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Some Culp Family Members In The Civil War, David A. Culp
Some Culp Family Members In The Civil War, David A. Culp
Adams County History
In the 1860s Gettysburg had a population of around 2,400. The Culps had lived there since 1787, the year Christopher Culp purchased the farm, located on the east end of town, with its western boundry starting at Baltimore St. between Breckenridge and South Streets, going northeast to South Stratton St. and Wall Alley East, then on to East Middle St. between South Stratton and Liberty Streets. The town more or less ended at the farm boundary. Prominent on the farm and southeast of town was Culp's Hill. Five generations of Culps had lived in Gettysburg by the time of the …
"Raising Kane Takes Its Toll On The Old Chambersburg Turnpike": A Tale Of Photographic Detection, Elwood W. Christ
"Raising Kane Takes Its Toll On The Old Chambersburg Turnpike": A Tale Of Photographic Detection, Elwood W. Christ
Adams County History
Inquires to which the staff of the society responds fall into several categories, but all can be characterized as sensible, ludicrous, or somewhere in between. Most sensible requests focus on genealogy, old businesses, or some other facet of early Adams county history. Many other times, ludicrous requests are received from parties who want to know something about their ancestors from some foreign state who fought in the battle of Gettysburg. The society simply does not have that information.
At face value, however, some requests only border on the ludicrous. Such was one relatively recent inquiry which the author was asked …
Adams County In "The Splendid Little War," April Through August 1898, Timothy H. Smith
Adams County In "The Splendid Little War," April Through August 1898, Timothy H. Smith
Adams County History
The Spanish American War lasted less than four months (April 25 to August 13, 1898). For the entire war, American casualties totaled less than 2,000 men, among them 345 killed or mortally wounded. Many more, however, died of disease (about 2000). Over the years, the war has been remembered as an event in which American interests and yellow journalism led to a conflict where the outcome was never in doubt. The nation of Spain, embroiled in internal dispute and civil unrest, was ripe for the picking and could do little to organize a defense of her colonies against a nation …