Command Decisions at Gettysburg

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Tuesday January 26

6:30 PM  –  8:00 PM

Online registration for this program closes at 5:00pm the day before. 

Virtual program - Zoom link will be emailed the day of the event.

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Speaker: Scott Hartwig

At this virtual workshop, Gettysburg historian and author Scott Hartwig will look at five crucial command decisions - one during the campaign and four from the battle - that profoundly shaped Gettysburg's outcome. The goal is to understand these decisions and their impact on the battle rather than seeking to assign blame or praise. 

  1. Lee's June 28 decision to concentrate his army south of South Mountain to offer Meade battle after learning of Hooker's removal and the arrival of the Union army at Frederick.
  2. The decision to send Heth and Pender to Gettysburg on July 1 by A.P. Hill.
  3. Reynolds decision to offer battle at Gettysburg.
  4. Sickles decision to disobey orders and advance his corps to the Peach Orchard area.
  5. Lee's decision to attack the Union center on July 3.

Scott Hartwig was the supervisory park historian at Gettysburg National Military Park and worked for the National Park Service for 34 years. His is the author of To Antietam Creek, about the 1862 Maryland Campaign nad is currently finishing the sequel, I Dread the Thought of the Place, about the Battle of Antietam and its aftermath. 

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