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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine unread condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes Preliminary Page Quotes by Robert E. Lee, etc.; Credits and Acknowledgments; Foreword; Prelude; Epilogue: 'We are no longer unprotected'; Appendix consisting of: 'Aunt Bella.thought it a pity someone shouldn't make an account of all these funny things.', 5 years of wartime events, 4 rebel infantry brigades occupy York, 25 major battles of the Civil War, 3 letters tell story of rebel invasion, 5 counties in state bear brunt of invastion, 5 days in York County, Works consulted; Index and About the Author. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings and maps. A previous owner "from the library of." is scripted on the full title page. Signed by the author, James McClure, with blue ink on the half title page. "It's late June 1863. Six thousand soldiers in Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army march through York, Pa., as the citizens, decked in their Sunday best, walk to church. Soldiers pull down the America flag, while Gen. Jubal Early makes a play for money and supplies from townspeople. Twelve miles east, men in gray bombard Wrightsville with the goal of crossing the Susquehanna River to conquer Harrisburg. And in the small town of Hanover, 7,500 horsemen clash, delaying Jeb Stuart's rebel troopers from joining Lee. Some in York County buck up against the rebel onslaught. Others bend. But the gray shadow moves 30 miles west when Lee recalls his troops to a brewing battle in Gettysburg. James McClure, author of bestsellers "Never to be Forgotten" and "Nine Months in York Town," tells the story of the Confederate invasion and the lasting footprint the rebels made on York County soil, east of Gettysburg." - from the rear outer cover. Signed by Author(s).