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Gettysburg National Military Park June Battle Walk Schedule
This is the June 2024 schedule for battle walks at the Gettysburg National Military Park. [begin quote]These 2-hour intensive programs examine unique portions of the battlefield, cover significant distances, and cross rough/uneven terrain. It is strongly recommended that visitors bring plenty of water, appropriate seasonal clothing, and sturdy hiking shoes. Please park vehicles with all […]
Gettysburg National Military Park June Ranger Programs
Gettysburg National Military Park has posted their schedule of Ranger Programs for June of 2024. The rangers do a fantastic job. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend going to one of their programs. [begin quote] Ranger Programs: June 8 – July 14 Free Ranger-led hikes, walks, and talks that explore key moments and […]
Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College Day Four
Today was a day of battlefield tours. I was on “The Citizens’ War: Sharpsburg and Shepherdstown During the 1862 Maryland Campaign” with Professor Jim Broomall of Shepherd University. We began with some classroom time discussing the effects of war on the civilian population and what the civilians of Shepherdstown and Sharpsburg had to deal with […]
Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College Day Two
Day Two is in the books. I began with a concurrent session, choosing a panel on interpreting race at Civil War sites. The panelists were Rangers Chris Gwinn, Beth Parnicza, and Chris Jones, and Dr. Isabela Morales. Dr. Morales is at the Soutsburg Sourland African American Museum in Central New Jersey, a museum I had […]
Should Pope Be a Punchline?
This article by Professor Gary Gallagher is from the Autumn 2021 issue of Civil War Times magazine. “Many years of speaking about Civil War topics has taught me that some military leaders elicit almost universal scorn. Mentioning them prompts members of audiences to smile, chuckle, and nod knowingly, as if they are in on a joke […]
General Charles Smith’s Two-Front War
This article is from the Autumn 2021 issue of America’s Civil War magazine. “From his early days at the U.S. Military Academy, Ulysses S. Grant placed Charles Ferguson Smith in elite company. ‘I regarded General [Winfield] Scott and Captain C.F. Smith…as the two men most to be envied in the nation,’ Grant would write in […]
Lincoln and Religion
This book by the late Professor of History, Ferenc M. Szasz, was his last work, completed by his wife, Professor Margaret C. Szasz, after his untimely passing. It’s part of Southern Illinois University’s Concise Lincoln Library series, providing highly accessible, very short works incorporating the latest Lincoln scholarship on a variety of subjects. The cover […]
Who Freed the Slaves?
The typical answer to that question one would expect is “Abraham Lincoln.” The hero of this book, though, is not Lincoln, who appears more as an impediment in this narrative than a crusader for freedom. The hero of this book, though, is Ohio Congressman James Ashley, who was ably played by the highly talented character […]
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