Harrisburg when the paper won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Ron is a native of michigan, a graduate of Central Michigan university, and has returned as a guest speaker as part of the schools hearst visiting professional series. Ron lives in york, pennsylvania and has been a Gettysburg Foundation guide since 2013. Without further introduction i would like to present to you ron kirkwood. [applause] mr. Kirkwood thank you. Ok, we are good. Tammy, thank you. Thank you all for coming. I argue in my book that the george and Elizabeth Spangler farm is the most important farm in the battle of gettysburg. Im going to address that first, then we will go into other factors, like the two hospitals that were on this property, and we are going to talk about the spanglers. To help me make my case union , line, army of the potomac line, day three. There is the George Spangler farm. It is close to the line. Everywhere it is close to the line. It is huge, 166 acres, it dominates behind the lines. Rhodes.
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
T7 book tv on cspan2 television for serious readers we are at the libertarian conference in las vegas now former New York Times reporter his most recent book is wild bill. What do we know about Wild Bill Hickok and what should we know . That much and that is the motivation and their hasnt been one since the 19 sixties but mostly what we know that he was a famous outlaw. Was one of the most dynamic marshals and that is true to some extent and was a great gunman the only way he died is somebody shot him in the back. Theres so much we dont know he spent two years in the civil war spying for the army. We had the rumor the love of his life was Calamity Jane. Thats not true. It was the rival of barnum bailey. What we dont know it is waiting to be unearthed to be as interesting or more interesting. With genome can temporarily . He was. As you make the argument for George Custer but as a western celebrity he had a resume built up by gunfire but the monthly magazine sent to interview him and th
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