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Sunday January 26 – What About Wofford? - The Most Destructive Artillery Impact Documented at the Battle of GettysburgLaura Elliot, Historian
In 1878, fifteen years after the Battle of Gettysburg, Major General Lafayette McLaws lamented, "One company...had, by the bursting of a shell in its front as it went into the charge, lost thirty men...." Even a decade and a half after that moment on July 2, 1863, the aging general never knew that savage shell was the single most destructive artillery impact of the entire battle. Failing to identify which regiment that devastated company belonged, or brigade for that matter, nearly 150 years after writing of this episode of war, the mystery has finally been solved.
Lectures will be held Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m.
January 4 through February 23, 2025
Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center
Featuring some of the best Rangers, historians, and authors from across the country, this popular eight-week Winter Lecture Series will once again return to the Gettysburg National Military Park (NMP) Museum and Visitor Center in 2025!
The Winter Lecture Series is held at 1:30 p.m. on weekends in the Gettysburg NMP Museum and Visitor Center from January 4 through February 23, 2025. Seating is available on a first come – first serve basis. Free tickets are available day of at the Gettysburg NMP Museum and Visitor Center. Schedule is subject to change.
Thanks to the Gettysburg Foundation, all presentations will be recorded and made available on the Gettysburg Foundation YouTube channel at Gettysburg Foundation - YouTube.
No live stream will be available.
Check out this link for our full list of winter lectures: https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/gettysburg-winter-programs.htm
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA 17325, United States
