This site is dedicated to the eternal memory and bravery of
Colonel John William Moore
203rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
KIA Fort Fisher, N.C. January 15, 1865
The Burning of the Columbia /Wrightsville Bridge
June 28, 1863 [Frank Leslie's Illustrated]
"In great deeds something abides, on great fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits
linger, to consecrate grounds for the vision place of souls.
And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see
where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field to ponder and dream:
And Lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in it's bosom,
and the power of the vision pass into their souls."
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain-
commenting on his return to the battlefield
at Gettysburg 10/3/1889
Welcome,
This is the web site for
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
in the Civil War
by Ronald C. Young
AVAILABLE in 2008
LANCASTER COUNTY CIVIL WAR SOLDIER BURIAL DATABASE
Will include nearly 8000 entries of soldiers buried in Lancaster County, Pa. Searchable by Name, Regiment, Cemetery, Township/Borough.
Includes birth and death dates, terms of service, service notations.
LANCASTER COUNTY CIVIL WAR BIOGRAPHIES
A collection of the lives of some of the lesser-known, but more fascinating men and women in Civil War Lancaster.
These two works will conclude at this time my combined 4 volumes of Civil War Lancaster County.
Please check out the two companion histories available from this website, as well as the Lancaster County Historical Society,
Eastern National Bookstore at Gettysburg, Civil War and More in Mechanicsburg, Pa as well as other online book dealers.
Lancaster County Native Son
Joshua Lawrence Young
at the 99th Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry Monument, Gettysburg, Pa.
Companies B and D of the 99th were from Lancaster.
The regiment suffered many casualties as they bore the
brunt of the Confederate attack above and around
"Devils Den" on the afternnon of July 2, 1863.
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors,
(not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they
should not, the real war will never get in the books. In the mushy influences of current times, too, the fervid atmosphere
and typical events of those years are in danger of being totally forgotten.
AND so good-bye to the war. I know not how it may have been, or may be, to others, to me the main interest I found,
(and still, on recollection, find,) in the rank and file of the armies, both sides, and in those specimens amid the hospitals,
and even the dead on the field. To me the points illustrating the latent personal character and eligibilities of these States,
in the two or three millions of American young and middle-aged men, North and South, embodied in those armies, and especially
the one-third or one-fourth of their number, stricken by wounds or disease at some time in the course of the contest were
of more significance even than the political interests involved.
National Banner of the 203rd Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry battle scarred and burned at Fort Fisher, N.C. January 15th, 1865. The regiment, dominated by men and boys
from Lancaster County, suffered the most casualties of any Union regiment in the battle.
All Brothers are invited to attend 4th Thursday of the month at the Lancaster County Historical Society. 7 p.m.
LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL WAR NEWS
Aaron Copland's
"A Lincoln Portrait"
And Patriotic Concert
Narrated by: Jim Getty
Featuring : The Reading Pops Orchestra and Muhlenberg Community Chorus
Saturday Evening July 12th, 2008 7:00 PM [Doors
open at 6:00 PM] Muhlenberg High School
Sharp
Ave. and Frances St.
Laureldale, Pa. 19605
Phone: 610-921-8078
Book Signings and Discussion by Civil War Authors:
Ronald C. Young
Bob O'Connor
T.K. Marion
Brought
to you by PUBLICITY WORKS
For more information
contact Trish Doll 717-445-6377
LANCASTER CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE
Join us at 7:00pm on Thursday, July 10, 2008
Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr
presents
Artillery at Gettysburg
The
Lancaster Civil War Round Table is proud to welcome Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr to the Lititz Public Library located
at 651 Kissel Hill Road in Lititz at 7:00pm on Thursday, July 10, 2008 as he presents “Artillery at Gettysburg”.
The Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia brought a total of 612 guns–272 (CSA), 360 (USA)–into
Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg Campaign. Causing an estimated maximum of 10% of the total battle casualties in the Civil
War, the effectiveness of the artillery often has come into question. What is overlooked is that the purpose of the artillery
is to inflict mayhem, but rather to cause confusion and shock. The effective range of canister was 400 yards and in. This
range holds true as to the smoothbores and the rifled guns. The rifled guns were less effective with canister since the rifling
tended to skew the balls in a swirling pattern. The smoothbores were quite effective with canister. Licensed Battlefield
Guide, Rich Kohr explains more about the artillery that was used at the battle of Gettysburg.
Come out and enjoy an evening with Rich Kohr!
These programs are free and open to the public. Registration is suggested
by emailing your name, phone number and number attending to srihn@lititzlibrary.org
or call the library at 626-2255.
For more information, contact Micky Kraft at 392-4976, email lancastercivilwarroundtable@gmail.com.
