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"Civil War Voices from York County, PA" mixes reminiscences from the inhabitants of York County, Pa., many handed down to descendants, with a strong focus on the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign. Authors Scott Mingus and James McClure have uncovered or received dozens of previously unpublished diaries, journals, Civil War letters from the field, and similar first-person accounts that provide glimpses into the hearts of the soldiers and citizens.

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.