Civil War 150 River Towns

11/18/2023

Starting this Saturday and every Saturday to December 30th. FREE PARKING!!!

07/07/2022

Local history.

https://yorkblog.com/cannonball/heroine-susquehanna-2/?fbclid=IwAR3kGLlfoj8Payndnh5yquHyyfRkH0DnHBw5E1Nk9nuZdSCHUT8ghKLXfxA

Young York County newlywed Mary Jane Rewalt's bravery and generosity led to a Confederate general calling her the heroine of the Susquehanna.

06/28/2022

Here's a detailed article that I co-wrote on the burning of the world's longest covered bridge, between Wrightsville and Columbia, during the Gettysburg Campaign. If you like local history, you should enjoy this feature article that appeared in the May 2022 issue of America's Civil War magazine.

A brief but sharp skirmish at Wrightsville marked the easternmost Confederate advance in Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg Campaign.

05/16/2022

My latest magazine article is now available to read for free on the Internet. Retro Wrightsville story from the Civil War and the burning of what was then the world's longest covered bridge.
https://www.historynet.com/how-volunteer-soldiers-blocked-robert-e-lee-by-burning-the-worlds-longest-covered-bridge/?fbclid=IwAR362yn9yvJtMkW6-4JfiMRG_Cr5oXfw5v2bQEdZh9yFRYB5nDw90zGaZdE

A brief but sharp skirmish at Wrightsville marked the easternmost Confederate advance in Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg Campaign.

02/16/2022

For the past few years, some folks who attended my PowerPoint talks on four unsolved Gettysburg Campaign murder mysteries have suggested that I needed to turn the slides into a book. I have finally done that, adding in more than a dozen other stories. Jim McClure was kind enough to write the foreword, as well as the linked blog post. Do you like murder mysteries? Cover photo of the old Columbia Bridge entrance by John Reitzel.

https://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/2022/02/15/marauders-and-murderers-york-pa-author-focuses-civil-war-mystery/6802407001/?fbclid=IwAR19sPK2nk14loAmd80XB3ZRAqrZtKmOnD7gzqkAo3--6Y92sf1WVp9HUWQ

Everyone loves a good mystery. And Scott Mingus uses this form so well that readers will find themselves turning pages to the end.