The US Army first used the Carlisle Barracks during the Revolutionary War. In May 1838 Captain Edwin Sumner officially opened a cavalry training center at Carlisle Barracks. Many calvary officers who later fought in the Mexican-American War and Civil War …
Robert Cornman, a wealthy young manufacturer and entrepreneur, purchased an East High Street lot from Simon Wunderlich during the 1840s and constructed in ninety days an impressive brick four-story building. At the time it was one of the larger, and taller, structures …
The Farmers’ Hotel, 1860 (The Bentz House, 1872) Read more »
The Cumberland County Historical Society, which was founded in 1874, has a permanent exhibit, gift shop, library, and archives open to the public. The archives contains a variety of photographs, manuscripts, and other artifacts from the Civil War era, including …
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