December 2012 Speaker Bio

 

Brandywine Valley Civil War Round Table Come to our next meeting December 5, 2012

 

Speaker:	Don Ernsberger
Topic:	"Meade's Breakthrough with the PA Reserves at Fredericksburg"
Time:	7:00 PM
Place:	West Chester Borough Hall, Gay Street

This month speaker will be Don Ernsberger. Don has spoken to our Round Table several times before, one being the “Great Charge at Gettysburg.”  For our December meeting Don will be speaking on Meade’s Breakthrough with the PA Reserves at Fredericksburg, in what many consider a lost opportunity for Union forces at Fredericksburg.    

 A High School and College instructor for 30 years in history and philosophy, Don Ernsberger, worked on Capitol Hill for seven years as a Deputy Chief of Staff. While in Washington DC he had access to the National Archives and the Library of Congress resources to research for his books. Some of Don’s books are, “At the Wall; The 69th Pennsylvania at Gettysburg”, “Paddy Owen’s Regulars” and “Also For Glory: The Pettigrew – Trimble charge at Gettysburg July 3, 1863.” Don has been a lifelong Civil War buff. He conducts battlefield tours and lecture on many civil war topics. He and his family are re-enactors with the 69th Pennsylvania “Irish Volunteers”, where Don is the group’s historian.