African Americans have remembered the Gettysburg campaign in complex ways. In one south-central Pennsylvania county, African Americans remembered the effects of the Confederate invasion, occupation, and seizure of Black Pennsylvanians in addition to the military events on the battlefield over July 1-3, 1863. From USCT recruitment to presidential campaign songwriting, Dr. Green’s seminar will explore how the African American community of Franklin County used the memory of the Gettysburg campaign in a variety of ways over the nineteenth and twentieth century. It will showcase the specific experiences of Joseph R. Winters, Priscilla Marshall, Thomas L. White, and Edna Christian Knapper for understanding how Gettysburg’s Hallowed Grounds and its memory affected diverse communities at the Pennsylvania-Maryland border.

Facilitator: Hilary Green, James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College