D. W. Thompson, Fitzhugh Lee Returns, and Returns (Carlisle, PA: Hamilton Library Association, 1963). D. W. Thompson’s essay discusses Confederate General Fitzhugh Lee’s connection with Carlisle, Pennsylvania. General Lee was stationed at Carlisle Barracks before the Civil War, returned as …
D. W. Thompson, In Old Bellaire (Carlisle, PA: Hamilton Library Association, 1963). D. W. Thompson explains Carlisle’s connection to Mary Dillon’s novel In Old Bellaire (1906). While set in the fictional town of Bellaire during the Civil War, Thompson describes …
As part of the Gettysburg campaign, Confederate General Richard S. Ewell’s troops entered Carlisle on June 27, 1863. While Confederates did not destroy any buildings at the barracks or in the town, they demanded supplies. General Ewell told Carlisle residents …
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Jacob Zug was born near Elizabethtown in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1793 and arrived in Carlisle in 1823, having farmed just east of the town. He purchased this lot near the square on East High Street from Nicholas Uhlerick in …
Long one of the most luxurious homes in Carlisle, the Duncan-Stiles House on the corner of East High and South Bedford streets was built in 1811 for Stephen Duncan and his Philadelphia bride, Margaretta Stiles. The home was a wedding …