Union General Meade at Gettysburg
Kent Masterson Brown talked about his book, Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command, which examines the leadership of Union General George G. Meade during the July 1863 battle. The Gettysbur…
1,308 viewsKent Masterson Brown talked about his book, Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command, which examines the leadership of Union General George G. Meade during the July 1863 battle. The Gettysbur…
1,308 viewsAuthor Tom McMillan told the story of how the Civil War divided two former friends, Union General Winfield Scott Hancock and Confederate General Lewis Armistead. The Gettysburg Heritage Cent…
1,450 viewsJames Hessler described the efforts of several Union generals to obtain commanding ground along the Emmitsburg Road during the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Gettysburg Heritage…
1,568 viewsCo-authors Erik Dorr and Jared Frederick talked about their book, Hang Tough: The WWII Letters and Artifacts of Major Dick Winters. The Gettysburg Heritage Center hosted this event and provi…
1,247 viewsBradley Gottfried, author of Maps of the Cavalry at Gettysburg, talked about the position of mounted units during the July 1863 campaign. The Gettysburg Heritage Center hosted this event and…
817 viewsChris DeRose talked about Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder, and the Trial that Changed America. In his book he recounted the murder of Francis Scott Key’s son, Philip Barton Key, by New Yo…
2,257 viewsGarry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust tackled the whole Civil War in 56 minutes. He began with the lead-up to the war, from the Compromise of 1850 to Bloody Kansas to Abraham Linco…
4,608 viewsScott Mingus, co-author of Targeted Tracks, talked about the importance of the Cumberland Valley Railroad during the Civil War. This was a one-track railroad running from Hagerstown, Marylan…
1,052 viewsAuthor Tim Smith talked about the subject of his book, Farms at Gettysburg. He described the families who lived in the area during the Civil War and how they were affected by the Battle of G…
1,294 viewsAuthor Ronald Kirkwood talked about the Spangler Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg, which was used as a Union Army headquarters, an artillery reserve and a field hospital. This talk was h…
680 viewsMark Snell, co-author of The Seventh West Virginia Infantry, talked about the activities of the Union regiment both during the war and after, including the dedication of a monument at Gettys…
559 viewsAuthor Cory Pfarr gave a detailed reassessment of Confederate General James Longstreet’s oft-criticized performance during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Pfarr argued that Longstreet’s p…
3,179 viewsRetired Army officer and historical novelist Ralph Peters talked about his book, Darkness at Chancellorsville: A Novel of Stonewall Jackson’s Triumph and Tragedy, in which he looked at the C…
1,199 viewsAuthor Timothy Smith discussed his book, John Burns: "The Hero of Gettysburg", about a local civilian who, despite not being part of either army, decided to fight on the side of the Union an…
1,319 viewsThe Wheatfield was a 20-acre parcel on the Rose farm at Gettysburg and the site of intense fighting on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Author Kristopher White discussed the confu…
1,677 viewsAuthor Bernadette Loeffel-Atkins talked about mourning during the Victorian era. She described the different rituals for men, women, and children when a family member died and how the Civil …
706 viewsAuthor Paul Bretzger looked at Union General Winfield Scott Hancock’s actions on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, when Confederates attacked both flanks of the Union…
1,112 viewsPaul Bretzger talks about his book, Observing Hancock at Gettysburg: The General’s Leadership Through Eyewitness Accounts. Mr. Bretzger argued that General Winfield Scott Hancock was the mos…
1,878 viewsJoe Mieczkowski talked about how Confederate General Robert E. Lee maneuvered his army after the Battle of Gettysburg and Union General George Meade’s pursuit. He also described the reorgani…
3,142 viewsAuthors and public historians talked about how to make the Civil War era relatable to modern audiences. They discussed the state of Civil War studies and battlefield preservation in the wake…
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