Jake Wynn | June 18, 2013
As yesterday’s post illustrated, the state government felt it necessary to begin evacuating the archives found within the state library in the midst of the crisis. Today, we will examine the situation in Harrisburg from a different perspective… Today’s post will allow the people who were in the city on June 16, 1863 to tell […]
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Tags: Civil War 150, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Campaign, Harrisburg, Harrisburg Civil War, Invasion of Pennsylvania
Jake Wynn | June 16, 2013
The total collapse of Union forces at Winchester on June 15 sent hundreds of stragglers careening through southern Pennsylvania en route to Harrisburg via the Cumberland Valley. Their wagon train, numbering nearly 500 fully loaded wagons, sped through the southern towns at breakneck speed, saying the Southerners were fast on their heels. As June 16, […]
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Tags: Civil War 150, Contrabands, Gettysburg, Invasion of Pennsylvania
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