June 9, 2007

• Budapest To Gettysburg Pre-Premiere Screening on June 29th

  Last October I wrote about a new documentary about Gabor Borritt being produced (see: Budapest to Gettysburg). Jack Boriit, producer, director, photopgrapher, and Gabor' son, sent me an email to let me know about the upcoming release and a pre-premiere screening on Friday June 29th at the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg.  More information on the [...]

June 8, 2007

• Found Lincoln Note Gets Tons of Press

     National Archives July 7, 1863, three days after the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg, President Abraham Lincoln penned this note to his General-in-Chief Henry Halleck expressing his belief that if Gen. George Meade could follow up his recent victory in Pennsylvania by defeating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army the Civil War would [...]

March 28, 2007

• Gettysburg Books Available Through Adams County Historical Society

  The Adams County Historical Society now has an online gift store that contains books, maps, and artwork relating to Adams County and the Battle of Gettysburg. One of the most notable for Gettysburg fans: Gettysburg by the Numbers: The Essential Pocket Compendium of Crucial and Curious Data About the Battle Gettysburg by the Numbers: The Essential Pocket [...]

March 11, 2007

• In Search Of Gettysburg Cyclorama Lithograph Artist

  A reader contacted me trying to track done information about a lithograph that his family owns.  It is a stone lithograph, derived from Paul Phillipoteaux's Gettysburg Cyclorama.  Bill has been on a quest to determine who the exact artist was behind the lithograph and has done a fair amount on detective work so far.  Below [...]

• Nice Gettysburg Reenactment Video

  I stumbled upon this video over on YouTube.  He did a nice job on the editing of this.  Enjoy!    

March 9, 2007

• Gettysburg Attendance Down Again in 2006

  For the 4th year in a row attendance at the Gettysburg National Military Park is down.  Still about 1.75M visitors to the park is  a good-size draw.  The park does expect things to pick up next year with the opening of the new visitors center and the newly conserved giant Cyclorama painting.  Plus it will [...]

March 1, 2007

• Free Podcast Walking Tour of Little Round Top

  Civil War Traveler and the Gettysburg National Military Park have joined together to bring the Battle of Gettysburg to the Internet age.  The have joined forces to create a 53 minute podcast of the July 2, 1863 events on Little Round Top. Battlefield tour goes high-tech (Evening Sun) Gettysburg National Military Park Ranger Eric Campbell leads visitors [...]

February 20, 2007

• New Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center Cost Up To $125M

  Battlefield center cost hits $125M (Evening Sun) The latest figures are in and the new Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center is now expected to come with a price tag of $125 million – more than triple what it was originally estimated to cost. Proponents say the extra funding will allow the center to be top-of-the-line and compete [...]

January 7, 2007

• Guilty Plea For Man Who Dumped Oil on Gettysburg Battlefield

  Evening Sun - Man cleared of dumping oil on battlefield A Gettysburg man accused of dumping oil on a little-traveled section of the Gettysburg battlefield pleaded guilty Tuesday to transporting the oil without a permit. The guilty plea will require Daniel A. Bowers to repay about $7,000 spent to test the substance spilled on [...]

December 31, 2006

• Hunterstown Battlefield Is Yet Another Threatened Battlefield

  So can or will the Civil War Preservation Trust help preserve the Hunterstown battlefield? Development still threatens battlefield (Evening Sun) The CWPT is reportedly interested in helping to save Hunterstown, the village north of Gettysburg near the site of a ferocious cavalry battle July 2, 1863, the second day of the three-day battle. Hunterstown activists say they've been [...]

December 23, 2006

• No Appeal To Be Sought for Gettysburg Casino

  The final chapter of the Gettysburg Casino has been written.  Crossroads Gaming Resort and Spa will not appeal the gaming board's decision. LeVan says no appeal of slots decision (The Evening Sun) The day after state gaming regulators voted to deny a license to a group of investors proposing a casino near Gettysburg, Crossroads Gaming Resort and [...]

December 20, 2006

• Slots Parlor at Gettysburg…Rejected!!!!

  This is a huge win. I am so glad that the Pennsylvania Gamin Board got this right.

  GAMING CONTROL BOARD REJECTS SLOTS PARLOR NEAR HISTORIC GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD   After 20 months of debate, the Control Board concludes that Gettysburg and gambling don’t mix.   (Harrisburg, Pa., 12/20/2006) – During a public hearing today, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control [...]

December 18, 2006

• Historians Speak Out Against Gettysburg Slots

  We'll see if the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is listening.  It has been quite the battle against the Gettysburg Casino.  We'll all know if a few days how it all turns out. Historians oppose slot machines near Gettysburg battlefield (CentreDaily) More than 100 Civil War historians have signed a letter to Pennsylvania's gambling regulators asking them to [...]

• Gettysburg Slots Vote On Wednesday, December 20th!

  I just received the following email from Jim Campi, Policy and Communications Director for the Civil War Preservation Trust:

  To:  Friends of Historic Gettysburg On Wednesday, December 20, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will vote to approve or reject a slots parlor at Gettysburg .  This is the very last opportunity to [...]

December 13, 2006

• Gettysburg Camp Life Virtual Exhibit

  The Gettysburg National Military Park  maintains a virtual exhibit on Camp Life during the Civil War.  The exhibit contains images on Living in Camp, Existing Day to Day, and Battling Boredom.  The NPS says this virtual exhibit attracts 800,000 visitors a year.   Not too shabby.

December 12, 2006

• Reprinting "The Bachelder Papers: Gettysburg in Their Own Words"

  Previously I posted about John Bachelder and his role documenting the Battle of Gettysburg for posterity (see: John Bachelder Documents Gettysburg for Posterity).  Unfortunately, David L. and Audrey J. Ladd's "The Bachelder Papers: Gettysburg in Their Own Words" is currently out of print.  Morningside Books, who specialize in books on the American Civil War, is [...]

December 11, 2006

• Civil War Meets 21st Century Technology

  This press release was just issued by Pennsylvania.  The Pennsylvania Civil War Trails meet Google Earth. Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Announces Pioneering Technology Venture to Promote State Tourism Public-Private Partnership Will Allow World to Experience Pa's Civil War Heritage

  HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ — Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced that Pennsylvania will become the first state in [...]

December 8, 2006

• 30 Acres of Orchard Replanting Completed at Gettysburg

   Not quite the same orchards (Evening Sun) As National Park Service contractors replant orchards at the Gettysburg National Military Park this week, they'll be planting hardy apple trees instead of the traditional types of fruit trees that might have been there at the time of the battle. "We want the trees to survive and even thrive, but [...]

December 6, 2006

• The Recent Past Preservation Network Sues to Prevent Demolition Gettysburg Cyclorama

    Previous I posted about the National Parks Conservation Association's press release against the demolition of the current Cyclorama building at the Gettysburg National Military Park (see: NPCA Issues Press Release Against Gettysburg Casino).  Well another group has taken this further and is suing the National Park Service to stop the demolition.  The Recent Past Preservation [...]

December 5, 2006

• "Go Points" Book Uses Pickett's Charge To Illustrate Timely Decision Making

  Who would that Pickett's Charge could be made into a business book, but Michael Useem, a management professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School did in The Go Point: When It's Time to Decide–Knowing What to Do and When to Do It In the Arizona Daily Star Article, 'Go points' of Civil War exemplify timely [...]