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: 
> 
> 
> 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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