Please join us for a Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours Lecture Series! Our next lecture will be: Battling for Gettysburg: Visual Representations of the Civil War's Largest Fight by James Broomall. Cost is $5 per person. Zoom Login details will be sent with your email registration confirmation.

Talk Synopsis:

Long after the battle of Gettysburg had been decided, a struggle over the contest’s meaning ensued. Between the 1860s and 1870s, artists began producing visual representations of the fight that resulted in a series of competing interpretations that conversely highlighted heroism at, revealed the violence of, or offered meaning for the three-day contest. Using visual culture and primary source accounts, this talk will recount that how Americans consumed and imagined depictions of the battle of Gettysburg.

Biography:

Dr. James J. Broomall is the Ray and Madeline Johnston Endowed Chair in American History at Shepherd University and the director of the George Tyler…