AREA HISTORY:  Confederate Invasion, Carroll Township, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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CONFEDERATE INVASION – Page 658

During the invasion of 1863, on a Sunday evening in June, a detachment of Gen. 
Ewell’s corps of Confederate soldiers, coming from Carlisle, entered Dillsburg 
under command of Col. Jenkins.  They encamped south of town a quarter of a mile, 
and sent out foraging parties through the country and in the mountains to 
capture horses.  There were many horses concealed in the South Mountains, which 
were taken by them.  The day after the engagement at Hanover, a portion of 
Stuart’s cavalry, under command of Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, passed through town 
toward Carlisle, and accompanying them was a part of same troop, under command 
of Gen. Wade Hampton.  The two leading stores were robbed of about $300 worth of 
goods, and $30 were demanded of the postmaster.  They encamped for the night on 
John Mumper’s farm, north of town.  The camp was waked up just after midnight, 
and one party of them took the Mountain road, and the other the State road 
toward Gettysburg, where the great battle had already begun.