Mar 14, 2022
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Jared Frederick, Pennsylvania State University – Altoona
Once partially concealed by numerous postwar additions, the Civil
War era homestead of Gettysburg blacksmith James Warfield and his
family now stands revived to its 1860s appearance along the
Millerstown Road. Rehabilitation efforts yielded as many questions
as answers. Who were the Warfields? How did they and fellow African
American families cope with Confederate invasion? What role did
they and descendants play in the Gettysburg community? Finally, how
might this historic property convey broader understandings of Civil
War America and beyond? Join historian Jared Frederick for this
in-depth look chronicling the complexity and courage of
Gettysburg's civilian wartime experience.