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Post script : the old buck cannon

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1029
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1961.
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.65
Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1961.
Physical Description
[106]-107 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 65, no. 2
Subjects
Ordnance.
Artillery.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.65
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The worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens : place, personality, and politics in the Civil War era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22341
Date of Publication
[2019]
Call Number
973.68 B619
Responsibility
edited by Michael J. Birkner, Randall M. Miller, and John W. Quist.
ISBN
9780807170816 (cloth : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Baton Rouge
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press,
Date of Publication
[2019]
Physical Description
xiv, 279 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series
Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : possessing the power : the role of force in James Buchanan's Caribbean policy / Amy S. Greenberg -- The bachelor's mess : James Buchanan and the domestic politics of doughfacery in Jacksonian America / Thomas J. Balcerski -- Stephen A. Douglas, free-soiler : a counterfactual analysis of party reformation in the 1850s / Douglas R. Egerton -- "General Jackson is dead" : dissecting a popular anecdote of nineteenth-century party leadership / Matthew Pinsker -- "Buck all over" : James Buchanan and a trail of broken relationships / William P. MacKinnon -- Slavery and the breakup of the Democratic Party in the North : a battle of ideas and organization / Frank Towers -- Friends and outliers : Varina Davis, James Buchanan, and gender relations in Antebellum Washington / Joan E. Cashin -- "Like the baseless fabric of a vision" : Thaddeus Stevens and confiscation reconsidered / John David Smith -- "Eastern and Western empire" : Thaddeus Stevens and the greater Reconstruction / Michael Green -- A conversation with Bruce Levine and James Oakes : moderated by Randall M. Miller.
Summary
"The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era's most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were bachelors. During the 1850s, James Buchanan tried to keep the Democratic Party alive as the slavery debate divided his peers and the political system. Thaddeus Stevens, meanwhile, as Whig turned Republican, invested in the federal government to encourage economic development and social reform, especially antislavery and Republican Reconstruction"--
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Political and social views.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868 - Political and social views.
Legislators - United States - Biography.
Politicians - United States - Biography.
United States - History - 1815-1861.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 19th century.
Additional Author
Birkner, Michael J.,
Miller, Randall M.,
Quist, John W.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.68 B619
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Three years in the Bloody Eleventh : the campaigns of a Pennsylvania Reserves regiment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11907
Author
Gibbs, Joseph,
Date of Publication
2002.
Call Number
973.7448 G443
Responsibility
Joseph Gibbs.
ISBN
0271021667 (alk. paper)
Author
Gibbs, Joseph,
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
xxi, 378 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-356) and index.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1865)
United States. - Army - Reserves - History
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7448 G443
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James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17417
Date of Publication
c2013.
Call Number
973.68 B918
Responsibility
edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner.
ISBN
9780813044262 (alk. paper)
081304426X (alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Gainesville
Publisher
University Press of Florida,
Date of Publication
c2013.
Physical Description
x, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Papers from a conference held at LancasterHistory.org in 2008. Presentation copy from the editors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? -- James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman -- Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon -- General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson -- In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek -- President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison -- The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker -- "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade -- Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts -- A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist -- Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner.
Summary
An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Additional Author
Quist, John W.
Birkner, Michael J.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.68 B918
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History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5 : prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8131
Author
Bates, Samuel P.
Date of Publication
1993-
Call Number
974.8033 B329
Responsibility
by Samuel P. Bates.
ISBN
1568372264 (set)
1568372272 (v.1)
1568372280 (v.2)
1568372299 (v.3)
Author
Bates, Samuel P.
Place of Publication
Wilmington, N.C
Publisher
Broadfoot Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1993-
Physical Description
v 1-10; v.1-4 (index) : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Harrisburg : B. Singerly, State Printer, 1869-1871.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 B329
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Pennsylvania Civil War trails : the guide to battle sites, monuments, museums and towns

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17809
Author
Huntington, Tom.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c2007.
Call Number
973.709748 H953
Responsibility
Tom Huntington.
Author
Huntington, Tom.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, PA
Publisher
Stackpole Books,
Date of Publication
c2007.
Physical Description
vii, 150 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.
Subjects
Trails - Pennsylvania - Guidebooks.
Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Guidebooks.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
Pennsylvania - Tours.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Guidebooks.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Guidebooks.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.709748 H953
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Advance the colors! : Pennsylvania Civil War battle flags

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4372
Author
Sauers, Richard Allen.
Date of Publication
c1987-c1991.
Call Number
974.8033 S259
Responsibility
Richard A. Sauers.
ISBN
0818200901 (v. 1) :
081820155X
Author
Sauers, Richard Allen.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg]
Publisher
Capitol Preservation Committee,
Date of Publication
c1987-c1991.
Physical Description
2 v. (xvi, 611 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Flags.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Flags.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 S259
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The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20679
Author
Creighton, Margaret S.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c2005.
Call Number
973.7349 C914
  3 websites  
Responsibility
Margaret Creighton.
ISBN
0465014569
9780465014569
9780465014576
0465014577
Author
Creighton, Margaret S.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Basic Books,
Date of Publication
c2005.
Physical Description
xix, 321 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.
Contents
The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.
Summary
"In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies marched on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center stage of war. The three days of fighting that ensued decisively turned the tide of the Civil War. In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton narrates the tale of this crucial battle from the viewpoint of three unsung groups - women, immigrants, and African Americans - and reveals how wide the battle's dimensions were."
"Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring to life the individuals at the heart of her narrative. In telling the stories of these participants, Margaret Creighton has written a work of original history - a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most remarkable event."--Jacket.
Subjects
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Immigrants - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
Women, White - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
African Americans.
Immigrants.
Military participation
Women.
Women, White.
Einwanderer.
Frau.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Women.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, Immigrant.
Pennsylvania - Gettysburg.
United States.
Gettysburg (Pa.) - Schlacht.
Schwarze.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 C914
Websites
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History of Hampton battery F, independent Pennsylvania light artillery, organized at Pittsburgh, Pa., October 8, 1861, mustered out in Pittsburgh, June 26, 1865

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4906
Author
Clark, William,
Date of Publication
c1909]
Call Number
974.8033 C596
Responsibility
Comp. by William Clark.
Author
Clark, William,
Place of Publication
[Akron, O., Pittsburgh
Publisher
The Werner company,
Date of Publication
c1909]
Physical Description
6 p. β., 11-179 p. front., illus., pl., ports., double map. 25 cm.
Notes
"History of Hampton battery B, National guard of Pennsylvania, in war with Spain, 1898, with complete roster": p. [167]-179.
Subjects
Pennsylvania artillery. - Independent battery F, 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania artillery. - Battery B, 1884-
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pa. art. - Independent battery F.
United States - History - War of 1898 - Regimental histories - Pa. art. - Battery A.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 C596
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Making and remaking Pennsylvania's Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16627
Date of Publication
c2001.
Call Number
973.7 M235
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by William Blair and William Pencak.
ISBN
0271020792 (alk. paper)
9780271020792 (alk. paper)
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c2001.
Physical Description
xix, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Keystone Confederates : Pennsylvanians who fought for Dixie / Christian B. Keller -- Avenue of dreams : patriotism and the spectator at Philadelphia's Great Central Sanitary Fair / Elizabeth Milroy -- "We were enlisted for the war" : ladies' aid societies and the politics of women's work during the Civil War / Rachel Filene Seidman -- "The world will little note nor long remember" : gender analysis of civilian responses to the Battle of Gettysburg / Christina Ericson -- The Avery Monument : the elevation of race in public sculpture and the Republican Party / Henry Pisciotta -- The Civil War letters of Quartermaster Sergeant John C. Brock, 43rd regiment, United States Colored Troops / edited by Eric Ledell Smith -- Sites of memory, sites of glory : African-American Grand Army of the Republic posts in Pennsylvania / Barbara A. Gannon -- "A disgrace that can never be washed out" : Gettysburg and the lingering stigma of 1863 / Jim Weeks -- "Magnificence and terrible truthfulness" : Peter F. Rothermel's The Battle of Gettysburg / Mark Thistlethwaite -- The brothers' war : Gettysburg the movie and American memory / William Blair.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Influence.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Influence.
Additional Author
Blair, William Alan.
Pencak, William,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 M235
Websites
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Damn Dutch : Pennsylvania Germans at Gettysburg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13396
Author
Valuska, David L.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
973.7349 V215
Responsibility
David L. Valuska and Christian B. Keller ; foreword by Don Yoder.
ISBN
0811700747 (pbk.)
Author
Valuska, David L.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, PA
Publisher
Stackpole Books,
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
xix, 236 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-231) and index.
Contents
Two German immigrations and ethnic identity on the eve of the Civil War / Christian B. Keller -- German-Americans and the war up to Gettysburg / Martin Oefele -- The Pennsylvania Dutch as first defenders / David L. Valuska -- The Pennsylvania Dutch and "the hard hand of war" / Christian B. Keller -- The campaign and battle of Gettysburg / Scott Hartwig -- "Fight with what is left" / David L. Valuska -- Pennsylvania's German-Americans, a popular myth, and the importance of perception / Christian B. Keller -- The Pennsylvania Dutch fight for "old Dutch Pennsylvania" / David L. Valuska -- After Gettysburg / Christian B. Keller and David L. Valuska.
Subjects
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - German Americans.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - German Americans.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Additional Author
Keller, Christian B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 V215
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History of the Seventeenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, or One hundred and sixty-second in the line of Pennsylvania volunteer regiments, war to suppress the rebellion, 1861-1865

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4910
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania cavalry. 17th regt.,
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.8003 P415
  1 website  
Responsibility
compiled from records of the rebellion, official reports, recollections, reminiscences, incidents, diaries and company rosters ; with an appendix by H. P. Moyer.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania cavalry. 17th regt.,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Sowers printing company,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
472 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary
Compiled from records of the rebellion, official reports, recollections, reminiscences, incidents, diaries and company rosters, with an appendix, by H. P. Moyer.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 17th (1862-1865).
Pennsylvania Cavalry. - 17th Regt., 1862-1865.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Cavalry - 17th.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Additional Author
Moyer, H. P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8003 P415
Websites
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The illustrated Battle cry of freedom : the Civil War era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11628
Author
McPherson, James M.
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
973.73 M172
Alternate Title
Battle cry of freedom
Responsibility
James M. McPherson.
ISBN
0195159012 (acidfree paper)
0195168283 (signed leather ed. : acid-free paper)
Author
McPherson, James M.
Place of Publication
Oxford ; New York
Publisher
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
xiv, 786 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, music ; 30 cm.
Notes
Rev. ed. of: Battle cry of freedom.
Includes index.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns - Pictorial works.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Pictorial works.
Additional Author
McPherson, James M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.73 M172
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Dear Catharine, dear Taylor : the Civil War letters of a Union soldier and his wife

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14326
Author
Peirce, Taylor,
Date of Publication
2002.
Call Number
973.781 P378
Responsibility
edited by Richard L. Kiper ; letters transcribed by Donna B. Vaughn.
ISBN
070061205X (alk. paper)
Author
Peirce, Taylor,
Place of Publication
Lawrence
Publisher
University Press of Kansas,
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
xii, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Series
Modern war studies
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-438) and index.
Contents
August 20, 1862 to March 22, 1863, Missouri -- March 28 to September 24, 1863, the Vicksburg Campaign -- October 4, 1863 to July 24, 1864, Texas and Louisiana -- July 26, 1864 to December 25, 1864, Virginia -- January 9, 1865 to August 2, 1865, South Carolina, North Carolina, Iowa.
Summary
"While there are many collections of letters from Civil War soldiers to their wives, very few include such a rich trove of letters from the homefront. Together they paint an engrossing portrait of a soldier and husband who was trying to do his patriotic and familial duty, and of a wife trying to cope with loneliness and responsibility while longing for her husband's safe return. Beautifully edited and annotated...they bring to life a nation under siege and provide a rare look at the war's impact on both the common soldier and his family." [from the book jacket]
Subjects
Peirce, Taylor, - 1822-1901
Peirce, Catherine L., - d. 1867
United States. - Army. - Iowa Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865)
Soldiers - United States - Correspondence.
Army spouses - Iowa - Des Moines - Correspondence.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.
Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.
Des Moines (Iowa) - Biography.
Additional Author
Peirce, Catherine L.,
Kiper, Richard L.,
Vaughn, Donna B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 P378
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Pennsylvania and Virginia Germans during the Civil War : a brief history and comparative analysis

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17834
Author
Keller, Christian B.
Date of Publication
2001.
Responsibility
by Christian B. Keller.
Author
Keller, Christian B.
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
37-86.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - German Americans.
Virginia - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - German Americans.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - German Americans.
Contained In
vol. 109, no. 1, 2001.Lancaster History Library - Book973.7349 K29
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Transactions of the first annual reunion of the 122d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers: Held at Lancaster, Pa., Thursday, May 17, 1883

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21091
Corporate Author
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)
Date of Publication
1884.
Call Number
973.748 T772
Corporate Author
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New Era Steam Printing House,
Date of Publication
1884.
Physical Description
49 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Caption title.
Reproduction by Scholar Select.
Summary
This volume includes the complete text of two orations made at the reunion as well as a history of the regiment. There are many details concerning the formation, the logistics, and the tasks of the 122d Regiment.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)
Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.748 T772
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The Slaves' War : the Civil War in the words of former slaves

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21092
Author
Ward, Andrew,
Date of Publication
2008.
Call Number
973.711 W256
Responsibility
Andrew Ward.
ISBN
9780618634002
0618634002
9780547237923
0547237928
Author
Ward, Andrew,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
Date of Publication
2008.
Physical Description
xiv, 386 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-372) and index.
Summary
The first narrative history of the Civil War as told by the very people it freed. Historian of nineteenth-century and African-American history Andrew Ward weaves together hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs. Here is the Civil War as seen from slave quarters, kitchens, roadsides, swamps, and fields. Body servants, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to richly detailed life. From slaves' theories about the causes of the Civil War to their frank assessments of major figures; from their searing memories of the carnage of battle to their often startling attitudes toward masters and liberators alike; and from their initial jubilation at the Yankee invasion of the slave South to the crushing disappointment of freedom's promise unfulfilled, this is a transformative vision of America's second revolution.--From publisher description.
Subjects
Slaves - Southern States - Biography.
Freedmen - United States - Biography.
African Americans - Biography.
African Americans.
Freedmen.
Slaves.
Social aspects.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.
Southern States.
United States.
Biography.
History.
Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.711 W256
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Emancipating slaves, enslaving free men : a history of the American Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18456
Author
Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers.
Date of Publication
c1996.
Call Number
973.7 H925
Responsibility
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel.
ISBN
0812693116 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780812693119 (cloth : alk. paper)
0812693124 (paper : alk. paper)
9780812693126 (paper : alk. paper)
Author
Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers.
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
Open Court,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Physical Description
xiii, 421 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: America's Crisis -- 1. Slavery and States' Rights in the Early Republic -- 2. The Political Economy of Slavery and Secession -- 3. The Slave Power Seeks Foreign Conquest -- 4. Emergence of the Republican Party -- 5. The Confederate States of America -- 6. Mobilizing for Conflict -- 7. The Military Struggle -- 8. The War to Abolish Slavery? -- 9. Republican Neo-Mercantilism Versus Confederate War Socialism -- 10. Dissent and Disaffection - North and South -- 11. The Ravages of Total War -- 12. The Politics of Reconstruction -- 13. American Society Transformed -- Epilogue: America's Turning Point.
Summary
This book combines a sweeping narrative history of the Civil War with a bold new look at the war's significance for American society. Professor Hummel sees the Civil War as America's turning point: simultaneously the culmination and repudiation of the American revolution. A unique feature of the book is the bibliographical essays which follow every chapter. Here the author surveys the literature and points out where his own interpretation fits into the continuing clash of viewpoints which informs historical debate on the Civil War.
Subjects
States' rights (American politics)
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Slavernij.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Reconstruction (1865-1877)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Influence.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 H925
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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
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
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The GAR : its organization and the men of Post #37

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1904
Author
Patton, Alfreda,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Call Number
369.15 P322
Responsibility
by Alfreda Patton.
Author
Patton, Alfreda,
Place of Publication
York, PA (P.O. Box 1824, York 17405)
Publisher
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Physical Description
i, 95 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
Special publications / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 39 (Jan./Apr. 1989)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Grand Army of the Republic. - General John Sedgwick Post No. 37 (York, Pa.) - Registers.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Veterans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Additional Corporate Author
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.15 P322
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