Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s invasion of Pennsylvania today meets resistance in the town of Hanover. The encounter begins when Confederate Major Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry attacks a Union cavalry regiment and forces the federal forces to retreat through the streets of Hanover. The Confederate retreat, however, proves to be momentary. A brigade arrives to…
The tension mounts in the North as U.S. General Robert E. Lee remains largely unopposed in his invasive foray. In the South, hopes are high that the invasion might be the turning point of the war that forces the United States to seek peace with the Confederacy. Today York, Pennsylvania is the focus of the…
William Taylor of Pennsylvania, born April 8, 1826 and now in Company G of the 100th Pennsylvania Regiment, is soon to be promoted to Sergeant (April 15, 1863), eventually earning the rank of Captain (October 4, 1864). His service in the United States army during the war takes him to Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee,…