Members and guests were treated to an interesting presentation by returning guest speaker Tom McMillan on Tuesday December 7th. McMillan talked about his latest book, Armistead and Hancock - Behind the Gettysburg Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War.
His premise was that Lewis Armistead and Winfield Scott Hancock, the opposing Civil War generals, were acquaintances but hardly best friends. Yet after the book Killer Angels and the movie “Gettysburg” their friendship was embellished to symbolize how the Civil War divided our nation and pitted “brother against brother.’’ McMillan touched on the famous “Friend to Friend” statue in the Cemetery Annex at Gettysburg. After being wounded Armistead was taken off the field to the George Samngler Farm - one of the sites of our Spring 2021 field trip to Gettysburg.
As usual, Laura arranged and introduced the program, and we had our monthly book raffle winners for Preservation.
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