York Civil War Roundtable

The next meeting of the York Civil War Roundtable will be 7 p.m. Nov. 19. Joseph Mieczkowski will present “War is Politics by Other Means.”

This program will be held in-person and will be available on Zoom.  

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The real war took place not on the battlefields but in the capitols of Richmond and Washington. Lincoln’s cabinet: friends and enemies. More than mere rivals several cabinet members of Lincoln’s cabinet sought to undermine the President. Yet Lincoln, like the political boss he was, stayed above the fray. We will discuss the men in Lincoln’s government and what they brought to the winning of the war. There will be many surprises.

Joe Mieczkowski is a retired Federal Executive and a Licensed Battlefield Guide for the Gettysburg National Military Park. Joe is a past president of The Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides and the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable. In addition, Mieczkowski is on the faculty of the prestigious Lincoln Leadership Institute. He has four books to his credit, including “Lincoln and his Cabinet.” Joe lives in Gettysburg with his wife, Chris.

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