Lancaster Civil War Round Table

02/24/2026

02/23/2026

I'm dropping this amazing photograph to say that it may be the single coolest snapshot in time I have seen from the Gettysburg battlefield.

The majestic Pennsylvania Monument nears completion on Hancock Avenue in 1910. Just, Wow!

02/19/2026

02/16/2026

Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall died Monday, his wife Luciana confirmed on social media. The "Apocalypse Now" actor was 95.

02/14/2026

View Gabor S. Boritt's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

02/07/2026

02/03/2026

Attached earlobes, curly hair, eyes open, mustache, slight chin whiskers, cartridge box, and wearing a dark shirt, he met his end near Spotsylvania next to a pile of brush and fence rails.

I have been for decades drawn to the sad scene from which this detail comes. Photographer Timothy O’Sullivan appeared to have been likewise drawn to this man, perhaps because of his youth, as he appears in three of his six photos here depicting human carnage.  I rotated the photo detail and played with contrast and shadow a little. William Frassanito lays out the specifics of this series in his excellent Grant and Lee book. He speculates that the soldier may have been a member of Ramseur’s Brigade. To thise who cared about him, he was likely brother, son, husband, or friend. Links to the full plate and to the other two photos that show him (one after being arranged for burial by the first Massachusetts heavy artillery).

01/26/2026

Although history is everywhere in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Shriver House Museum allows visitors to explore a restored family home from the mid-1800s. Led by a guide in period attire, guests will learn about the civilian experience during the Civil War and the Battle of Gettysburg.

01/16/2026