Join Seminary Ridge Museum for our third annual Summer Symposium, Gettysburg Regiments and the Places They Called Home, a daylong exploration of units that fought here in July 1863 and the communities from which they came. Four guest presenters bring their expertise as the authors of renowned Civil War histories, and a staff historian explores a unit uniquely connected to the story of Gettysburg’s Lutheran Seminary. Discover five regiments and the soldiers who made up their ranks, their experiences on the field and on the homefront, and the legacies of their service on America’s most famous battlefield.

Carol Reardon, Ph.D., presenting The Saga of the Giles County “Mountain Boomers”: Company D, 7th Virginia Infantry

Jared Peatman, Ph.D., presenting Dirigo’s Sons: From the Pine Tree State to Gettysburg with the Twentieth Maine

Carolyn Ivanoff, presenting Men of the 17th Connecticut and the State they Called Home

Gerald Ankeny, presenting ‘Heart rending to think of it’: The 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry, the people of Somerset County, and the battle of Gettysburg

Codie Eash, presenting ‘Blood Stained and Scar-Honored’: The 44th Georgia Infantry

This event will continue the refreshed schedule introduced at our Winter Symposium earlier this year.

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Click here for virtual (livestream) registration.

Livestream access will remain available indefinitely, so if you are unable to experience the event live, you may revisit at any time afterward.

**All proceeds support Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center.**