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 school s 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. i m 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 li
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. i m going to addres
minds of each commanding general. he argues that the siege was unique in military history and discusses how the conflict brought about the end of the war. this talk is about an hour. ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the director of the u.s. army educational center and the entire staff of the u.s. army heritage and educational center, and the u.s. army war college, welcome to the third lecture of our series. the u.s. army war college sponsors the series to provide an historical dimension to the exercise of generalship, strategic leadership, and war fighting institutions of power. we would like to extend a warm thank you to the army heritage center foundation for their support and everything we do. please be aware that the book for tonight is on sale in the gift shop, and we will have a book signing directly after the lecture. all proceeds go to the foundation to support the growth of the army the army heritage and education center. our speaker is dr. richard somers. he i
u.s. army educational center and the entire staff of the u.s. army heritage and educational center, and the u.s. army war college, welcome to the third lecture of our series. the u.s. army war college sponsors the series to provide an historical dimension to the exercise of generalship, strategic leadership, and war fighting institutions of power. we would like to extend a warm thank you to the army heritage center foundation for their support and everything we do. please be aware that the book for tonight is on sale in the gift shop, and we will have a book signing directly after the lecture. all proceeds go to the foundation to support the growth of the army heritage and education center. our speaker is dr. richard somers. he is a native of indiana and obtained his bachelor s degree in history from the carleton college in northfield, minnesota. he earned his doctorate in history at rice university in 1970. the u.s. army employed him right here at carlisle barracks, making h