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2016 Schedule June 17- 19, 2016
Friday, June 17
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Meet in the Allegheny Room on Friday. Three Speakers will present on J.E.B. Stuart and the Gettysburg Campaign |
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Book signing |
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Free Time |
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Reception: |
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Dinner |
Saturday, June 18
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Saturday we will depart for sites associated with J.E.B. Stuart and the Gettysburg Campaign. We will visit:
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Rector's Crossroads (present day Atoka, VA), Stuart's headquarters. |
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Sykesville, MD, burning of B&O Railroad bridge. |
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Westminster, MD, clash with companies C and D, 1st Delaware Cavalry and graves of two Confederates |
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Union Mills, MD, Stuart has breakfast with local family and local museum. |
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Hanover, PA, cavalry engagement between Stuart's brigades and Judson Kilpatrick's division, June 30. |
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Carlisle, PA, burning of the Cavalry Barracks and clash with Union troops, July 1. |
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Hunterstown, PA, rear guard clash with Kilpatrick's cavalrymen, July 2. |
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Join us for a "hearty" lunch on Saturday and later that evening join Jeff Wert and the attendees as we take a light dinner cruise on a stern wheeler, "The Pride of the Susquehanna" traveling along the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, PA as Jeff Wert gives a presentation based on his Stuart biography.
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Saturday evening we will be staying at the Holiday Inn in Mechanicsburg, PA.
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Sunday, June 19
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We will visit Gettysburg, PA. and the East Cavalry Battlefield where Jeff will discuss the engagement of Stuart vs. David Gregg, July 3. |
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The program will end Sunday afternoon and we expect to return to Harrisonburg at approximately 4:00 pm |
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