York Civil War Roundtable for June

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

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Description

In its day, the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad was one of the most significant railroads on the Eastern Seaboard, forming the backbone of service between New York City and Washington, D.C. Detective Allan Pinkerton rerouted President-elect Abraham Lincoln on a midnight trip from Philadelphia to Baltimore on the PW&B upon hearing news of a possible assassination plot. Confederate raiders periodically attacked the PW&B, burning vital bridges in Maryland. More troops and supplies for the Army of the Potomac traveled over the line than on any other Northern railroad. Actor John Wilkes Booth frequently used the trains to reach his theater appearances; one of his last trips before he assassinated Lincoln was to see his sister in Philadelphia, perhaps to say goodbye. Come join multiple award-winning author Scott Mingus as he presents a PowerPoint talk on the PW&B during the Civil War years.

Biography

Multiple award-winning author Scott Mingus is a retired scientist and executive in the global specialty paper industry. The Ohio native graduated from Miami University. He was part of the research team that developed the first commercially successful self-adhesive U.S. postage stamps, and he was a pioneer in the early development of bar code labels. He has written more than 35 Civil War and Underground Railroad books and numerous articles for Gettysburg Magazine and other historical journals. He has appeared on C-SPAN, C-SPAN3, PBS, PCN, and other TV networks. Mingus writes the Cannonball blog on the Civil War history of York County, PA, where he and his wife Debi live. He has also written six scenarios books for miniature war gaming and was elected to the hobby’s Legion of Honor.

Mingus received lifetime achievement awards from the York County History Center and the Camp Curtin Historical Society for his many contributions to local Civil War history. His biography of William “Extra Billy” Smith won two national awards for Confederate military history. The Gettysburg Civil War Round Table presented Mingus and co-author Eric Wittenberg with the 2023 Bachelder-Coddington Award for the best new book on the Gettysburg Campaign, “If We Are Striking For Pennsylvania.”