Upcoming Events
General Alexander Hays at Gettysburg
Sunday, March 28, 2021 - 7:00 p.m.
Dan Sickles Civil War Roundtable
White Plains, New York
*Online only, by registration*
Dan Sickles Civil War Roundtable
White Plains, New York
*Online only, by registration*
Following United States victory at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, division commander Alexander Hays and his staff dragged several captured Confederate battle flags across a dusty, bloody Cemetery Ridge. Despite dozens of eyewitness descriptions explaining this demonstration's symbolic importance, the event has been generally relegated to footnotes and brief remarks in battle histories. Join Codie Eash for a biography of the colorful General Hays; an assessment of his performance at Gettysburg; and an examination of precisely what happened that day, how it was remembered by those who observed and participated, and the ways it impacted many veterans' reflections on Gettysburg's status as a site of Rebel defeat.
'It Is All My Fault': Robert E. Lee's Gettysburg Legacy
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 7:30 p.m. (rescheduled from April 21, 2020, due to COVID-19)
Historic Gettysburg-Adams County Educational Speaker Series
Daniel Skelly Post Grand Army of the Republic Hall
53 East Middle Street - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Historic Gettysburg-Adams County Educational Speaker Series
Daniel Skelly Post Grand Army of the Republic Hall
53 East Middle Street - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Although he was only at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for the better part of four days in July 1863, Robert E. Lee's presence in Adams County has lingered in United States military history and memory. Gettysburg was the site of perhaps Lee's most costly defeat, and yet few soldiers have ever been so celebrated at a particular site as the Confederacy's most influential general. This lecture will provide an analysis of the monuments, speeches, soldiers' recollections, art, film, and public interpretation that have influenced our collective thinking on the stories and controversies surrounding Lee's legacy at America's most famous battlefield.
This event is part of the Education Speaker Series, which occurs the third Tuesday evening of March, April, May, June, August, September, and October. These presentations are free and open to the public.
This event is part of the Education Speaker Series, which occurs the third Tuesday evening of March, April, May, June, August, September, and October. These presentations are free and open to the public.
Written in Ink and Marked with Blood: Frederick Douglass's Gettysburg Address
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 7:00 p.m.
New Bedford Civil War Roundtable
New Bedford, Massachusetts
*Online-only, by registration*
New Bedford Civil War Roundtable
New Bedford, Massachusetts
*Online-only, by registration*
On January 25, 1869, Frederick Douglass visited Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of the Civil War’s costliest engagement. There, the formerly enslaved and self-emancipated activist, author, and lecturer delivered a speech in which he reflected upon the words spoken and deeds done on battlefields across the country during the “Abolition War” (as Douglass called it) from 1861-1865 and the Reconstruction that followed. Through written word and commanding oratory, he brought meaning to the bloodletting of fallen United States soldiers and the martyred Abraham Lincoln, and placed the racial and political results of the war—constructive as well as destructive—within the context of world history. Join Codie Eash for this discussion of the motivations for Douglass’s address, how it was received by those who heard it, and what it means in our collective memory today.
Past Events
'Pray for Oblivion to His Memory': Frederick Douglass on the Legacy of Robert E. Lee
Northeast Ohio Civil War Roundtable
Wickliffe, Ohio
March 9, 2021
Visitation, Commemoration, and Monumentation: A Brief Look at Gettysburg in History and Memory
Rotary Club of Ashland
Ashland, Ohio (delivered virtually)
March 2, 2021
John Buford: Death, Funeral, and Memory
(Click here for audio of the first 15 minutes of the conversation, via Addressing Gettysburg Podcast)
Addressing Gettysburg Podcast
January 30, 2021
Written in Ink and Marked with Blood: Frederick Douglass's Gettysburg Address
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Addressing Gettysburg Podcast) Audio also available via Youtube.
Addressing Gettysburg Podcast
January 25, 2021
'Pick up your guts & help finish this thing': Macabre Recollections of Gettysburg's Casualties
National Museum of Civil War Medicine (2020 Annual Conference)
Frederick, Maryland (delivered virtually)
November 21, 2020
'Pray for Oblivion to His Memory': Frederick Douglass on the Legacy of Robert E. Lee
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Battles and Banter Podcast)
Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
Cleveland, Ohio
October 14, 2020
The Summer of (18)69: Gettysburg's First Blue-Gray Reunion
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Addressing Gettysburg Podcast)
Addressing Gettysburg Podcast
July 6, 2020
'The Nation Shall Live and Slavery Shall Die': The Presidential Election of 1864
(Click here to see video of the entire presentation, via Facebook Live)
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Battles and Banter Podcast)
Captain Thomas Espy Post Grand Army of the Republic 153
Carnegie, Pennsylvania
April 25, 2020
'Pray for Oblivion to His Memory': Frederick Douglass on the Legacy of Robert E. Lee
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Addressing Gettysburg Podcast)
Addressing Gettysburg Podcast
Originally scheduled as part of Gettysburg National Military Park Winter Lecture Series (Canceled due to COVID-19)
April 4, 2020
Protest after Pickett's Charge: 'Stonewall' Hays and the Birth of Anti-Confederate Sentiment at Gettysburg
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Battles and Banter podcast)
Gettysburg Foundation History Symposium (Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
October 5, 2019
'The Old Keystone State Speaks Today': Gettysburg's Pennsylvania Veterans Reunion of 1889
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Battles and Banter podcast)
Historic Gettysburg-Adams County (Daniel Skelly Post Grand Army of the Republic Hall)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
August 20, 2019
'That Marvelous, Undying Utterance': Abolitionists' Reflections on the Gettysburg Address
(Click here for video of the entire presentation, which was part of "The Tattooed Historian Presents" lecture series)
Garryowen Irish Pub (GO Too)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
November 29, 2018
'No Room for Rebels': The Story of Gettysburg's First Confederate Monument
(Click here for video of the first several minutes of this lecture; technical issues prevented filming the entire thing)
Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society
York Springs, Pennsylvania
September 18, 2018
Written in Ink and Marked with Blood: Frederick Douglass's Gettysburg Address
Historic Gettysburg-Adams County (Daniel Skelly Post Grand Army of the Republic Hall)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
February 20, 2018
'The Most Magnificent Battle-Field in the World': Gettysburg Visitation in the Postwar Era
Brandy Station Foundation (Graffiti House)
Brandy Station, Virginia
May 28, 2017
'A Sentinel on the Outpost': The Cupola of the Lutheran Seminary at the Battle of Gettysburg
Wyoming Valley Civil War Roundtable (American Legion Post 672)
Dallas, Pennsylvania
May 11, 2017
'The Most Magnificent Battle-Field in the World': Gettysburg Visitation in the Postwar Era
Adams County Historical Society (United Lutheran Seminary - Valentine Hall)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
October 4, 2016
Hearts Touched with Fire: Lincoln, Gettysburg, and Children of the Civil War in Pennsylvania
Lincolnway Elementary School
York, Pennsylvania
April 22, 2016
'This Last Solemn Act': Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Reflections
Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home Community
New Oxford, Pennsylvania
November 7, 2015
'What They Did Here': The Words and Deeds of Gettysburg
Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society
York Springs, Pennsylvania
November 1, 2015
'This Terrible War': The Religious Faith of Abraham Lincoln
Trinity Roth's United Church of Christ
Spring Grove, Pennsylvania
June 21, 2015
'All Men Are Created Equal': The American Experiment from Philadelphia to Gettysburg
Lincolnway Elementary School
York, Pennsylvania
April 16, 2015
Great Through Simplicity, Noble Through Charity: The Final Five Months of Abraham Lincoln
Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society
York Springs, Pennsylvania
February 16, 2015
Abraham Lincoln's Reflections on the Election of 1864
Carroll Community College
Westminster, Maryland
November 11, 2014
Northeast Ohio Civil War Roundtable
Wickliffe, Ohio
March 9, 2021
Visitation, Commemoration, and Monumentation: A Brief Look at Gettysburg in History and Memory
Rotary Club of Ashland
Ashland, Ohio (delivered virtually)
March 2, 2021
John Buford: Death, Funeral, and Memory
(Click here for audio of the first 15 minutes of the conversation, via Addressing Gettysburg Podcast)
Addressing Gettysburg Podcast
January 30, 2021
Written in Ink and Marked with Blood: Frederick Douglass's Gettysburg Address
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Addressing Gettysburg Podcast) Audio also available via Youtube.
Addressing Gettysburg Podcast
January 25, 2021
'Pick up your guts & help finish this thing': Macabre Recollections of Gettysburg's Casualties
National Museum of Civil War Medicine (2020 Annual Conference)
Frederick, Maryland (delivered virtually)
November 21, 2020
'Pray for Oblivion to His Memory': Frederick Douglass on the Legacy of Robert E. Lee
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Battles and Banter Podcast)
Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
Cleveland, Ohio
October 14, 2020
The Summer of (18)69: Gettysburg's First Blue-Gray Reunion
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Addressing Gettysburg Podcast)
Addressing Gettysburg Podcast
July 6, 2020
'The Nation Shall Live and Slavery Shall Die': The Presidential Election of 1864
(Click here to see video of the entire presentation, via Facebook Live)
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Battles and Banter Podcast)
Captain Thomas Espy Post Grand Army of the Republic 153
Carnegie, Pennsylvania
April 25, 2020
'Pray for Oblivion to His Memory': Frederick Douglass on the Legacy of Robert E. Lee
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Addressing Gettysburg Podcast)
Addressing Gettysburg Podcast
Originally scheduled as part of Gettysburg National Military Park Winter Lecture Series (Canceled due to COVID-19)
April 4, 2020
Protest after Pickett's Charge: 'Stonewall' Hays and the Birth of Anti-Confederate Sentiment at Gettysburg
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Battles and Banter podcast)
Gettysburg Foundation History Symposium (Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
October 5, 2019
'The Old Keystone State Speaks Today': Gettysburg's Pennsylvania Veterans Reunion of 1889
(Click here for audio of the entire presentation, via Battles and Banter podcast)
Historic Gettysburg-Adams County (Daniel Skelly Post Grand Army of the Republic Hall)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
August 20, 2019
'That Marvelous, Undying Utterance': Abolitionists' Reflections on the Gettysburg Address
(Click here for video of the entire presentation, which was part of "The Tattooed Historian Presents" lecture series)
Garryowen Irish Pub (GO Too)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
November 29, 2018
'No Room for Rebels': The Story of Gettysburg's First Confederate Monument
(Click here for video of the first several minutes of this lecture; technical issues prevented filming the entire thing)
Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society
York Springs, Pennsylvania
September 18, 2018
Written in Ink and Marked with Blood: Frederick Douglass's Gettysburg Address
Historic Gettysburg-Adams County (Daniel Skelly Post Grand Army of the Republic Hall)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
February 20, 2018
'The Most Magnificent Battle-Field in the World': Gettysburg Visitation in the Postwar Era
Brandy Station Foundation (Graffiti House)
Brandy Station, Virginia
May 28, 2017
'A Sentinel on the Outpost': The Cupola of the Lutheran Seminary at the Battle of Gettysburg
Wyoming Valley Civil War Roundtable (American Legion Post 672)
Dallas, Pennsylvania
May 11, 2017
'The Most Magnificent Battle-Field in the World': Gettysburg Visitation in the Postwar Era
Adams County Historical Society (United Lutheran Seminary - Valentine Hall)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
October 4, 2016
Hearts Touched with Fire: Lincoln, Gettysburg, and Children of the Civil War in Pennsylvania
Lincolnway Elementary School
York, Pennsylvania
April 22, 2016
'This Last Solemn Act': Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Reflections
Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home Community
New Oxford, Pennsylvania
November 7, 2015
'What They Did Here': The Words and Deeds of Gettysburg
Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society
York Springs, Pennsylvania
November 1, 2015
'This Terrible War': The Religious Faith of Abraham Lincoln
Trinity Roth's United Church of Christ
Spring Grove, Pennsylvania
June 21, 2015
'All Men Are Created Equal': The American Experiment from Philadelphia to Gettysburg
Lincolnway Elementary School
York, Pennsylvania
April 16, 2015
Great Through Simplicity, Noble Through Charity: The Final Five Months of Abraham Lincoln
Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society
York Springs, Pennsylvania
February 16, 2015
Abraham Lincoln's Reflections on the Election of 1864
Carroll Community College
Westminster, Maryland
November 11, 2014
