Jake Wynn | March 17, 2013
The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College held a conference gathering together many of the nation’s premier academic and public historians from Thursday, March 14 through Saturday, March 16. The focus of this gathering, titled The Future of Civil War History: Looking Beyond the 150th, centered on examining the ways Civil War interpretation may change […]
Jake Wynn | February 25, 2013
Here is something a little different: news of the day from 151 years ago relating to the Lykens Valley area. The news comes from the Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph of Harrisburg, PA. According to Luther Reily Kelker’s History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, published in 1907, the Pennsylvania Telegraph was first published in 1831 by Theophilus […]
Jake Wynn | February 11, 2013
Background My post yesterday briefly discussed the occupation of the city of Frederick, Maryland by Union forces during mid-September 1862. As Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia moved westward to execute its movements in places like Hagerstown and Harpers Ferry, the Union army began to make chase. Union commander George McClellan sought to defeat Lee’s army […]
Brian Tomlin | January 31, 2013
This monthly column seeks to provide a context for events going on during the Civil War era that are not directly war related. This column will appear around the last day of the month and will summarize the historically significant events from around the world 150 years ago. January 1863 January 1: Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation January 1: […]
Brian Tomlin | September 24, 2012
Several times during the year, the U.S. National Park Service holds fee free days where visitors can visit the national parks without paying the daily use fee. This coming Saturday, September 29, is one of those days, in conjunction with celebration of National Public Lands Day. More than 170,000 volunteers are expected at more than […]
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