Gettysburg Publishing First Annual Symposium & ​Book Signing

Join us for a day full of presentations & book signings by the historical authors of Gettysburg Publishing! This is a unique opportunity to hear from several prominent historical authors who specialize in Gettysburg & Civil War history.

This event is free and open to the public!

Books are available for purchase at the Gettysburg Heritage Center.

Schedule of Events:

Presentations:

Book signings will take place before and after presentations – see signing schedule below.

• 12:00 pm – Patricia Rich: Gettysburg – The Nature of a Battlefield – birds and flowers of the Gettysburg Battlefield.
• 1:00 pm – Scott Mingus: Irish Human Interest Stories of the the American Civil War
• ​2:00 pm – Chris Bagley: Horses, the Battle and the Movie
• ​3:00 pm – Ron Coddington: Civil War Portrait Photography: Reflections of a Generation. The first collectors of Civil War photos were those who lived during the four-year struggle.  
• ​​4:00 pm – Mark Dunkelman: Gettysburg’s Unknown Soldier: The Life, Death and Celebrity of Amos Humiston & Gettysburg’s Coster Avenue – The Brickyard Fight and the Mural.
• 5:00 pm – Carolyn Ivanoff: Comrades in Combat: Stories and photos of some of the soldiers of the 17th Connecticut.

Book Signings:

10:00 am – 1:00 pm:

• Bernadette Loeffel-Atkins: Widow’s Weeds and Weeping Veils
• Lisa Shower: A Quiet Town No More
• Kevin Drake: A Quiet Town No More & Test Your Knowledge on the Battle of Gettysburg

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm:

• Cindy Small: Jenny Wade of Gettysburg
• Pat Rich: Gettysburg – Nature of the Battlefield
• Scott Mingus, Sr: Erin Go Bragh, Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign
• Ron Coddington: Gettysburg Faces
• Gerard Mayers: Erin Go Bragh, Into the Vortex
• Chris Bagley: The Horse at Gettysburg: Prepared for the Day of Battle

​4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

• Mark Dunkelman: Gettysburg’s Coster Avenue & Gettysburg’s Unknown Soldier
• Carolyn Ivanoff: We Fought at Gettysburg
• Phil Laino: Gettysburg Campaign Atlas
• Steve Floyd: Commanders and Casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg

*Schedules are subject to change without notice.