GDG- Panel discussion on June 25 - FREE!
Margaret D. Blough
mdblough1 at comcast.net
Sun Feb 17 18:39:00 CST 2008
Scott,
Is there any registration for this and what is the address of York County Heritage Trust?
Regards,
Margaret
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From: "Scott Mingus, Sr." <scottmingus at yahoo.com>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> Please mark your calendars for June 25 if you are in the Gettysburg area. A
> panel of scholars and authors will debate a little known aspect of the
> Gettysburg Campaign - the "surrender" of York to Jubal Early and the subsequent
> ransoming of the town to avoid the torch. Should York have caved to the Rebel
> general? Would he have burned the town's leading buildings? Should the state
> militia have tried armed resistance? Did politics and Copperhead sympathies play
> a major role in York's capitulation?
>
> Join Dr. Mark Snell of Shepherd University, Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer of Penn
> State, and local authors Scott Mingus and James McClure for this fascinating
> look at a long-forgotten part of the Gettysburg story.
>
> For more information, see
> http://www.yorkblog.com/cannonball/2008/02/did_york_sell_out_to_the_confe.html
>
> Questions will be taken from the floor. Bring your copies of Snell's and
> McClure's books for authographs!
>
>
>
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