Excitement Stirs as Cove Men Band Together

Johnny Reb crossed the south eastern end of Pennsylvania, eager to engage troopers from the north in any level of battle in the hopes they would soon see southern victory of the Civil War and the right to indicate the terms of any peace agreement.

It was the summer of 1863 and the confederates were meeting with no resistance to their northern forays despite their destroying public property and made off with supplies at will, Civil War historian Cloyd Neely recorded in a document he authored using stories of Civil War soldiers of the Duncansville area.

Enforcements were in place at key loc...