And and an historian at the adams county Historical Society. He is the coauthor of numerous articles and books of history on the civil war. He is lucky that civil war roundtables has appeared on Television Documentaries including the popular pcn battle walk series. Integralon, he was an part of our storyline here. Lets give a warm welcome to tim smith. [applause] you have my book. [laughter] i was waiting to show it later. Dr. Today, i am going to talk about some of the farms around the battlefield of gettysburg. I did do a book called the farms of gettysburg. I have always been interested in the people who lived here at the time of the civil war. A lot of people who read about the battle and understand the general story when you start reading deeper into it, you come across the names of the people who lived in the area. When i moved to gettysburg and became a licensed battlefield guide instead of working at the adams county Historical Society, i had the Resources Available to learn a
Kirk would talks about the spengler farm during the battle of gettysburg which was used as a union Army Headquarters and artillery reserve and field hospital. Oday we have today would. E have ron kirk had tired after a 40 year career as an editor in the newspaper and magazine industry. His publications include usa today, the baltimore sun, the harrisburg patriot news in the new york daily record. He managed the copy desk and harrisburg when the paper won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Ron is a native of michigan, graduate of Central Michigan university, and has returned as part of theker as hearst visiting professional series. Ron lives in york, pennsylvania and has been at Gettysburg Foundation guide since 2013. Youuld like to present to ron kirkwood. [applause] mr. Kirkwood thank you. Ok, we are good. Tammy, thank you. Thank you all for coming. Thegue in my book that george and Elizabeth Spangler farm is the most important farm in the battle of gettysburg. Im going to address that first
Tim smith talks about the subject of his book, farms at gettysburg. He talks about how families were affected by the battle. This talk is hosted by the gettysburg heritage center. Onto our program. Many of you are probably familiar with tim smith because he has been in gettysburg for a number of years. He is a native to baltimore maryland, a battlefield guide here at the Military Park, and they historian at the adams county Historical Society. Coauthor ofhor or numerous articles and dozens of books on local history and the civil war. He has lectured at civil war roundtables and seminars and has appeared on television documentaries, including the popular battle walk series. Ouras an integral part of storyline here. Give a warm welcome to tim smith. [applause] you have my book. [laughter] thank you. Today i am going to talk a little about some of the farms around gettysburg. Years ago i did a book called farms of gettysburg. I have always been interested in people who lived here at the t
Battlefield trusts. Without any further introduction, i now present to you my friend, gary adelman. Leave your book here . Gary yeah, sure, i might need it. Hello, everybody. This isnt easy doing the whole civil war in such a short period of time. Well see if it takes 56 minutes or whatever. I am committed to get this done. Im already wasting time for good luck for those of you who like to take notes. The seeds of the civil war are sewn in the constitution and then you have north and south starting to look at each other differently. You have southerners look to the north and although they speak the same language, worship the same god, everything like that but you see increasingly southerners looking north and seeing greedy. People that care about money and business and dont care about family. The northerners are looking south and seeing people who are cruel and lazy slave holders and whatnot. Really this is a war of perception as much as anything else. They did not trust each other and
The making management and memory of Gettysburg National park. Published in 2013 by the university of tennessee press. Biographyworking on a that will hopefully be published by the university of north carolina. She is a veteran faculty member here, many of you have been on her chores which are outstanding. It is our pleasure to welcome jen to speak about her book on the creation of the Gettysburg National park. Thank you. Thank you for that kind introduction. Can you hear me ok . Myyour more excited than 8 00 a. M. Western civilization class. Happy fathers day. I hope my dad is watching this in maryland. Im super excited to talk to you about my book, the history of the Gettysburg National military park. Traditionally when i do this talk it is more of a roundtable. I asked people how many have been to gettysburg and people raise their hands. How many have been to gettysburg . Fielde veterans of this and this conference which is terrific. Time withspend some you this morning talking to yo