Since 2014 the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, and the Captain Thomas Espy Post, have brought more than seventy-five Civil War historians here to Carnegie to speak in the Lincoln Gallery as part of our 2nd Saturday Civil War Lecture Series. These lectures are free and open to the public, and are held on the second Saturday of each month, from January – June, and September – November. We invite our community, our patrons, and all Civil War enthusiasts from the greater Pittsburgh area to attend these events…
The 2nd Saturday Lecture Series is made possible by the generous support of the Massey Charitable Trust.
For more information please contact Espy Post Curator, Jon-Erik Gilot, at gilotj@carnegiecarnegie.org.
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 1:00PM
IN PERSON at ACFL&MH
Upcoming Events…
- November 8, 2025 – Hon. William Vodrey – The War that Never Was: Great Britain, the U.S., and the Trent Affair
- January 10, 2026 – Ron Kirkwood – The George Spangler Farm’s Critical Role in the Battle of Gettysburg
- February 14, 2026 – Ron Coddington – African American Faces of the Civil War
- March 21, 2026 – Katie Wolfe – Women at War: The Homefront, the Hospital, and the Battlefield
**Note 3rd Saturday Date!** - April 17 – 18, 2026 – 1861: Small Battles, Big Outcomes – A Civil War Symposium
- May 9, 2026 – David Welker – The Union Invalid Corps – The Veteran Reserve Corps’ Unsung Story
- June 13, 2026 – John L. Hopkins – The World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
- September 12, 2026 – W. Hunter Lesser – Robert E. Lee’s Feuding Generals: Wise vs. Floyd
- October 10, 2026 – Dominish Miller – Not So Invisible Women: The Daughters of Charity at Gettysburg
- November 14, 2026 – Scott Patchan – Lincoln and the Shenandoah: 1862 and 1864