Please join us on Friday, October 11, as author and historian Cory Pfarr critically reexamines the role that controversial Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet played at the battle of Gettysburg. 

In a February 1887 article, while addressing continued criticisms of his performance at the Battle of Gettysburg, Longstreet advanced a curious suggestion, heretofore unexplored, which was to produce a “volume of distinct maps” of key points in the battle that would combat these allegations and other falsehoods that had emerged in the postwar years. Unfortunately for the historical record, several inaccuracies of Longstreet’s time have persisted into modern-day studies and the collective consciousness of historical memory. This presentation will examine seven distinct battle maps covering all three days of the battle, using them as tools to thoroughly address some of the most persistent misrepresentations of Longstreet’s performance.  

Mr. Pfarr works for the Department of Defense. He is the author of the award-winning Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment (McFarland Publishers, 2019) and Righting the Longstreet Record at Gettysburg: Six Matters of Controversy and Confusion (McFarland Publishers, 2023). He is an associate editor for North & South Magazine, contributor for North & South Magazine and Gettysburg Magazine, and has appeared on the Pennsylvania Cable Network and C-SPAN American History TV. He lives in Fallston, Maryland with his wife and two children.

Those who are unable to attend this engagement in person are invited to tune in to the lecture and Q&A session via Zoom.  Click on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89752737800.  No password in required.     To dial in by phone, call 1-301-715-8592 or click on the following link:. https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbmqiR0g9S. The meeting ID # is 897 5273 7800.  Zoom participants should join the meeting by 7:00 pm.