Greencastle, PA

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Record Data

Place Unit Type

City or Town

Containing Unit

Franklin County, PA

Events

Date		Type
06/22/1863	Near Greencastle in Franklin County, a Union cavalry probe meets Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania	Battles/Soldiers
06/20/1863 - 06/22/1863	The Second Corps of the Army of Virginia crosses the Potomac and marches on Pennsylvania	Battles/Soldiers
06/22/1863	Twenty year William H. Rihl becomes the first Union soldier killed meeting Lee's invasion	Personal

People

Birthplace of

McClelland, Robert

Snively, Joseph Culbertson

Snively, Lemuel

Snively, William Andrew

Young, John Clarke

Documents

Date	Title
06/16/1863	Washington (DC) National Intelligencer, “The Alarm in Pennsylvania,” June 16, 1863
06/17/1863	Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Points of Present Interest,” June 17, 1863

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