Editing Greencastle, Pennsylvania (section)

===Civil War===
Early in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Greencastle and neighboring [[Franklin County, Pennsylvania|Franklin County]] communities raised the [[126th Pennsylvania Infantry]]. In the summer of 1863, the war touched close to home when [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] General [[Robert E. Lee]] and his [[Army of Northern Virginia]] invaded southern Pennsylvania during the [[Gettysburg Campaign]]. From mid-June to early July, those residents of Greencastle who had not fled to safety lived under Confederate rule. On July 2, concurrent with the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] in neighboring [[Adams County, Pennsylvania|Adams County]], [[Captain (Union Army)|Captain]] [[Ulric Dahlgren]]'s Federal cavalry patrol galloped into Greencastle's town square, where they surprised and captured several Confederate [[cavalrymen]] carrying vital correspondence from [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]].<ref>Adapted from [[Jacob Hoke]]'s book, ''The Great Invasion''.</ref><ref name="ovanwscw">{{cite book| title=Officers of the Volunteer Army and Navy who served in the Civil War| publisher= L.R. Hamersly & Co.| year=1893| pages=419| url=http://all-biographies.com/soldiers/ulric_dahlgren.htm| access-date=2009-02-16}}</ref> After the Battle of Gettysburg, Lee's army began its retreat to [[Virginia]] on July 4 and 5. He sent [[John D. Imboden]]'s cavalry to escort a large wagon train carrying Confederate wounded. The train, nearly {{convert|18|mi}} in length, wound its way through the streets of Greencastle, where a few men of the town attacked the wagon train with axes and hatchets. They succeeded in disabling several wagons before Confederate cavalry chased them away.