Tim’s Talks: Cow on the Tracks

Join Timothy H. Smith, a highly respected historian in Gettysburg with over 25 years of experience for his annual history presentation at the Farnsworth House Inn. Tim goes into detail, and discusses how a cow on the tracks may have altered the course of the Gettysburg Campaign. Tickets are $10.00, granting you exclusive access to his presentation and the chance to ask him questions. To purchase your tickets, please call 717-334-8838.

January 5th – Cow On The Tracks

On June 24, 1863, the 26TH Pennsylvania Emergency Regiment was racing toward Gettysburg—700 men ready to stop a Confederate invasion. But just outside town, history took an unexpected turn… caused by a cow! An elderly woman herding her cow across a railroad bridge got out of the way just in time, but the cow didn’t – and the train derailed. Because of one unlucky bovine, the regiment never reached its assigned post.