The Hanover Branch Railroad

(Cannonba!!) - A Cannonball reader has asked me to do a series of posts on the Hanover Branch Railroad during the Gettysburg Campaign. In the first of these, we will look at the little known Confederate cavalry raid on Jefferson Station, an event not marked by any kind of commemorative historical wayside marker, unlike so many other incidents during "the Late Unpleasantness." Continued

Top Photo: Hanover Junction, the rails to the left show the route of the Hanover Branch Railroad (MDRails). Bottom: 1895 York County Railroad Map (Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past & Present).