"Civil War Voices from York County, PA"

We see the loneliness of a Yorker serving as a guard at Fort Monroe, Va., whose mundane routine is broken by a visit from U.S. Grant and President Lincoln. We see the fear and uncertainty expressed by a worried housewife as rumors of the impending Confederate invasion reach northwestern York County. We hear the defiance in the voice of a former soldier who is willing to pick up the musket again in defense of his country. We hear the voice of a young York man who helps in the gruesome field hospitals at Gettysburg, an experience that leads him into a career as a physician. We learn how a frightened child hides silently in a cherry tree as gray-coated soldiers rode through her parents' farm. These voices, and nearly two hundred more, bring to life what it was like to live in south-central Pennsylvania during America's most tumultuous period.

Scott Mingus has written "Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna River, June 1863"; "The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign" five other Civil War books, an numerous magazine articles. He is a sanctioned Civil War guide for the York County Heritage Trust. He is a scientist and executive in the paper and printing industry, and is a graduate of Miami University n Oxford, OH.

James McClure is the author of "East of Gettysburg: A Gray Shadow Crosses York County, PA"; "Almost Forgotten" A Glimpse at Black History in York County, PA"; and three other books on York County history. He earned a master's degree in American Studies at Penn State Harrisburg and is editor of the York Daily Record/ Sunday News.