York Civil War Roundtable

Upcoming Program

January 15, 2024 – Ronald D. Kirkwood – “‘Tell Mother Not to Worry:’ Soldier Stories form Gettysburg’s George Spangler Farm”

This is an online Zoom program only.  Registration coming soon.

Militarily, George Spangler owned the most important farm in the Battle of Gettysburg with its location, roads, size and Powers Hill. Additionally, the farm was of critical importance medically with two major hospitals on the property caring for a total of almost 3,000 men. In this presentation and his newly released second book on the Spangler Farm – “Tell Mother Not to Worry” – Ron reveals more previously untold events and focuses not just on the soldiers and surgeons at Spangler but also how  a wound or death there impacted families back home for the rest of their lives.

Ron Kirkwood and his wife Barbara lived in York County for 39 years before moving to Pittsburgh in 2023 to be closer to family. Kirkwood has spent the last eight years researching the George Spangler farm in Gettysburg and has written two books on it: “Too Much for Human Endurance”: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg, which was published in 2019, and the sequel “Tell Mother Not to Worry” in 2024. He is retired after a 40-year career in newspapers and magazines.

Did you miss a program?  Please check the York County History Center YouTube channel for a program recording.

Founded as the White Rose Civil War Round Table, the York CWRT holds monthly meetings the third Wednesday of every month except December at 7:00 p.m. at the York County History Center now at 121 N. Pershing Ave. in York, Pennsylvania. There is free parking behind the building. Each meeting features a guest speaker talking about a Civil War topic of local or national interest. Meetings are FREE and open to the public.

The York Civil War Round Table is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote, interpret, preserve, and protect the Civil War heritage of York County, Pennsylvania, through the education and exchange of information with its members and the general public. Membership is free and open to anyone interested in learning more about the American Civil War. For upcoming programs, please visit the Cannonball webpage http://www.yorkblog.com/cannonball/york-cwrt/.