Gettysburg Perspectives 2010

Calendar December 16, 2009 | Posted by javal

Date: December 15, 2009

Weapons of the battle, Lee’s retreat and Meade’s pursuit from Gettysburg, and the experience of battle on July 2 are among the topics of the 2010 National Park Service series of free winter lectures, Gettysburg: Perspectives on the Battle and Campaign at Gettysburg National Military Park.

National Park Rangers will offer the programs on weekends beginning Sunday, January 10 and running through Sunday, February 28. They are free of charge and will be held at the new Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center, in the Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center. Programs begin at 1:30 p.m. and last approximately one hour.

The lecture dates are: January 10, 16, 23, 24, 30; February 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, and 28.

For more information go to Gettysburg National Military Park’s website at www.nps.gov/gett or call 717/ 334-1124 x 8023.

Gettysburg National Military Park
Mid- Winter Lecture Series
Gettysburg: Perspectives on the Battle and Campaign
This series of indoor programs will be held Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 P.M. in the Ford Education Center at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center.

Week #1
Sunday, January 10
Colonel Sharpe and The Bureau of Military Intelligence – Angie Atkinson

Week #2
Saturday, January 16
Thinking Bigger – Gettysburg in Space and Time – Troy Harman

Week #3
Saturday, January 23
Civil War Maladies – The Cases of Robert E. Lee, A. P. Hill and Richard Ewell – Matt Atkinson

Sunday, January 24
E. P. Alexander and Resolving Conflicting Accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg – Karlton Smith

Week #4
Saturday, January 30
The Weapons of Gettysburg – Tom Holbrook

Week #5
Saturday, February 6
The Veterans and Gettysburg: How Veterans Shaped the Battlefield Park – John Heiser

Sunday, February 7
“To Judge and Act for Myself” – The Experiences of Colonel Charles Wainwright, Soldier & Democrat – Bert Barnett

Week #6
Saturday, February 13
“Unwilling Witness to the Rage of Gettysburg” – The Experience of Battle on July 2 – D. Scott Hartwig

Sunday, February 14
The Federal Fight When it Wasn’t – The 24 Hours Between July 1 Collapse and July 2 Battle – Chuck Teague

Week #7
Saturday, February 20
Lee’s Retreat and Meade’s Pursuit – Troy Harman

Sunday, February 21
Gettysburg, The Turning Point . . . But Not as You Think – Bill Hewitt

Week #8
Saturday, February 27
“More May Have Been Required of Them Than They Were Able to Perform” – Pickett’s Charge – Matt Atkinson

Sunday, February 28
Pettigrew and Trimble: New Insights Into the Other Half of Pickett’s Charge – Karlton Smith

Note: This schedule is subject to change and will be updated as changes occur on the park web site at http://www.nps.gov/gett. For additional information, inquire at the park information desks or call (717) 334-1124, ext. 8023 or 8024.
National Park Service
Gettysburg National Military Park
1195 Baltimore Pike, Suite 100
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
December 11, 2009

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