"As the confederates advance into Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg Campaign, a group of Franklin & Marshall College students follow Robert Nevin, their former professor of Greek, into the army, forming Lancaster County’s only Civil War artillery battery – Independent Battery I, Pennsylvania Light Artillery. Join the men of Independent Battery I as they await the enemy at the Susquehanna River, and at the threatened state capital of Harrisburg. Learn of the experiences in Philadelphia where they expect to quell draft riots, and follow them as they serve at Harpers Ferry in ‘ironclad’ railcars on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and build fortifications on Maryland Heights. March with the men as they are sent to the defenses of Washington DC. Join them as they experience Confederate General Jubal Early’s attack on the city, debate the issues of the 1864 elections, and witness Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, as well as the Grand Review.†[from the publisher]
Account of the duel between Stephen Chambers and Jacob Reiger, which took place on 11 May 1789 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Stephen Chambers died 16 May 1789, and Jacob Reiger died 20 October 1793.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 109, no. 1 (Spring 2007).
Notes
Charles E. Dorwart was listed as Charles Ehler Johnson on the roster of Navy men killed in the Battleship Maine explosion. He had falsified his name when he joined the Navy.
Contains references to "City hotel" - 162-164 North Queen Street ; the Rifle Works of Henry Leman (photo included of the Rifle Works) ; Gruel's Ice Cream Saloon -North Queen Street ; and the Markely Cigar Depot - North Queen Street.
