Repelling the Rebels in 1863

LANCASTER ONLINE
As any Civil War buff worth his salted hardtack knows, Confederate soldiers never intended to fight at Gettysburg when they invaded Pennsylvania in June 1863.

Their plan was to cross the Susquehanna River, capture Harrisburg, if possible, and then sweep on toward Philadelphia or even Washington.

An effective defense on the West Shore of the river, across from the state capital, and at the Columbia-Wrightsville bridge defeated that plan.

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