Upcoming Events
Protest after Pickett's Charge: 'Stonewall' Hays and the Birth of Anti-Confederate Sentiment at Gettysburg
Saturday, October 5, 2019 - 2:00 p.m.
Gettysburg Foundation History Symposium
Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center
1195 Baltimore Pike - Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg Foundation History Symposium
Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center
1195 Baltimore Pike - Gettysburg, PA
Following Union victory on July 3, 1863, division commander Alexander Hays dragged several captured Confederate 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. This lecture examines 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.
This lecture is part of a two-day seminar hosted by the Gettysburg Foundation. More information may be found by clicking here.
Registration is required. There is an entry fee, and discounts are available to Foundation members.
This lecture is part of a two-day seminar hosted by the Gettysburg Foundation. More information may be found by clicking here.
Registration is required. There is an entry fee, and discounts are available to Foundation members.
Stay tuned for more upcoming events. I will soon be announcing four new lectures occurring between January and April 2020. (updated 8/10/19)
Past Events
'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
'The Nation Shall Live and Slavery Shall Die': The Presidential Election of 1864
Carroll Community College
Westminster, Maryland
November 11, 2014
(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
'The Nation Shall Live and Slavery Shall Die': The Presidential Election of 1864
Carroll Community College
Westminster, Maryland
November 11, 2014
