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SUMMARY:Cocktails & Cannonballs - An Evening at the Museum
DESCRIPTION:Cocktails & Cannonballs – An Evening at the Museum  \nImmerse yourself in Civil War history. Stroll through the galleries and sample cuisine from local caterers\, paired with Civil War-era-themed cocktails. Visit Civil War reenactors at their evening camps\, enjoy games\, best period costume prizes\, and a silent auction\, cigar bar\, raffle\, and trivia. Satisfy your sweet tooth by making s’mores over the campfire. The evening concludes with a live cannon firing in the park. \nFriday\,  September 22\, 2023 \n6:00 pm – 9:00 pm  \n$75 person – $50 members – $125 couple \nPurchase tickets here \nAll proceeds benefit The National Civil War Museum educational programs\, building fund\, and artifact preservation. \nThere are still sponsorships available. Please contact\nMary Beth Kerekes at mbkerekes@nationalcivilwarmuseum.org \n \n\nTrivia games hosted by Mare Fincher and Darin Weeks of the Civil War Breakfast Club podcast.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/cocktails-cannonballs-an-evening-at-the-museum/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 George Armstrong Custer Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Cost (in-person includes a boxed lunch): Non-members – $60.00 NCWM Members – $50.00 Register here to attend in person Zoom – $30.00 – Register here for the Zoom-only option \nWe are pleased to present the following speakers:\nJames Hessler – With Custer to the End: Captain George Yates – Among the Seventh Cavalry’s officers\, Captain George Yates does not receive the same attention as Reno\, Benteen\, Keogh\, Tom Custer\, or many others. Yet\, Yates had one of the longest-standing relationships with George Custer dating back to the Civil War\, and they died within only feet of each other on Last Stand Hill. Join Jim Hessler as we discuss the life and career of Captain George Yates\, from the Civil War\, through his wife’s ties to this region\, and to those final bloody moments in Montana. About the speaker – James Hessler originated the idea for this symposium. Jim has worked as a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park for two decades. He authored or co-authored three full-length books on the Gettysburg campaign: Sickles at Gettysburg (2009)\, Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg (2015)\, and Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard (2019). His books received several distinguished book awards. Jim currently co-hosts the popular Battle of Gettysburg Podcast and has made numerous national media appearances. He has written several articles for publication and was one of the primary content designers for the American Battlefield Trust’s mobile Gettysburg application. Jim is a frequent speaker at Civil War Round Tables and other historical groups nationwide. In addition to Gettysburg\, he leads tours at several other historic sites including Little Bighorn. Jim currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Little Bighorn Associates. \nJeffry Wert – Fighting Was His Business – For George Armstrong Custer\, 1863 was a momentous year.  He rose from a staff officer to a brigadier general of volunteers in command of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. By year’s end\, he had become one of the most renowned generals in the Cavalry Corps and the prospective husband to Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon. About the speaker – Jeffry D. Wert is a retired high school history teacher and an award-winning Civil War historian\, who has written biographies of George Custer\, James Longstreet\, and Jeb Stuart.  He also has written books and articles on the campaigns and battles in the conflict’s Eastern Theater. \nSiobhan Fallon – The Battle AFTER the Little Bighorn: The Widow\, the Writer\, and the Man They Called Coward. Rumors and accusations began to swirl from the moment General Terry’s command arrived on Reno Hill and told the surviving members of the Seventh Cavalry that Custer was dead. Thought to have been assisted by Elizabeth “Libbie” Custer\, Frederick Whittaker would finish his A Complete Life General George A. Custer just six months later. Whittaker’s book claimed: “The massacre at the Little Big Horn was due to Reno’s cowardice and Benteen’s indifference.” It was Major Marcus Reno himself who requested a court of inquiry in Chicago in 1879. While Reno’s name was officially cleared\, the results of the Reno Court of Inquiry continue to add to the controversy surrounding the Little Bighorn fight. About the speaker – Siobhan Fallon is the author of the collection You Know When the Men Are Gone and the novel The Confusion of Languages. Her essays and stories have been featured in New York Times Modern Love\, Washington Post Magazine\, NPR’s Morning Edition\, Stars and Stripes\, The Huffington Post\, among others\, and have been performed by both national and international theater groups. An Army spouse\, Siobhan started researching military wives and became hooked on the life of Elizabeth Bacon Custer as well as everything Little Bighorn. She is currently at work on a book about the Reno Court of Inquiry. Siobhan also has a series on YouTube titled “The Lives of the Little Bighorn.” \nEric Wittenberg – George Armstrong Custer in the 1864 Overland Campaign – Eric J. Wittenberg will address George Custer’s crucial role in Ulysses S. Grant’s 1864 Overland Campaign\, addressing the Michigan Cavalry Brigade’s participation in one of the Civil War’s most important campaigns. About the speaker – Eric J. Wittenberg is an award-winning Civil War author whose specialty is Union cavalry actions. He is the author of 24 published books and dozens of articles\, most of which focus on the mounted arm. Educated at Dickinson College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law\, he is an attorney in private practice. Eric serves on the boards of the Little Big Horn Associates and Central Virginia Battlefields Trust\, and is the program coordinator for the Chambersburg Civil War Seminars and Tours. He and his wife Susan and their three golden retrievers live in Columbus\, Ohio.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/2023-george-armstrong-custer-symposium/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with CW Goodyear & Jeffrey Nichols: President Garfield
DESCRIPTION:The Midtown Scholar Bookstore and the National Civil War Museum are honored to welcome historian CW Goodyear to the Midtown Scholar Bookstore\, in Harrisburg\, for an in-person conversation and signing on his new biography\, President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier. In this magisterial biography\, C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Goodyear will be in conversation with the CEO of the National Civil War Museum\, Jeffrey L. Nichols. \nWatch on YouTube Live Here \nAbout the Book: \nThe first comprehensive biography in decades of the extraordinary\, tragic life of America’s twentieth president—James Garfield. \nIn this magisterial biography\, C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and conservative compromiser; Union war hero and founder of the first Department of Education; Supreme Court attorney and abolitionist preacher; mathematician and canal man; crooked election-fixer and clean-government champion; Congressional chieftain and gentleman-farmer; the last president to be born in a log cabin; the second to be assassinated. James Abram Garfield was all these things and more. \nOver nearly two decades in Congress during a polarized era—Reconstruction and the Gilded Age—Garfield served as a peacemaker in a Republican Party and America defined by divisions. He was elected President to overcome them. He was killed while trying to do so. \nPresident Garfield is American history at its finest. It is about an impoverished boy working his way from the frontier to the Presidency; a progressive statesman\, trying to raise a more righteous\, peaceful Republic out of the ashes of civil war; the tragically imperfect course of that reformation\, and the man himself; a martyr-President\, whose death succeeded in nudging the country back to cleaner\, calmer politics. \nThis free event is in partnership with the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. \nAbout the Author: C.W. Goodyear is an author and historian based in Washington\, DC. He was born in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, and grew up abroad before graduating from Yale University. \nAbout Jeffrey L. Nichols: Jeffrey L. Nichols is the Chief Executive Officer of The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg\, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining The National Civil War Museum\, he was the Executive Director of Georgetown Heritage\, a philanthropic partner of the National Park Service in Washington\, DC\, and before that\, he was the President & CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest\, Thomas Jefferson’s retreat house and plantation located near Lynchburg\, Virginia. He also worked at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford\, Connecticut\, in several roles\, serving as Executive Director for the final four years of his tenure there. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Southern Connecticut State University\, a Master of Science in Museum Education degree from the Bank Street College of Education\, and an MBA from the University of New Haven. He serves as Treasurer for PA Museums and has served on the board of Greater Lynchburg (VA) Habitat for Humanity and was the Treasurer of the Virginia Association of Museums.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/an-evening-with-cw-goodyear-jeffrey-nichols-president-garfield/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 Lessons in History Presentation with Scott Mingus
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 2023 Lessons in History presentation with author Scott L. Mingus on July 8\, 2023\, 1:00 pm -2:00 pm. Mingus will discuss his book “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania” \n  \nAbout the Author: Multiple award-winning author Scott Mingus is a retired scientist and executive in the global specialty paper industry. The Ohio native graduated from Miami University. He was part of the research team that developed the first commercially successful self-adhesive U.S. postage stamps\, and he was a pioneer in the early development of bar code labels. He has written more than 30 Civil War and Underground Railroad books and numerous articles for Gettysburg Magazine and other historical journals. He has appeared on C-SPAN\, C-SPAN3\, PBS\, PCN\, and several other TV networks. Mingus writes a blog on the Civil War history of York County\, PA\, where he and his wife Debi live. He also has written six scenario books for miniature wargaming. He received lifetime achievement awards from the York County History Center and the Camp Curtin Historical Society for his many contributions to local history. His books and wargaming scenario books have received or been nominated for numerous national awards. \nThe 2023 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. The National Civil War Museum will follow CDC and OSHA/HHS guidance as well as orders and recommendations from federal/state/local governments and our state and local health officials.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/2023-lessons-in-history-presentation-with-scott-mingus/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Civil Conversation with Christopher Graham\, via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Graham will speak about his new book Faith\, Race\, and the Lost Cause: Confessions of a Southern Church in a Civil Conversation with NCWM CEO Jeffrey Nichols. About the speaker: Chris is from North Carolina and earned his PhD in American history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is currently a curator at the American Civil War Museum in Richmond\, Virginia\, where he lives with his wife. They are both members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. \nThis is an online-only event and is free and open to the public. Click here to register.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/a-civil-conversation-with-christopher-graham-via-zoom/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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