BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20260121T210135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T185320Z UID:10001278-1778331600-1778335200@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The Veteran Reserve Corps with David Welker DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nIn early 1863\, just two years into the Civil War\, Abraham Lincoln’s Union cause was in deep trouble\, and short on manpower the president was forced to implement the nation’s first general military draft. Similarly beset was Col. James B. Fry\, the Union’s new provost marshal general\, who had been placed in charge of the draft but without any troops to carry out the controversial effort. Just as troubled were thousands of individual wounded and injured Union combat veterans in the North’s many hospitals\, who found themselves retained in military service but unable to return to withstanding the rigors of front-line service. In a bold stroke of organizational innovation Fry set in motion solving all these problems at once by creating the Invalid Corps. Renamed the Veteran Reserve Corps (VRC)\, Fry’s force contributed to Union victory not just by conducting the Union’s drafts\, but in myriad other significant ways as well. By freeing healthy men to serve in the field the VRC ensured Northern victory and by the war’s close new Brig. Gen. Fry had commanded 60\,000 men – only Gen. Ulysses S. Grant led more troops. \n\n\n\nPerforming important rear-area duties such as guarding government facilities—military stores\, bridges\, and prisoner of war camps—or working as office clerks and hospital nurses\, the VRC’s presence scattered across the North served as a unifying\, stabilizing force during the Civil War’s darkest days. Yet in some instances these invalid soldiers\, intended only for rear area duty\, found themselves once again called to combat\, wielding skills they had learned in places such as Antietam\, Gettysburg\, and Spotsylvania. In its most notable such moment VRC men held off Confederate General Jubal Early’s corps during its July 1864 attack on Washington\, DC\, buying time for Grant to reinforce and save the nation’s capital. \n\n\n\nAlthough the VRC’s many contributions have been largely lost to American history\, now you can learn the full story of how these invalid veterans rose to continue serving their nation by making “the penultimate sacrifice.” Join historian and author David A. Welker who will be discussing his new book “Now I’m with the Invalids:” The Union’s Veteran Reserve Corps in America’s Civil War. \n\n\n\nDavid A. Welker’s previous works include The Cornfield: Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point\, Tempest at Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly and A Keystone Rebel: The Civil War Diary of Joseph Garey\, as well as numerous academic journal and commercial magazine and newspaper articles about diverse aspects of the Civil War. A professional historian and military analyst for the Federal Government with 40 years’ experience\, he holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from American University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and History from Westminster College. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-the-veteran-reserve-corps-with-david-welker/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2026,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MetaSlider-Web-Event-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T160000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20251229T190049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251229T190051Z UID:10001256-1776438000-1776528000@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:1861: Small Battles\, Big Outcomes: A Civil War Symposium DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\nThe Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is pleased to announce our eighth annual Civil War Symposium\, slated for April 17 – 18\, 2026. Though overlooked in favor of later years and larger battles\, the first year of the Civil War witnessed many advances and setbacks\, trials and tribulations\, personalities and decisions that affected how the remainder of the war came to be fought. In 1861: Small Battles\, Big Outcomes\, seven dynamic historians will unpack the military\, political\, and social threads of this pivotal year in our nation’s history. \n\n\n\nTickets are available for $100.00 until April 06\, 2026\, or sold out. Seating is limited\, and previous years have sold out\, so please don’t wait to reserve your seat. The ticket price includes light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar on Friday evening\, breakfast refreshments\, a boxed lunch\, and snacks on Saturday.  \n\n\n\nIn partnership with Military Images Magazine and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine\, the Faces of Civil War Nurses photo exhibit will be onsite\, bringing to life the remarkable images and stories of twenty Civil War nurses.  \n\n\n\nRepresentatives from Arsenal Cider – Pittsburgh’s Civil War-themed hard cider distillery – will be on hand Friday evening for tastings and bottle sales. Ongoing tours of The Captain Thomas Espy Post will be available\, as well as raffles\, a Civil War book sale\, and author book signings. \n\n\n\nSymposium proceeds help to preserve the priceless artifacts in the Captain Thomas Espy Grand Army of the Republic Post and supports our monthly Civil War programming at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. \n\n\n\nACFL&MH is grateful to Civil War Trails and Civil War Roundtable Congress for their sponsorship and ongoing support of our Civil War symposium! \n\n\n\nPlease contact Espy Post Curator\, Jon-Erik Gilot\, at gilotj@carnegiecarnegie.org with any questions. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nRich Condon – The Year of Jubilee: The Battle for Port Royal and the Birth of ReconstructionRich Condon is a public historian and park ranger from Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A. in Public History from Shepherd University and is currently pursuing an M.A. in American History through Gettysburg College. For over a decade\, he held positions at a variety of sites and organizations\, including the Battle of Franklin Trust\, Flight 93 National Memorial\, Catoctin Mountain Park\, and the newly established Reconstruction Era National Historical Park. Rich has published articles with Civil War Times Magazine\, The Civil War Monitor\, The American Battlefield Trust\, as well as Emerging Civil War\, and manages the Civil War Pittsburgh blog. \n\n\n\nRich will be speaking on the November 1861 battle of Port Royal\, South Carolina\, and the legacy of the Port Royal Experiment.  \n\n\n\nChris Mackowski – The Battle of Belmont and the Rise of Ulysses S. Grant \n\n\n\nChris Mackowski\, Ph.D.\, is a Copie Hill Civil War Fellow at the American Battlefield Trust and editor-in-chief and co-founder of Emerging Civil War. He is the series editor of the award-winning Emerging Civil War Series\, and author\, co-author\, or editor of more than twenty-five books. Chris is a professor of journalism and mass communication in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany\, New York\, and historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge\, a historic property on the Spotsylvania battlefield in central Virginia.   \n\n\n\nChris will be speaking on the November 1861 battle of Belmont\, Missouri\, Ulysses S. Grant’s first battle of the Civil War\, and how Grant’s experience at Belmont shaped the remainder of his service.  \n\n\n\nMark Maloy –The Severest Struggle of His Life: Robert E. Lee’s Decision at Arlington HouseMark Maloy holds an undergraduate degree in History from the College of William and Mary\, and a graduate degree in History from George Mason University. He is the author of two books in the Emerging Revolutionary War Series and regularly leads Revolutionary War battlefield tours. He currently works as a historian for the George Washington Memorial Parkway\, which administers important historic sites such as Arlington House\, the Robert E. Lee Memorial. \n\n\n\nMark will discuss the motives and factors behind Robert E. Lee’s pivotal April 1861 resignation from the United States Army\, and the impact of Lee’s decision on both sides of the conflict.  \n\n\n\nRob Orrison – “The Potomac Will be Effectively Closed”: Early Actions on the Potomac RiverRob Orrison received his Bachelor’s in Historic Preservation at Longwood University and a Master’s in Public History from George Mason University. He currently serves as director for the Prince William County Office of Historic Preservation. He has published books for the Emerging Civil War Series\, the Emerging Revolutionary War Series\, and numerous other publications.  \n\n\n\nRob will examine the skirmishes\, battles\, and personalities relating to the Confederate efforts to blockade the Potomac River from July 1861 – March 1862.  \n\n\n\nRyan Quint – The Battle of Dranesville: December 20\, 1861 \n\n\n\nA native of Maine\, Ryan Quint holds a degree in History from the University of Mary Washington. He is the author of numerous publications\, including Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town in the Crossfire of a Forgotten Battle. Today\, he works as a park ranger at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. \n\n\n\nRyan will speak on the December 1861 battle of Dranesville\, an early Federal victory during an otherwise bleak year of the war\, highlighting the experiences of Pittsburgh’s soldiers in the Pennsylvania Reserves during the battle.  \n\n\n\nPhil Spaugy – Arming the Boys of ’61: The Origins\, Differences\, and Challenges of Arming Union Soldiers \n\n\n\nPhil Spaugy recently retired from a long career in aviation services. A lifelong student of the Civil War\, he is the former national commander of the North South Skirmish Association and today serves as a senior editor for Military Images Magazine\, a columnist for Civil War Monitor\, and an advisor for Gettysburg History (Adams County Historical Society).  \n\n\n\nPhil’s talk will examine the challenges encountered in arming and equipping Union soldiers in 1861. This lecture will include an exhibit of more than a dozen original longarms issued to soldiers during the first year of the war.  \n\n\n\nMelissa A. Winn – Healing Open Wounds: How First Manassas Transformed Medical Care  \n\n\n\nMelissa Winn serves today as the Director of Marketing and Communications for the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Previously\, she worked as marketing manager at the American Battlefield Trust\, and director of photography for HistoryNet. She received a BA in English from the University of Wisconsin and has written for and published articles in multiple trade and commercial publications for more than 20 years. \n\n\n\nMelissa’s talk will unpack the many innovations spawned by the lack of preparedness for a battle of the scale of the one fought in July 1861 at Manassas\, including the triage system\, nursing corps\, civilian aide groups\, medical recordkeeping\, and vast improvements in medical care.  \n\n\n\nEmerging Civil War Podcast Historians Panel – Moderated by Chris Mackowski \n\n\n\nChris Mackowski will emcee a free-wheeling discussion among our historians of all things 1861. The conversation will be recorded for the Emerging Civil War Podcast\, with questions and audience participation encouraged!  \n\n\n\nSchedule of Events: \n\n\n\nFriday\, April 17: \n\n\n\nDoors Open\, Registration – 3:00 – 4:00PMEspy Post Tours\, Book Sale\, Raffle\, Exhibits – 3:00 – 9:00PMOpening Remarks – 4:00 – 4:15PMPhil Spaugy – 4:15 – 5:15PMRefreshments\, Cash Bar\, Arsenal Cider – 5:15 – 6:30PMRich Condon – 6:30 – 7:30PMHistorian’s Panel Discussion – 7:45 – 8:45PMSaturday\, April 18: \n\n\n\nRegistration & Refreshments – 8:15 – 9:15AMEspy Post Tours\, Book Sale\, Raffle\, Exhibits – 8:15 – 4:15PMRyan Quint – 9:15 – 10:15AMBREAK – 10:15 – 10:30AMRob Orrison – 10:30 – 11:30AMLUNCH – 11:30 – 12:45PMChris Mackowski – 12:45 – 1:45PMBREAK – 1:45 – 2:00PMMelissa A. Winn – 2:00 – 3:00PMBREAK – 3:00 – 3:15PMMark Maloy – 3:15PM – 4:15PM \n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS\n\n\n\nLodging & Travel:\n\n\n\nFor those traveling from outside the area\, please be aware that there are no hotels in Carnegie proper. Even so\, there are many hotel options in the immediate area. We suggest looking at available hotels in nearby Green Tree\, Bridgeville\, Settlers Ridge\, Southpointe\, and Canonsburg.The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is located at 300 Beechwood Avenue in downtown Carnegie\, Pennsylvania. We are just one mile off Interstate 79\, and approximately five miles south of downtown Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh International Airport is located 13 miles from Carnegie. \n\n\n\nSymposium Sponsors: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCivil War Trails\, the world’s largest open-air museum\, includes more than 1\,500 sites across six states\, putting you in the footsteps of Civil War generals\, freedom-fighters\, and tenacious women. Follow the great campaigns turn-by-turn\, take a historic hike\, and explore beautiful downtowns. Snap a sign selfie along the way! Request your brochure today at civilwartrails.org\, and create some history of your own. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe mission of the CWRT CONGRESS is to inspire Civil War Round Table leaders to adapt\, adopt\, and maintain strategies for sustainability. CWRT Congress is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to assisting Civil War Round Tables around the world to become sustainable. CWRTC does not have memberships\, does not charge dues\, and is staffed with knowledgeable volunteers who have consulted and inspired nonprofits\, for-profits and governmental entities to become successful. Find more information their website. \n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/1861-small-battles-big-outcomes-a-civil-war-symposium/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2026,Ticketing,Upcoming Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MetaSlider-Web-Event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20251229T165438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T201042Z UID:10001254-1774098000-1774101600@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The Influence of Women: How Women Worked\, Served\, Sacrificed\, and Overcame during the Civil War\, with Katie Wolfe DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Studio at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nDrawn from an 1862 Harper’s Weekly illustration of the same title\, “The Influence of Women” will explore the many ways in which women worked\, served\, sacrificed\, and overcame during the Civil War. Women were everywhere during the war\, serving both on the home front and on the front lines. This talk will include vignettes on… \n\n\n\n\nGone for a Soldier: Women Who Served\n\n\n\nHidden in Hair and Hoopskirts: Women as Spies\n\n\n\n“Brave and Faithful”: Marie Tepe\n\n\n\nThe War on the Homefront\n\n\n\n“The Angel on the Battlefield”: Nurses\, Doctors\, and Civilians\n\n\n\n“She Ranks Me”: Mother Bickerdyke \n\n\n\nA Mother’s Grief: The 62nd Pennsylvania\n\n\n\n“Just Before the Battle Mother”: Civil War Music as a Comfort \n\n\n\n\nKatie Wolfe is a proud member of the 62nd PA Volunteer Infantry Living History Family based in Armstrong County\, Pennsylvania. This living history family educates the public about the American Civil War and the 62nd PVI’s role in it through encampments and other programs both locally and in Gettysburg where the 62nd fought in the Wheatfield.  \n\n\n\nKatie lives in Indiana\, PA\, with her husband and two daughters\, and they enjoy participating in the 62nd together. Katie holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education and a Master of Literacy degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is currently employed as the Program Coordinator at the Ford City Public Library. She also serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Armstrong County Historical Society. Katie enjoys using her educational background to plan programs at her library\, at the historical society\, and with the 62nd. Her love of history\, particularly the American Civil War\, inspires her to share the stories of the soldiers and their families to keep the history alive. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-the-influence-of-women-how-women-worked-served-sacrificed-and-overcame-during-the-civil-war-with-katie-wolfe/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2026,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MetaSlider-Web-Event-5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T130000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20251229T181200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T173940Z UID:10001255-1771074000-1778331600@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:Faces of Civil War Nurses: An Exhibit DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Military Images magazine and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine\, The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is proud to welcome a new temporary exhibit\, “Faces of Civil War Nurses\,” featuring portraits and personal stories of women who served as nurses during the Civil War. The exhibit first debuted in 2025 at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum in Washington\, DC. \n\n\n\nIt is estimated that over 20\,000 women served as volunteer nurses during the war\, enduring long hours and multiple tours of duty across both front-line battlefields and at numerous hospitals and communities across the country. Forbidden from serving in “indelicate” medical settings at the outset of the Civil War\, women quickly broke down social conventions in caring for the sick and wounded\, risking both disease and the brutal realities of war. These women provided invaluable aid\, from changing bandages and cooking food to comforting the dying\, and innumerable other tasks. \n\n\n\n“During the Civil War\, thousands of courageous women stepped beyond traditional roles to serve as nurses\, caring for the wounded and sick in the chaos of war’s brutal realities. In this exhibit\, you’ll stand face to face with life-sized portraits of 20 of these intrepid pioneers who shaped the future of nursing and redefined the role of women in American society\,” said Military Images Editor and Publisher Ron Coddington. “This is a rare glimpse into their resilience\, sacrifice\, and humanity.” \n\n\n\nThe exhibit will be on display in the Lincoln Gallery at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall through May 9. The building is open Mondays from 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.; Tuesdays – Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. \n\n\n\nFor questions\, please contact Espy Post Curator Jon-Erik Gilot at gilotj@carnegiecarnegie.org. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/faces-of-civil-war-nurses-an-exhibit/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2026,Upcoming Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/thumbnail_18x24-poster-faces-of-nurses-e1770668694524.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20251229T161727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T150652Z UID:10001253-1771074000-1771077600@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Faces of Civil War Nurses - Portraits\, Photography\, and the Making of Caregiving History\, with Ron Coddington DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nPortrait photographs of women who served as caregivers offer rare\, powerful evidence of how Americans understood nursing during the Civil War. These images—made possible by rapidly evolving photographic technology—capture not only grit and determination\, but intention: how women presented themselves\, how they wished to be seen\, and how caregiving entered the visual record of war. By studying these portraits alongside contemporary writing and context\, this presentation explores what these women wore\, why they served\, and how photography helps us rethink who qualified as a Civil War nurse. \n\n\n\nRon Coddington began collecting Civil War–era portrait photography as a teenager\, launching a lifelong pursuit to uncover images of men and women and tell their stories. His research has appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, and a series of books published by Johns Hopkins University Press\, including Faces of Civil War Nurses\, which inspired this traveling exhibit. His most recent book is Gettysburg Faces (Gettysburg Publishing). Ron is the editor and publisher of Military Images\, a quarterly magazine founded in 1979 and dedicated to the study and preservation of historic photographs. He has more than 40 years of experience as a journalist at USA TODAY\, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, The San Jose Mercury News\, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-faces-of-civil-war-nurses-portraits-photography-and-the-making-of-caregiving-history-with-ron-coddington/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2026,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MetaSlider-Web-Event-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20251120T144815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T201204Z UID:10001235-1768050000-1768053600@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The George Spangler Farm's Critical Role in the Battle of Gettysburg with Ron Kirkwood DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nAward-winning author and Murrysville-area resident Ron Kirkwood has spent nine years researching the George Spangler farm in Gettysburg and has written two books on it: “Too Much for Human Endurance”: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg\, which was published in 2019\, and the sequel “Tell Mother Not to Worry”: Soldier Stories from Gettysburg’s George Spangler Farm\, in 2024. \n\n\n\nMilitarily\, Kirkwood argues that George Spangler owned the most important farm to the Union victory in the Battle of Gettysburg with its location\, roads\, size and Powers Hill. Additionally\, the farm was of critical importance medically with two major hospitals on the property caring for a total of almost 3\,000 men. His presentation focuses on both aspects of the farm\, including the heroism and suffering of the men and women in the two hospitals. \n\n\n\nKirkwood received the prestigious 2025 Bachelder-Coddington Distinguished Book Award of the Civil War Roundtable of Gettysburg for “Tell Mother Not to Worry” while “Too Much for Human Endurance” is on the Gettysburg National Military Park’s recommended reading list for anyone studying to be a Licensed Battlefield Guide. \n\n\n\nKirkwood is retired after a 40-year career in newspapers and magazines including USA TODAY\, Baltimore Sun and Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News. Ron edited national magazines for USA TODAY Sports\, was NFL editor for USA TODAY Sports Weekly and managed the Harrisburg copy desk when the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012. He has returned to his alma mater Central Michigan University as guest speaker to journalism classes as part of the school’s Hearst Visiting Professionals series. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-the-george-spangler-farms-critical-role-in-the-battle-of-gettysburg-with-ron-kirkwood/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2026,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MetaSlider-Web-Event-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20250915T144328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T142450Z UID:10001183-1762606800-1762610400@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The War That Never Was: Great Britain\, the U.S.\, and the Trent Affair with William Vodrey DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nThe U.S. Navy’s seizure of two Confederate diplomats\, James Murray Mason of Virginia and John Slidell of Louisiana\, from a British Royal Mail steamship off the coast of Cuba in November 1861 set off an international firestorm of controversy.  The crisis even threatened\, for several tense weeks\, to bring the British Empire into the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy.  Our speaker will explore the tangle of political\, diplomatic and naval issues involved\, and how President Lincoln (who is said to have remarked\, “One war at a time”) was able to resolve the dispute without the United States and the United Kingdom going to war for yet a third time. \n\n\n\nJudge William F.B. Vodrey serves on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Born and raised in East Liverpool\, Ohio\, he graduated with honors from Oberlin College and later received his law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He has been interested in presidential and military history for many years\, and often speaks on such topics to historical societies\, clubs and roundtables. He is a member of the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable\, American Battlefield Trust\, Ohio History Connection and Sons of the American Revolution.  He is also a former Civil War reenactor with the 51st Ohio Volunteer Infantry\, Co. B\, in which he skyrocketed in just five short years to the rank of corporal.  Judge Vodrey lives in Cleveland with his wife Susan; they have three grown sons. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-the-war-that-never-was-great-britain-the-u-s-and-the-trent-affair-with-william-vodrey/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2025,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/MetaSlider-Web-Event-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20250820T174928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T171519Z UID:10001162-1760187600-1760191200@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: "After I am Gone..." The Battle for Gen. Philip Sheridan's Legacy & Memory with Jonathan Noyalas DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nFollowing the death of General Philip H. Sheridan in the summer of 1888\, fierce debates arose over how Sheridan\, regarded as one of the Union’s “three great generals” during the Civil War and a divisive figure\, should be remembered. “After I am Gone\,” based on Jonathan A. Noyalas’s forthcoming book\, General Philip H. Sheridan: Life\, War\, and Memory (Routledge)\, will examine how Sheridan’s allies\, including his widow Irene\, Union veterans\, political figures\, and artists including Carl Augustus Heber and Gutzon Borglum\, worked to counter General Sheridan’s critics who claimed that Sheridan sought glory for himself at the expense of his troops and present him as a gallant general who cared for his soldiers and forged an unbreakable bond with them. \n\n\n\nJonathan A. Noyalas is director of Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute and a history professor at Shenandoah. He is the author or editor of seventeen books and over one hundred articles\, essays\, chapters\, and reviews which have appeared in a variety of scholarly and popular publications. Prof. Noyalas has consulted on a wide array of public history projects with groups including the National Park Service\, American Battlefield Trust\, and Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District. He has appeared on C-SPAN’s American History\, NPR’s “With Good Reason\,” and PCN. Noyalas is the recipient of numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship\, including Shenandoah University’s Exemplary Teaching Award for the First Year Seminar and the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia’s Outstanding Faculty Award. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-after-i-am-gone-the-battle-for-gen-philip-sheridans-legacy-memory-with-jonathan-noyalas/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2025,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MetaSlider-Web-Event-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20250623T154935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T141905Z UID:10001138-1757768400-1757772000@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Western Pennsylvania in the Maryland Campaign with Matt Borders DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MHZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nPrior to the Conscription Act of 1863\, Pennsylvania was the largest contributor to the Federal war effort in terms of manpower. There are few better examples of this than the 1862 Maryland Campaign. Pennsylvania put 81 different regiments or batteries into the field for the Maryland Campaign and organized thousands of militia on the homefront in anticipation of a potential invasion. \n\n\n\nWestern Pennsylvania had a huge role to play in this effort. Fully 20 different Pennsylvania units that fought in the Army of the Potomac during the Maryland Campaign were either entirely or partially from Western Pennsylvania. Join us as we investigate the participation of Western Pennsylvania in the Maryland Campaign\, where they fought\, and who they fought with. \n\n\n\nA graduate of Michigan State and Eastern Michigan University\, Matthew Borders holds a BA in United States History with a focus in the American Civil War and a MS in Historic Preservation. Following graduation\, he taught at Kalamazoo Valley Community College before accepting a position with the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program. He worked as the historian for the ABPP for six years\, during which time he became a certified battlefield guide at Antietam National Battlefield and Harpers Ferry National Historic Site. He is also the President of the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable and a founding member of the Antietam Institute. \n\n\n\nCurrently\, Matthew is a Park Ranger at Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick\, Maryland. He\, along with fellow guide Joe Stahl\, had published four books in their Faces of Union Soldiers series. These works look at Federal soldiers at a variety of battles\, their stories\, and their regiments. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-western-pennsylvania-in-the-maryland-campaign-with-matt-borders-2/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2025,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/MetaSlider-Web-Event_New.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20250514T200431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T173052Z UID:10001091-1749906000-1749909600@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Battlefield Forensics: Examining Unique Medical Events at Gettysburg with Matt Lively DESCRIPTION:Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279**Please note this event will not be streamed via Facebook\, and will not be recorded for our YouTube channel** \n\n\n\nThe American Civil War is filled with incidents that illustrate some unique or interesting medical condition. In the Battle of Gettysburg\, such events occurred to individuals whose names are well known\, such as John Reynolds\, Lewis Armistead\, and of course\, Dan Sickles. But others may be more obscure\, like Collett Leventhorpe\, Lucius Fairchild\, and Elon Farnsworth. Utilizing both forensic medicine and medical history\, this talk will examine some of those events through the performance of a historical autopsy. \n\n\n\nBefore entering private practice three years ago\, Dr. Mathew Lively spent twenty years as a faculty physician at the West Virginia University School of Medicine where he conducted patient care\, teaching\, and research. He is the author of several articles on medical history topics and his first book\, Calamity at Chancellorsville: The Wounding and Death of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson\, was published by Savas Beatie in 2013. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-battlefield-forensics-examining-unique-medical-events-at-gettysburg-with-matt-lively/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2025,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MetaSlider-Web-Event-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20250310T141308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T195919Z UID:10001033-1746882000-1746885600@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: COMBEE: Harriet Tubman\, the Combahee River Raid\, and Black Freedom during the Civil War with Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black DESCRIPTION:Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279**Please note this event will not be streamed via Facebook\, and will not be recorded for our YouTube channel** \n\n\n\nHarriet Tubman’s legendary life is widely known: escaping enslavement\, leading others to freedom via the Underground Railroad\, and tirelessly fighting for change. But a crucial chapter often overlooked is her daring Civil War service as a spy for the Union Army\, detailed in Dr. Edda Field Black’s groundbreaking book\, COMBEE: Harriet Tubman\, the Combahee River Raid\, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.A direct descendant of a participant in the raid\, Field-Black unveils Tubman’s command of spies and pilots\, and intelligence gathered from freedom seekers\, which led to a raid that liberated 756 enslaved people from bondage on seven rice plantations as the largest slave rebellion in US history. Through unexamined documents\, she brings to life the Combahee River Raid and the untold stories of those freed\, their resilience\, and the lasting impact of Tubman’s heroism.Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black teaches history at Carnegie Mellon University and has written extensively about the history of West African rice farmers\, including in such works as Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora. She was a co-editor of Rice: Global Networks and New Histories\, which was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Fields-Black has served as a consultant for the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture’s permanent exhibit “Rice Fields of the Lowcountry\,” and is the executive producer and librettist of “Unburied\, Unmourned\, Unmarked: Requiem for Rice\,” a widely performed original contemporary classical work by celebrated composer John Wineglass.Fields-Black is a descendant of Africans enslaved on rice plantations in Colleton County\, South Carolina; her great-great-great grandfather fought in the Combahee River Raid in June 1863. Her determination to illuminate the riches of the Gullah dialect\, and to reclaim Gullah Geechee history and culture\, has taken her to the rice fields of South Carolina and Georgia to those of Sierra Leone and Republic of Guinea in West Africa. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-combee-harriet-tubman-the-combahee-river-raid-and-black-freedom-during-the-civil-war-with-dr-edda-l-fields-black/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2025,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/MetaSlider-Web-Event-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T163000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20240914T160000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T123304Z UID:10000931-1744387200-1744475400@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:"Our Battle Flags Were Tattered..." The Maryland Campaign: A Civil War Symposium DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets Here!\n\n\n\nThe Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is pleased to announce the return of our annual Civil War Symposium\, slated for April 11 – 12\, 2025. Embracing attendee feedback from recent years\, the 2025 symposium will focus on the 1862 Maryland Campaign\, which culminated at the Battle of Antietam\, the single bloodiest day in American history . Eight dynamic historians will explore the military\, political\, and social threads of this defining moment in our nation’s history. \n\n\n\nTickets are available for $85.00 until April 01\, 2025 or sold out. Seating is limited\, and our past three years have sold out\, so please don’t wait to reserve your seat. Symposium proceeds help to preserve the priceless artifacts in the Captain Thomas Espy Grand Army of the Republic Post and helps to support our monthly Civil War programming at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall.  \n\n\n\nThe ticket price includes light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar on Friday evening; breakfast refreshments\, a boxed lunch\, and light snacks on Saturday. Representatives from Arsenal Cider – Pittsburgh’s Civil War-themed hard cider distillery – will be on hand Friday evening for tastings and bottle sales. Ongoing tours of The Captain Thomas Espy Post will be available\, as well as raffles\, a Civil War book sale\, and author book signings. \n\n\n\nACFL&MH is grateful to Civil War Trails for their sponsorship and ongoing support of our Civil War symposium! \n\n\n\nPlease contact Espy Post Curator\, Jon-Erik Gilot\, at gilotj@einetwork.net with any questions. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\nJohn Banks & Tom McMillan – The Antietam & Beyond Podcast: A Live Recording! \n\n\n\nHistorians John Banks and Tom McMillan\, the creative minds behind The Antietam & Beyond Podcast will be on hand for a live\, freewheeling recording of their popular podcast. Banks and McMillan dive deep into the Battle of Antietam as well as into the 1862 Maryland Campaign and other Civil War topics. Join these longtime journalists\, who\, along with their guests\, share stories\, knowledge and much more about the battle and the most compelling period in American history. \n\n\n\nDennis Frye – Harpers Ferry: Lee’s Achilles \n\n\n\nA native of the Antietam and Harpers Ferry area\, Dennis Frye recently retired from more than three decades in the National Park Service\, including twenty years as chief historian at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. His honors includes the Department of Interior’s “Distinguished Service Award\,” the highest honor conferred by the Department\, and the American Battlefields Trust’s highest award – “The Shelby Foote Award.” Author of nearly a dozen books\, and scores of articles\, Frye is considered among the founding fathers of the modern Civil War battlefield movement. He will discuss the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry\, Robert E. Lee’s “Achilles” of the Maryland Campaign.  \n\n\n\nD. Scott Hartwig – Antietam: The Soldiers’ Experience \n\n\n\nD. Scott Hartwig retired in 2014 after more than thirty years in the National Park Service\, including twenty years as supervisory historian at Gettysburg National Military Park. He is the author of numerous articles\, essays\, and books\, which includes a recent two-volume study of the Maryland Campaign and Battle of Antietam\, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Utilizing a collection of letters and post-war accounts\, Scott will examine the soldiers’ experience at the Battle of Antietam.  \n\n\n\nJohn Hoptak – “This Has Been a Glorious Victory…” The Battle of South Mountain: An Overview \n\n\n\nJohn Hoptak is the author of several books including\, The Battle of South Mountain. His articles have appeared in various publications\, including Pennsylvania History\, Civil War Times\, and America’s Civil War. He has served as a Park Ranger and Educator with the National Park Service since 2006\, first at Antietam National Battlefield\, and\, since 2012\, at Gettysburg National Military Park. John will offer an overview of the critical\, though often overlooked Battle of South Mountain\, the first major battle fought north of the Potomac River. \n\n\n\nAshley Whitehead Luskey – “Nothing can be half so melancholy as a battle won…” Sharpsburg Civilians and Antietam’s Aftermath \n\n\n\nAshley Whitehead Luskey is the assistant director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. A graduate of the College of William & Mary\, she holds a both a master’s degree in history with a concentration in public history and a PhD in history from West Virginia University. She spent more than nine years working as a park ranger and historian with the National Park Service\, including eight years at Richmond National Battlefield Park. An active public speaker and tour guide\, Ashley is the author of numerous articles and essays. Ashley’s talk will focus on civilian claims and restitution following the Battle of Antietam\, the rampant post-battle disease in the area\, and the early “tourists” of the battlefield in the days and weeks after who sought relics and a direct window into the carnage.  \n\n\n\nKevin Pawlak – In the Wake of Antietam: The Loudoun Valley Campaign of 1862 \n\n\n\nKevin Pawlak is a Historic Site Manager for the Prince William County Historic Preservation Division and works as a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Antietam National Battlefield. He is also active with the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association\, Save Historic Antietam Foundation\, and the Antietam Institute. He is the author of numerous books\, articles\, and essays\, and is a contributing historian at Emerging Civil War. Kevin will examine the clashes of Loudoun Valley Campaign in late October and early November 1862. \n\n\n\nHarry Smeltzer – Col. Albert L. Magilton and the Pennsylvania Reserves at Antietam \n\n\n\nSince 2006 Harry Smeltzer has hosted Bull Runnings\, a website dedicated to the digitization of primary resources and original content related to the First Battle of Bull Run. A native of Southwestern PA\, he earned degrees at The Pennsylvania State University and the Katz School of the University of Pittsburgh. He has been published in print and digital media including in the journal Civil War History\, The Civil War Monitor\, Civil War Times\, and America’s Civil War.  He sits on the board of directors of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation\, and has presented programs relating to and lead tours of the Bull Run battlefield. Harry will discuss Pennsylvania-native Col. Albert L. Magilton and the Pennsylvania Reserves at the Battle of Antietam.  \n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here! URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/our-battle-flags-were-tattered-the-maryland-campaign-a-civil-war-symposium/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2025,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MetaSlider-Web-Event-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250308T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250308T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20250114T142658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T134726Z UID:10001000-1741438800-1741442400@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Pennsylvania at the Battle of Stones River with Dan Masters DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH! \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegieNo Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nThe Battle of Stones River\, fought at the turning of the year from 1862-1863\, was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. The Army of the Cumberland and Army of Tennessee clashed for control of middle Tennessee and in a see-saw battle that stretched over four days\, the Federals emerged triumphant but by the narrowest of margins. This sole victory in a sea of Federal defeats helped provide military support for the recently issued Emancipation Proclamation and started the Union army back on the road to Chattanooga. The cost was incredibly high: more than 25\,000 casualties among the 81\,000 participants. \n\n\n\nPennsylvania’s contribution to the victory was small but mighty. The state had just three infantry regiments\, two cavalry regiments\, and a single artillery battery present with the Army of the Cumberland. However\, their contributions were significant. The 77th Pennsylvania launched the first Federal counterattack in the opening moments of the battle while the 78th Pennsylvania won plaudits for not only capturing the colors of the 26th Tennessee but for playing a hand in capturing Wright’s Tennessee battery on January 2nd. Likewise\, the Anderson Troop\, a cavalry regiment that had mutinied at the beginning of the campaign\, played a very active role in the campaign that eventually resulted in two of its soldiers being awarded the Medal of Honor.  \n\n\n\nA graduate of the University of Toledo\, Dan Masters is the descendant of five Union veterans of the Civil War and has been deeply involved in the study of that conflict since the late 1990s. He has written eleven books\, numerous articles\, and more than 950 blog posts about the Civil War\, much of his work focusing on the western theater. In addition to regularly writing on his blog Dan Masters’ Civil War Chronicles\, he also recently finished work on his eleventh book Hell by the Acre: A Narrative History of the Stones River Campaign published by Savas Beatie in November 2024. He currently lives in Perrysburg\, Ohio with his wife Amy and four of their six children while his oldest son is currently serving in the U.S. Air Force.  URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-pennsylvania-at-the-battle-of-stones-river-with-dan-masters/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2025,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MetaSlider-Web-Event-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250208T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250208T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20250110T205024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T140238Z UID:10000996-1739019600-1739023200@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Borderland Freedom: African American Experiences during the Gettysburg Campaign DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH! \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegieNo Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nGettysburg was part of a precarious borderland during the nineteenth century. The Mid-Atlantic borderland was a fundamentally ambiguous space where slavery and freedom intermixed because enslavers were able to kidnap free people of color as fugitive slaves. Free people of color from Gettysburg and its surrounding environs learned from these experiences to protect themselves by hiding or fleeing when Confederate soldiers crossed the Mason-Dixon Line in 1863. \n\n\n\nConfederate soldiers who kidnapped free people of color under the guise of retrieving “contrabands” in 1863 were mirroring but not quite replicating the actions of antebellum enslavers from Virginia and Maryland. Both upset the perceived division between slavery and freedom when they captured African Americans. However\, the Civil War kidnappings took place in a different political context\, illustrating the very real impact Black refugee movement had on Pennsylvania’s free people of color. \n\n\n\nRachael Barbara Nicholas is a PhD candidate studying nineteenth-century American history at West Virginia University. She has a B.A. in history and classics from Ohio Wesleyan University and an M.A. in public history from West Virginia University. Ms. Nicholas is currently the park historian at Gettysburg National Military Park. She was previously a seasonal park ranger (historical interpretation) at Gettysburg. She has also been a graduate instructor at West Virginia University\, a research assistant for the National Digital Newspaper Program\, and a graduate research associate for the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition. Her first article was recently published in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. She is in the process of completing her dissertation\, which is tentatively titled “Movement\, Imagination\, and the Changing Spaces between Slavery and Freedom in the Mid-Atlantic Borderland\, 1861-1877.” URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-borderland-freedom-african-american-experiences-during-the-gettysburg-campaign/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2025,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MetaSlider-Web-Event-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20241209T155500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T132934Z UID:10000971-1736600400-1736604000@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Blood\, Courage\, and the Maltese Cross - Personal Stories of the 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH! \n\n\n\nOrganized in Pittsburgh in the summer of 1861\, the 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was among the most decorated of regiments fielded by the Keystone State during the Civil War. Company H of the regiment included many local residents and was commanded by Captain Thomas Espy\, namesake of the Captain Thomas Espy Post. The regiment lost more than 250 men during their term of enlistment\, including Captain Thomas Espy\, and was one of only 14 Union army regiments to lose 17 or more officers during the war.The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall will welcome several members of the 62nd Pennsylvania Living History Group\, an organization dedicated to education\, preservation\, and honoring the men of the original regiment. Blood\, Courage and the Maltese Cross will consist of four individual stories of men that fought\, and in some cases gave the last full measure of devotion.Speakers include…Michael Kraus\, discussing the Maltese Cross flag displayed at Soldiers and Sailors\, which was fought under at Gettysburg by members of the 62nd; Robert ‘Slim’ Bowser\, discussing his ancestor\, Sgt. Daniel Swigart\, of Company D; Katie and Brian Wolfe\, discussing the Lowry brothers from the 62nd; Van Cornish will discuss Pvt. William Dunn\, killed in the Wheatfield at Gettysburg; and Matt Hankinson will discuss Capt. Edwin Little\, killed at the Stony Hill at Gettysburg. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-blood-courage-and-the-maltese-cross-personal-stories-of-the-62nd-pennsylvania-infantry/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2025,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MetaSlider-Web-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241109T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241109T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20241007T135911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241115T140926Z UID:10000944-1731157200-1731160800@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Black Slaves & Indian Masters: A New Story of Reconstruction in the West with Dr. Alaina E. Roberts DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH! \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegieNo Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nIn this presentation\, Dr. Alaina E. Roberts will discuss the history of Black slave-ownership among the Five Tribes (the Chickasaw\, Choctaw\, Cherokee\, Creek\, and Seminole Nations) and the Reconstruction project the United States enforced in Indian Territory (Oklahoma)\, which ended with Black people in this region becoming the only group of former slaves in the world to receive reparations in the form of land. \n\n\n\nAlaina E. Roberts is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and the multi-award winning author of I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land\, which uses archival research and family history to provide a new perspective on African American and Native American history in the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. She has written for TIME magazine\, High Country News\, and the Washington Post\, and her research has been featured in CNN\, the New York Times\, The Boston Globe\, The New Yorker\, and The Atlantic. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-black-slaves-indian-masters-a-new-story-of-reconstruction-in-the-west-with-dr-alaina-e-roberts/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2024,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/MetaSlider-Web-Event-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20240916T180946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241115T140956Z UID:10000934-1729342800-1729346400@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The Pennsylvania Reserves in the Gettysburg Campaign with Eric Mohney DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH! \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegieNo Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\n**PLEASE NOTE 3rd SATURDAY DATE!** \n\n\n\nAt daybreak on July 2nd\, 1863\, roughly 2800 dusty Pennsylvanians trudged wearily\, but steadily\, westward from McSherrystown\, Pennsylvania. They had left the defenses of Washington to join the 5th Army Corps a few days earlier. They had lagged behind since catching up at Frederick\, Maryland\, on June 28th. Officers in the 5th Corps complained that these men couldn’t keep up. It was believed that they were soft from their time in the works around the National Capitol.  \n\n\n\nBut these men were anything but green. They were veterans through and through\, and this certainly wasn’t their first campaign. They had a fearsome reputation. After all\, these were the men who had routed JEB Stuart at Dranesville\, killed Turner Ashby at Harrisonburg\, held Stonewall Jackson from overrunning Porter’s Corps at Mechanicsville\, had been the Army’s fire brigade at Gaines’ Mill\, stemmed the gray tide at Charles City Crossroads\, with the Regulars saved Pope’s Army from total destruction at Second Bull Run\, forced Longstreet’s left off of South Mountain\, made first contact at Antietam\, and had broken Jackson’s line at Fredericksburg. These men wearing the sky blue Maltese cross were the Pennsylvania Reserves\, and they were determined to “conquer on the soil of their native state or perish.” \n\n\n\nEric Mohney is an independent researcher\, founding member of the PRVC Historical Society\, Army veteran\, and former Gettysburg podcaster.  URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-the-pennsylvania-reserves-in-the-gettysburg-campaign-with-eric-mohney/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2024,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MetaSlider-Web-Event-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20240612T184515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T144108Z UID:10000877-1726318800-1726322400@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Spies\, Slaves\, and Secrets of the Civil War with Robert Hilliard DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH! \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nDeveloped from research for his historical novel In Freedom’s Shadow\, author Robert Hilliard will present a program on Spies\, Slaves\, and Secrets of the Civil War. This discussion will highlight a number of well-known\, and some not so well-known operatives who served both armies during the Civil War. \n\n\n\nThe program will also cover the factors that led to a large number of spies in place throughout the war\, as well as the espionage technology of the era. More specifically\, the program will focus on the contributions of escaped slaves as a valued source of information to the U.S. Army\, as well as active agents of intelligence-gathering who served undercover in the Confederacy. \n\n\n\nAward-winning author Robert Hilliard has written on sports\, history\, and the outdoors for over three decades. Rob wrote for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review\, and other outlets such as Pennsylvania Wildlife and Pittsburgh History Magazine. \n\n\n\nAfter contributing to a Beaver County history anthology entitled Rivers of Destiny\, Rob wrote his first book\, A Season on the Allegheny\, focusing on Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest. Rob’s first novel\, the historical espionage thrilled In Freedom’s Shadow\, won a 2024 International Firebird Book Award for African American Fiction\, and a Spring 2024 PenCraft Book Award for Historical Fiction. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-western-pennsylvania-in-the-maryland-campaign-with-matt-borders/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, Pennsylvania\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2024,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/MetaSlider-Web-Event-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20240513T171015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240611T183447Z UID:10000858-1717851600-1717855200@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Behind the Scenes of Gettysburg with Michael G. Kraus DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MHFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nArguably the Battle of Gettysburg is the most studied event of the Civil War\, with countless books\, articles\, and documentaries dedicated to fleshing out the event. In 1992\, the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Killer Angels was adapted for film\, hitting theaters the following summer retitled as Gettysburg. Now an American classic\,Gettysburg celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2023. Michael Kraus was hired as an on set historical consultant spending 6 weeks providing eyes for Director Ron Maxwell and his crew\, keeping reenactors in historically correct gear and military formations for camera. Kraus’ position afforded an inside view to the production which he will share by commentary and slideshow. \n\n\n\nArtist and Historian Michael G. Kraus is the Curator of Collections at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in Pittsburgh. His impressive list of accomplishments as author\, advisor and collector has culminated in the recognition of Kraus as an accredited authority on the Civil War. Having participated in battle re-enactments since 1966\, and holding the rank of Captain\, 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry\, Irish Brigade\, Kraus’ extensive knowledge has routinely been tapped as Military Consultant to such feature films and documentaries as Miramax’s Cold Mountain\, Turner Pictures’ Gettysburg\, and A&E Network’s Civil War Journal. The series Civil War Minutes\, Inecom Entertainment\, was co-written by and features Michael Kraus. \n\n\n\nAn award-winning artist\, Mr. Kraus earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania\, and is the recipient of their Distinguished Alumnus Award. At present\, he is one of a few contemporary sculptors of life-sized historical statuary in both stone and cast bronze. His acclaimed works include museum busts and plaques\, and more than six large public monuments. Sought out for his skill in restoration\, Mr. Kraus was called on to create and install the missing swords of General James Nagle\, and Colonel Benjamin Christ on the Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg\, Maryland. He also developed and applied the hand-forged patina on the bronze plaque honoring the memory of Flight 93\, displayed in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington\, D.C. His latest commissions include a recently dedicated monument to Post 9/11 soldiers and two portrait busts of commanding generals from the Battle of Franklin\, Tennessee. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-behind-the-scenes-of-gettysburg-with-michael-g-kraus/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2024,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MetaSlider-Web-Event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240511T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240511T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20240313T194255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T165431Z UID:10000841-1715432400-1715436000@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime with John Banks DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MHFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nOver more than a year\, John Banks crisscrossed the country\, exploring battlefields\, historic houses\, forts\, and more. He rode on the back of an ATV with his “psychotic connection” in Mississippi\, went under the spell of an amateur hypnotist at a U.S. Army fort in Tennessee\, admired a sunset from the grounds of the notorious Andersonville prison camp in Georgia\, prayed during a tense boat ride in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina\, and briefly interviewed Louie the wild board in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Join him on a road trip like no other! \n\n\n\nJohn Banks is the author of three books on the Civil War\, including A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime. His work has been featured in such notable publications as The New York Times\, Civil War Times\, Civil War Monitor\, Civil War News\, America’s Civil War\, and Military Images. \n\n\n\nBanks\, who attended Mount Lebanon High School\, graduated from West Virginia University. A longtime journalist with The Dallas Morning News and ESPN\, he is secretary-treasurer of the Center for Civil War Photography and a board member of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation and Battle of Nashville Trust. \n\n\n\n2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-a-civil-war-road-trip-of-a-lifetime-with-john-banks/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2024,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MetaSlider-Web-Event-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T163000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20240116T200208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T204229Z UID:10000787-1712995200-1713025800@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:Riding a Raid: A Civil War Symposium DESCRIPTION:Purchase Tickets Here! \n\n\n\nThe Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is pleased to announce the return of our annual Civil War Symposium\, slated for April 13\, 2024. With galloping hooves\, clanking sabers\, and larger-than-life personalities\, Civil War raids invoke all the romantic notions of 19th century warfare. Five dynamic historians will explore the planning\, personalities\, outcomes\, and legacies of Union and Confederate raids in both the eastern and western theater of the war. Additionally\, Espy Post curator Jon-Erik Gilot will offer an exclusive Zoom lecture for registered attendees during the week leading up to the symposium. \n\n\n\nTickets are available for $65.00 until April 01\, 2024 or sold out. Seating is limited\, and our past two years have sold out\, so please don’t wait to reserve your seat. \n\n\n\nThe price of the ticket includes breakfast refreshments\, a boxed lunch\, and light snacks. Ongoing tours of The Captain Thomas Espy Post will be available\, as well as raffles\, a Civil War book sale\, and author book signings. \n\n\n\nPlease contact Espy Post Curator\, Jon-Erik Gilot\, at gilotj@einetwork.net with any questions. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\nMatt Atkinson – Earl Van Dorn’s Holly Springs Raid \n\n\n\nA native of Houston\, Mississippi\, Matt Atkinson has worked for the National Park Service at Petersburg National Battlefield\, Natchez National Historical Park\, Manassas National Battlefield\, Vicksburg National Military Park\, and today serves as a park ranger and historian at Gettysburg National Military Park. Matt will discuss Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s December 1862 raid on the Union supply depot at Holly Springs\, Mississippi. \n\n\n\nEric Wittenberg – John Hunt Morgan’s ‘Great’ Ohio Raid \n\n\n\nEric J. Wittenberg is an award-winning historian\, blogger\, speaker\, and tour guide. A native of southeastern Pennsylvania\, he was educated at Dickinson College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is the author of more than two dozen published books on the Civil War and dozens of articles in various national magazines. He is also deeply involved in battlefield preservation work\, and serves as program coordinator for Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours. Eric will be speaking on John Hunt Morgan’s ‘Great’ Ohio Raid of July 1863. \n\n\n\nRob Orrison – Raiders Resurgent: Mosby’s Rangers in the Fall of 1864 \n\n\n\nWith more than 25 years of work in the history field\, Rob Orrison today serves as Historic Site Operations Supervisor for Prince William County\, Virginia. He is a contributing historian at Emerging Civil War\, a co-founder at Emerging Revolutionary War\, and has written numerous books on both the Civil War and Revolutionary War. Each spring Rob also co-leads the longest running tour of sites associated with John S. Mosby. Rob’s talk will examine Mosby’s Rangers in the Fall of 1864\, including the Berryville Wagon Raid and Greenback Raid. \n\n\n\nAbbi Smithmyer – Stonewall Jackson’s Raid on Manassas Junction \n\n\n\nCurrently a doctoral candidate at West Virginia University\, Abbi Smithmyer has worked at Seminary Ridge Museum\, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park\, Petersburg National Battlefield\, and today serves as a seasonal ranger at Manassas National Battlefield. Her work has been published in the Journal of American Nineteenth Century History\, the Southern Historian\, and Emerging Civil War. Abbi will examine Stonewall Jackson’s August 1862 raid on the Federal supply depot at Manassas Junction preceding the battle at Second Manassas. \n\n\n\nPhill Greenwalt – Stoneman’s Raid in the Chancellorsville Campaign \n\n\n\nPhill Greenwalt serves as a supervisory ranger at Catoctin Mountain National Park in Thurmont\, Maryland. He is a contributing historian at Emerging Civil War\, a co-founder at Emerging Revolutionary War\, and has written numerous books on both the Civil War and Revolutionary War. Phill will be speaking on Union General George Stoneman’s April 1863 raid during the Chancellorsville Campaign. \n\n\n\nJon-Erik Gilot – Jenkins’s 1862 & 1863 Trans-Allegheny Raids \n\n\n\nJon-Erik Gilot has worked in the field of public history for more than 15 years\, and since 2021 has served as curator of the Captain Thomas Espy Post. He also serves as a historian with Emerging Civil War\, and his work has been published in books\, journals\, and magazines. Jon-Erik will discuss Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins’s 1862 and 1863 Trans-Allegheny Raids\, which brought the Confederate cavalry to the banks of (and across) the Ohio River. **Please note: This will be a pre-symposium Zoom lecture available only to registered symposium attendees.** \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets Here! URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/riding-a-raid-a-civil-war-symposium/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2024,Ticketing,Upcoming Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240309T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240309T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20240214T194804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T185141Z UID:10000812-1709989200-1709992800@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Our Flag Was Still There with Tom McMillan DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MHFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nOUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE details the improbable two-hundred-year journey of the original Star-Spangled Banner – from Fort McHenry in 1814\, when Francis Scott Key first saw it\, to the Smithsonian in 2024 – thanks to three generations of an enduring military family\, the Armisteads\, who defended\, kept\, hid\, and ultimately donated the most famous flag in American history. \n\n\n\nA lifelong student of history\, Tom McMillan has served on the board of trustees of the Heinz History Center\, the board of directors of the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial\, the board of directors of the Antietam Institute\, and the marketing committee of the Gettysburg Foundation. He has written three previous books on American history\, two of them on the Battle of Gettysburg. McMillan recently retired after a 43-year career in sports media and communications\, including 25 years as VP of Communications for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He has a journalism degree from Point Park University and resides with his family in Pittsburgh and Gettysburg. \n\n\n\n2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-our-flag-was-still-there-with-tom-mcmillan/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2024,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MetaSlider-Web-Event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240210T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240210T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20240116T201234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T210647Z UID:10000788-1707570000-1707573600@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Men of Color\, to Arms!: Frederick Douglass and USCT Recruiting with Kelly D. Mezurek DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required! Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279On March 7\, 1863\, The Anglo-African published the now well-known address by Frederick Douglass concerning the recruitment of Black men for the U.S. military\, “Men of Color\, to Arms!”. Throughout the war\, the newspaper shared both the deeds and words of Douglass as he sought to support\, and sometimes criticize\, the war effort as it related to African Americans. This talk will use the articles in The Anglo-African as a lens to explore Douglass’s contributions as he fought for Black enlistment\, equal pay\, and fair treatment\, and how he supported other African American contributions during the Civil War.Kelly D. Mezurek is a historian whose work focuses on the Black men who served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT) and the Union navy\, both during the American Civil War and in their lives as veterans in the late-nineteenth century. Her book\, For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops (The Kent State University Press\, 2016)\, is a 2017 Ohioana Book Award nonfiction finalist. She has also published essays on the USCT who served as prison guards and Black veterans who resided in Midwestern soldier’s homes.Mezurek\, a professor of history\, has been teaching in Northeastern Ohio universities for over twenty years. She is a member of the Ohio Humanities Speakers Bureau and served on the Ohio Civil War 150 Advisory Committee. She is currently working on an edited volume of private letters sent to and from Black soldiers and sailors during the Civil War.2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-men-of-color-to-arms-frederick-douglass-and-usct-recruiting-with-kelly-d-mezurek/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2024,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MetaSlider-Web-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240129T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240224T120000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20240205T205644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T191310Z UID:10000799-1706522400-1708776000@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality DESCRIPTION:Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality features an exploration of the full trajectory of Douglass’s epic life from 1818 to 1895. In this traveling exhibition\, viewers can learn about Douglass’s escape from slavery\, his work as an abolitionist\, and his tireless fight for equality for all individuals in the Jim Crow era. This exhibition explores Douglass’s impact and his life through his own words and in photographs and documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. \n\n\n\nThe exhibit will be on display\, free and open to the public during regular library hours\, in the Lincoln Gallery through February 24. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/frederick-douglass-advocate-for-equality/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2024,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Add-a-heading2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240113T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20231127T205700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T195620Z UID:10000780-1705150800-1705154400@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Civil War Musicians in Camp & Field with Patrick Jones DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Studio at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required! \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nMartial music played a vital role in Civil War armies. Basic daily activities – from when to wake up\, go to sleep\, and when to eat\, were determined by some fifty short pieces of fife and drum music heard each day in camp. Music also served as a critical component of moving troops across a battlefield\, alerting men when to charge the enemy or retreat from the field. \n\n\n\nIn this discussion\, historian Patrick Jones will discuss the use of fifes and drums during the Civil War\, as well as drum construction and makers. Patrick will also have original drums on hand for viewing\, and will demonstrate calls and music of the period. \n\n\n\nPatrick Jones is a member of the Camp Chase Fifes & Drums where he has studied and transcribed percussion notation from various historical fife and drum manuals. He has served primarily as Drum Sergeant for the past ten years. Along with Camp Chase\, he also performs with\, and instructs\, the Fort Pitt Fife and Drum Corps. \n\n\n\nRestoring historic drums\, and building authentic reproductions\, is also a passion of his. Through his website Rudiments & Rope\, Patrick provides educational information about historical drums and their makers. \n\n\n\nPatrick has taught 5th grade for 19 years at the Upper St. Clair School District\, where for 14 years he also instructed the high school drumline. \n\n\n\n2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-civil-war-musicians-in-camp-field-with-patrick-jones/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2024,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MetaSlider-Web-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231111T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231111T170000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20231016T172358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231127T205309Z UID:10000748-1699711200-1699722000@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: President Lincoln's Battlefield Tour at Gettysburg with Codie Eash DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required! \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nAside from the battle of July 1863\, perhaps the most famous event to have ever taken place in Gettysburg was the dedication of Soldiers’ National Cemetery four-and-a-half months later\, defined by the 272-word address of Abraham Lincoln. Earlier that morning\, November 19\, at least three eyewitnesses recalled that the president toured the battlefield\, including a personal guard\, a foreign ambassador\, and United States Secretary of State William Seward. According to the latter\, the party “visited the ground around the Seminary\, and Mr. Lincoln joined in.” Join Codie Eash\, Director of Education and Museum Operations at Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center\, as he explores Lincoln’s battlefield trek that day. \n\n\n\nCodie Eash earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication/Journalism in 2014 from Shippensburg University\, where he also completed a minor in History. He has been part of the Seminary Ridge Museum & Education Center staff since before the institution’s opening. Prior to his current role as Director of Education and Museum Operations\, he previously served as Communications Intern\, Visitor Services Coordinator\, and Operations Manager. In addition to Museum tours and interpretation\, he lectures for National Park Service sites\, historical societies\, Civil War roundtables\, educational groups\, and other organizations. He has published articles and essays in local newspapers\, regional magazines\, and national history journals. Codie is a founding contributor to Pennsylvania in the Civil War\, writes book reviews for Civil War Monitor\, and serves on the Gettysburg Magazine editorial board. \n\n\n\n2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-president-lincolns-battlefield-tour-at-gettysburg-with-codie-eash/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MetaSlider-Web-Event-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20230911T173110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T171940Z UID:10000704-1697288400-1697292000@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Dangerfield Newby's Fight for Freedom with Jon-Erik Gilot DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required! Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nNext to John Brown himself\, perhaps the most recognizable and evocative imageof John Brown’s October 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry is the haunting portrait offormer slave turned raider Dangerfield Newby. This talk will follow Newby fromhis childhood in Virginia to his life in Ohio\, death at Harpers Ferry\, his legacy inpopular culture\, and how the Newby Family continued Dangerfield’s fight forfreedom after his death. \n\n\n\nJon-Erik Gilot has worked in the field of public history for more than 15 yearsand is active in numerous historical organizations. A contributing historian at thepopular Emerging Civil War blog since 2018\, his work has been published inbooks\, journals\, and magazines. His first book for the Emerging Civil War Series\,John Brown’s Raid\, was recently published by Savas Beatie Publishing. \n\n\n\nJon-Erik earned a degree in History from Bethany College and a Master of Library& Information Science from Kent State University. Today\, he serves as Curator atthe Captain Thomas Espy Grand Army of the Republic Post in Carnegie\,Pennsylvania\, and works as a business archivist and records manager inWheeling\, West Virginia. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-dangerfield-newbys-fight-for-freedom-with-jon-erik-gilot/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MetaSlider-Web-Event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20230612T174944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T135948Z UID:10000658-1694264400-1694268000@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: American Citizen: The Civil War Writings of Capt. George A. Brooks\, 46th Pennsylvania Infantry\, with Benjamin E. Myers DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required! Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nIn the spring of 1861\, America was pulling apart at the seams and George Brooks’ life was in shambles. Destitute and reeling from a failed business venture and familial disagreement following a turbulent love affair\, Brooks spent the years before the Civil War traveling in search of work. His wife and young son\, of whom he saw little\, remained at home in Harrisburg\, PA. When war broke out\, soldiering offered the first steady job he had held in years. \n\n\n\nSent off to war as a scourge to his family instead of a hero\, Brooks became captain of Company D\, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He soon proved an admirable leader and recruiter\, writing to his hometown paper in patriotic prose about his wartime experiences. Brooks chronicled his regiment’s pursuit of Stonewall Jackson in Northern Virginia in 1862\, during which the Union suffered a series of devastating losses\, as well as “seeing the elephant” at First Winchester\, Cedar Mountain\, and Antietam. American Citizen combines Brooks’ personal diary\, newspaper articles\, and personal correspondence to tell the story of a young man trying to balance a life left behind while leading a company of soldiers through some of the Civil War’s most studied campaigns.Benjamin E. Myers was born and raised just outside Harrisburg\, PA\, where an interest in local and family Civil War history found him at a young age. His research on the 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry has appeared in Civil War Times and Military Images magazines. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from American University and works as a web designer and developer in Washington\, DC. American Citizen: The Civil War Writings of Captain George A. Brooks\, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry\, is his first book. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-american-citizen-the-civil-war-writings-of-capt-george-a-brooks-46th-pennsylvania-infantry-with-benajmin-e-myers/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MetaSlider-Web-Event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20230514T010551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230612T175028Z UID:10000651-1685797200-1685800800@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Dead Letter Office Images: The Civil War's Lost Sentiments with Melissa A. Winn DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nDuring the Civil War\, hundreds of thousands of soldiers wrote letters home\, many containing card-sized photos of themself. By the end of the conflict\, thousands of letters remained undelivered at the Dead Letter Office in Washington\, D.C. For decades after\, the employees of the Dead Letter Office went to extraordinary efforts to return these images to a rightful recipient. Melissa Winn will share photos from her collection of Dead Letter Office images and tell the touching story of these interrupted sentiments and the noble efforts by many to send them home. \n\n\n\nMelissa A. Winn is the Marketing Manager at the American Battlefield Trust\, the nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educating the public about the Revolutionary War\, War of 1812\, and the Civil War. Previously\, she was director of photography for HistoryNet\, publisher of nine history-related magazines\, including America’s Civil War\, American History\, and Civil War Times\, for which she served as the primary photo researcher\, photographer\, and a regular writer. Winn received a BA in English from the University of Wisconsin and has written for and published articles in multiple trade and commercial publications for more than 20 years. She was a 2015 finalist for the Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Portfolio. She’s a member of the Professional Photographers Association\, Authors Guild\, and the Center for Civil War Photography. Winn collects Civil War photographs and ephemera\, with an emphasis on Dead Letter Office images and Union General John A. Rawlins\, chief of staff to General Ulysses S. Grant. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-dead-letter-office-images-the-civil-wars-lost-sentiments-with-melissa-a-winn/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, Pennsylvania\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MetaSlider-Web-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T073545 CREATED:20230313T001032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230514T005833Z UID:10000615-1683982800-1683986400@carnegiecarnegie.org SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The Wounding & Death of Stonewall Jackson with Dr. Mathew Lively DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nOn May 2\, 1863\, General Stonewall Jackson led his Second Corps around the flank of the unsuspecting Army of the Potomac during the Battle of Chancellorsville. During the night\, Jackson was wounded by friendly fire when he rode between the lines on a reconnaissance mission. But contrary to popular belief\, eyewitness accounts disagree on key facts regarding the incident\, including the road Jackson was on when shot and the details of his removal from the field. \n\n\n\nDr. Mathew Lively will discuss several of the controversies surrounding the wounding and death of Stonewall Jackson\, providing a historical and medical prospective on one of the most notable events of Civil War history. \n\n\n\nBefore entering private practice three years ago\, Dr. Mathew Lively spent twenty years as a faculty physician at the West Virginia University School of Medicine where he conducted patient care\, teaching\, and research. He is the author of several articles on medical history topics and his first book\, Calamity at Chancellorsville: The Wounding and Death of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson\, was published by Savas Beatie in 2013. URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-the-wounding-death-of-stonewall-jackson-with-dr-mathew-lively/ LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, Pennsylvania\, 15106\, United States CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MetaSlider-Web-Event.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR