

Date of Publication: 1929.

Physical Description: 793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.

Notes: Tail-pieces.; "Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]; "Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.; "Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.; "List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.; Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America; Fortification - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Meeting in Lancaster following declaration of War in 1812

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1929

ferocious attack of a desperate and veteran enemy near New Orleans." Meeting in Lancaster Following Declaration of War in 1812 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N June 19th, 1812, James Madison, President of the United States, issued a proclamation formally declaring that war existed between this country and

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1929

Physical Description: 141-143 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 7

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - History - War of 1812.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 7 (1929), p. 141-143Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33

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The Reading militia in the great war / by J. Bennett Nolan ... published under the auspices of the Historical society of Berks county

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Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Date of Publication: [1921]

Call Number: 974.816 R287n

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Printed by F. A. Woerner

Date of Publication: [1921]

Physical Description: 206 p. ; 19 cm.

Contents: The career of Company I, later known at Company D, 150th machine gun battalion, Forty-second division, American expeditionary force.--The career of Company A, later known as Company B, 106th machine gun battalion, Twenty-eighth division, American expeditionary force.