Upcoming Events and Speakers
Brett E. Kelley The National Civil War Museum will offer its first program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with NCWM Curator, Brett E. Kelley. “New Acquisitions and Seldom Seen Treasures of the Museum” About the Presenter: Brett E. Kelley has a BA Degree in American Studies, Pennsylvania State University and has been with the Museum full-time since June 2000. Brett was honorably discharged from the USMC with the rank of Sergeant in 1999. The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. Please join us with friends and family on our community free day to celebrate Black History Month! Sponsored by: Admission is FREE to All! Family Activities: 10 AM - 4 PM: Period clothing station for children & adults to try on and take selfies 10 AM - 4 PM: Coloring Activity Station 10 AM - 4 PM: Living History - Officers for the Union 10 AM - 4 PM: Living History - Ladies for the Union The Long Hill String Band (10:30 AM, 12:30 PM & 2:30 PM) Presentations: (Times to be determined) Eric J. Mink (Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park) - "The Fight at Alrich Farm - May 15, 1864" James Hayney - Portraying President Abraham Lincoln Sharon L. Williams, Ed.D. (Retired Educator) - "The Life and Times of Ephraim Slaughter - USCT" “From Gettysburg to Madison County, Kentucky and Back To Gettysburg: A Local Boy Comes To His Own Hometown To Fight in the Civil War’s Greatest Battle.” Wayne E. Motts is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Civil War Museum, one of the largest Civil War Museums in the country, located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He has been a licensed battlefield guide at the Gettysburg National Military Park for thirty-one years. He is the co-author (with James Hessler) of Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg: A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History, released in 2015 by Savas Beatie of California. The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. Myths and mistakes have been part of the story of the Civil War ever since the war itself. Indeed, even as the war unfolded, participants engaged in reputation protection, misunderstandings and intentional myth-making. Later, historians, authors, filmmakers and others propagated myth and injected error into known events which conspire to make historical truths elusive. Join Garry Adelman, chief historian of the American Battlefield Trust for a lively discussion of the well-known and little-known myths and mistakes that drive many Civil War enthusiasts crazy. From humanity to calamity, bravery to slavery, and secession to putrefaction, we’ll try to sort fact from fiction and have a bit of fun in the process! Garry Adelman is the Chief Historian at the American Battlefield Trust. He is an award-winning author, co-author or editor of 20 books and 50 Civil War articles. He is the vice president of the Center for Civil War Photography and has been a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg for 25 years. He has lectured at hundreds of locations across the country, has appeared as a speaker on numerous televised documentaries. The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. “Crossing the Deadlines: The Rise of Civil War Prisons as Dark Tourist Destinations” Dr. Michael P. Gray is a Professor of History at East Stroudsburg University. The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. "A Broken Regiment: The 16th Connecticut's Civil War" The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. "Shaping the Contours of Federalism: The American Civil War in New Perspective" The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. 
Brett will discuss the significance of these new acquisitions and how they will complement existing Museum artifacts, both on display and preserved in artifact storage. This presentation will include a display of the NCWM’s newest donations and additions to the Museum collection in our Education Gallery, first floor.
10 AM - 4 PM: USCT Display & Living History
Kevin M. Levin (Independent Scholar) - "Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Mot Persistent Myth"
The National Civil War Museum will offer its second program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with NCWM Chief Executive Officer & Licensed Gettysburg Battlefield Guide, Wayne E. Motts.
George W. H. Stouch was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1842. The son of a carriage maker, he lived in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with his family until 1856 when his family relocated to Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky. At the outbreak of the war, George joined the United States Regular Army and fought with Army of the Potomac. He came back to his hometown (Gettysburg), and on July 2, 1863 while fighting in the Wheatfield, he was wounded in action. He stayed in the regular army after the war and retired a lieutenant colonel. He died in 1906 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Join historian Wayne E. Motts, the CEO of the National Civil War Museum located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to hear more of Stouch’s unique story.
The National Civil War Museum will offer its third program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Garry Adelman.
The National Civil War Museum will offer its fourth program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Dr. Michael P. Gray.
Presented by Dr. Michael P. Gray
The National Civil War Museum will offer its sixth program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Dr. Lesley Jill Gordon.
Presentation with Dr. Lesley Jill Gordon- Professor of History at the University of Alabama.
The National Civil War Museum will offer its seventh program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Dr. Stephen D. Engle.
Presentation with Dr. Stephen D. Engle - Professor and Director, History Symposium Series at Florida Atlantic University.
