(This is the second of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late-June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story. Civil War historian Scott Mingus served as ...

Unlike his Civil War counterpart, the mayor, Bill Althaus, refused to surrender the city. York, thus, acknowledged this difficult moment that had been suppressed for much of the 20th century.

The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, ... 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army.

With Lee’s surrender, the war effectively came to an end. On April 9, ... when the Civil War effectively came to an end, and, though dramatically remade, the nation would be preserved. ...

Scott and I will discuss our findings and other issues about the surrender of York as part of the York County History Center-sponsored, activity-packed Civil War Day starting at 10 a.m., July 20 ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

The second of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late-June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story.

Scott and I will discuss our findings and other issues about the surrender of York as part of the York County History Center-sponsored, activity-packed Civil War Day starting at 10 a.m., July 20 ...

(This is the second of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late-June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story. Civil War historian Scott Mingus served as ...

First installment: Who paid the Confederate requisition after York’s Civil War surrender? And who did not? The other day at Seminary Ridge Museum in Gettysburg, a Civil War talk turned to the ...