topic:"Civil War" found 37 records - Research Collections

A battlefield atlas of the Civil War

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Author: Symonds, Craig L.

Date of Publication: c1983.

Call Number: 973.7 S988

Responsibility: by Craig L. Symonds ; cartography by William J. Clipson.

ISBN: 0933852401 :

Author: Symonds, Craig L.

Place of Publication: Annapolis, Md

Publisher: Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America,

Date of Publication: c1983.

Physical Description: 1 atlas (xv, 106 p.) : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 105-106.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Maps.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Guidebooks.

Additional Author: Clipson, William J.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 S988

The chronicles of Middletown, containing a compilation of facts, biographical sketches, reminiscences, anecdotes, &c., connected with the history of one of the oldest towns in Pennsylvania

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Author: Hutchinson, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 974.818 H975

Responsibility: by C. H. Hutchinson.

Author: Hutchinson, C. H.

Place of Publication: [Middletown, Pa.]

Publisher: Middletown Area Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: vii, 266 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Notes: Chapters 45-54 give war records of Middletown volunteers, 1861-1865. Chapters 55-56 give rolls of militia companies in 1862-1863.; Reprint of the 1906 ed. published by Hutchinson.; Includes index.

Subjects: Burd family.; Cameron famiy.; Smith family.; Fisher family.; Frey family.; Kendig famiy.; Landis family.; McClure family.; Snyder family.; Middletown (Pa.) - History.; Middletown (Pa.) - Biography.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.

Additional Corporate Author: Middletown Area Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.818 H975

Civil War genealogy

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Author: Schweitzer, George Keene,

Date of Publication: c1984

Call Number: 929.1 S413c

Responsibility: by George K. Schweitzer.

ISBN: 0913857009 (pbk.) :

Author: Schweitzer, George Keene,

Place of Publication: Knoxville, TN

Publisher: G.K. Schweitzer,

Date of Publication: c1984

Physical Description: 76 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers - Bibliography.; United States - Genealogy - Bibliography.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Bibliography.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Archival resources.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Library resources.; United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 S413c

Civil War record and letters of Henry B. Eshleman : born September 6, 1841 died April 10, 1893

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Author: Eshleman, Henry B. ,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 973.741 E75

Responsibility: by Henry B. Eshleman ; compiled by Joseph T. Kingston.

Author: Eshleman, Henry B. ,

Place of Publication: Photocopy

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 1 vol. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Kinston, Joseph T.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.741 E75

Days of darkness : the Gettysburg civilians

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Author: Williams, William G.

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 973.7349 H633

Responsibility: by William G. Williams.

ISBN: 0932751059 :

Author: Williams, William G.

Place of Publication: Shippensburg, Pa

Publisher: Beidel Print. House,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: xiii, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: LCHS copy inscribed by author.; Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 251-252.

Contents: Chapters : First Light --- All Talk --- They're Here --- They're Gone --- Storm Clouds --- The First Day --- The Second Day --- The Third Day --- The Fourth of July --- Sunday "Sabbath of Suffering " --- Monday " Up From The Ashes " --- Tuesday " Food Bandages and Prayer " --- Wednesday "More Surprises " --- Thursday " On The Move" --- Friday "A week of Peace " --- July 11 - 12 " The Living and The Dying " --- July 13 - 19 " Some Go Home " --- July 20 - 31 " An End To Nursing " --- August and September " Lingering Effects " --- November 19 " Four Score and Seven " --- Epilogue --- List of Hospital Sites

Summary: "Many books have documented the military repercussions of the Battle of Gettysburg - but never before has an author delved so deeply into what has been a nearly untapped historical resource: the accounts of the town's 2,400 civilians, who became combatants and casualties, spies and stretcher-bearers - eyewitnesses all to this momentous event." [from GoodReads]

Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.; Historical fiction.; War stories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7349 H633

The defense of Columbia, June 1863

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Author: McSherry, Patrick M.

Date of Publication: 1980

these implements to fight the rapidly spreading flames 60 The borough of Wrightsville had one or two fire engines but Gordon, in his Reminiscences of the Civil War, stated that no engines were available. The engines may have been removed to Columbia "either for safekeeping or to pre- vent their use when

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Responsibility: by Patrick M. McSherry.

Author: McSherry, Patrick M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1980

Physical Description: 135-154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.84, no.3

Subjects: Columbia (Pa.) - History - 19th century.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 84, number 3 (1980), p. 135-154Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.84

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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author: Clark, William T.,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 973.781 C596

, they lost 216 men killed, wounded and missing. It is one ofthe higher loss percentages of all the units in the Civil War. Their service there was part of a fine stand by their brigade, led by Col. John C. Starkweather, ofWisconsin. While recovering from that battle, the brigade was assigned to guard

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Responsibility: Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.

Author: Clark, William T.,

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: 10 vols. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."; Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.

Contents: vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Davis, William G.; Davis, Janet B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 C596

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The GAR : its organization and the men of Post #37

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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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A battlefield atlas of the Civil War

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The chronicles of Middletown, containing a compilation of facts, biographical sketches, reminiscences, anecdotes, &c., connected with the history of one of the oldest towns in Pennsylvania

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Civil War genealogy

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Civil War record and letters of Henry B. Eshleman : born September 6, 1841 died April 10, 1893

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Days of darkness : the Gettysburg civilians

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The defense of Columbia, June 1863

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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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The GAR : its organization and the men of Post #37

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