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 SPRING 2009
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
LANCASTER CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE
Join
us at 7:00pm on Thursday, August 14, 2008
Author Sarah Sites Rodgers (Sally Thomas)
presents
The
Ties of the Past - The Gettysburg Diaries of Salome Myers Stewart, 1854 - 1922
The Lancaster Civil War
Round Table is proud to welcome Author Sarah Sites Rodgers (Sally Thomas) to the Lititz Public Library located at 651 Kissel
Hill Road in Lititz at 7:00pm on Thursday, August 14, 2008 as she presents The Ties of the Past - The Gettysburg Diaries of
Salome Myers Stewart, 1854-1922. Sally Thomas is a lifelong resident of Adams County, Pennsylvania, and the great-great-granddaughter
of Salome Myers Stewart. Her book on Sallie Myers, The Ties of the Past - The Gettysburg Diaries of Salome Myers Stewart,
1854-1922: was published in 1996. Elizabeth Salome Myers was a schoolteacher in Gettysburg when the battle of Gettysburg
began. Sallie, who “never could stand the sight of blood," found herself drawn into nursing the wounded soldiers
in her father’s house and at the Roman Catholic Church. She continued to nurse soldiers at Camp Letterman until it’s
closing in November of 1863 and later was nationally recognized for her contributions. She was only 21 years old at the time
of the Battle of Gettysburg. Previously unpublished diaries document a life changed forever in the summer of 1863. Ties_of_the_Past.gif
Educated at Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, Sarah graduated in 1992 with a BA in English education,
as well as a minor in history and a concentration in American cultures. Research began on Salome Myers Stewart during her
years at the Mount, as an outgrowth of a course on the Civil War. In addition, her American cultures concentration focused
heavily, almost exclusively, on 19th century American women, particularly their styles, methods, and motivations for writing.
Sarah taught English and history in the Frederick County, Maryland, public schools for four years, and is currently Co-owner
of McKesson House which specializes in Polish Pottery in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. She lectures on Sallie whenever possible,
in public schools, at round table discussions, and for colleges and civic groups. Come out and enjoy an evening with Sally
Thomas! 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.
