Winter Lecture: The Union's Greatest Unsung General- Fighting With and Forgetting Alpheus Williams

Sun, 01 Feb, 2026 at 01:30 pm UTC-05:00

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Winter Lecture: The Union's Greatest Unsung General- Fighting With and Forgetting Alpheus Williams
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Winter Lecture Series 2026
Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m.
January 10 through March 8, 2026
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 returns to the Gettysburg National Military Park (NMP) Museum and Visitor Center in 2026!
The Winter Lecture Series is held at 1:30 p.m. on weekends in the Gettysburg NMP Museum and Visitor Center from January 10 through March 8, 2026. 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. 2026 Winter Lectures will not be live streamed.
This Week:
The Union's Greatest Unsung General: Fighting With and Forgetting Alpheus Williams
Historian Daniel Brennan, West Virginia University
General Alpheus Starkey Williams was considered one of the Union’s most reliable commanders, having led troops across seven states. Despite this, he began and ended the war with the same rank, passed over for promotion while less experienced men advanced. He once wrote in frustration, “there is an unwritten history…that somebody will be obliged to set right some day.” Discover Williams’s history, marked by battles between personal insecurity and deep pride in his men; between military success and postwar obscurity.
More information: https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/gettysburg-winter-programs.htm
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