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 American 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. Read More