Monday, March 22, 2010

7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

"Mr. Scott Mingus"

"The Louisiana Tigers and the Gettysburg Campaign"

Scott Mingus will present a PowerPoint slide presentation on one of Robert E. Lee's best (and most controversial) brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia - The Louisiana Tigers!  They played a key role in the Gettysburg Campaign.  Their storming and seizure of a vital fort in the Winchester defenses forced Union Commander Robert Milroy to abandon the town, opening the way north to the Potomac River for Lee's forces.  The Tigers were perhaps the single unit most feared by the Northern press, and some of their exploits will be recounted, followed by a discussion of their ill-fated attack on Cemetery Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Scott L. Mingus, Sr. is a scientist and executive in the paper and printing industry, and holds patents in self-adhesive postage stamp products and bar code labels.  He was part of the research team that developed the first commercially successful self-adhesive stamps for the U.S.
He has written seven Civil War books, including "Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign Volumes 1 and 2" and "Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition".  His latest book, "The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign", was published in October by LSU Press.  His new manuscript, "Gettysburg Glimpses 2: More True Stories from the Battlefield", will be published in May 2010.
Mingus has written several articles for "The Gettysbug Magazine".  He maintains a popular blog on the Civil War History of York County, PA, for the York "Daily Record" (www.yorkblog.com/cannonball), and he is a sanctioned Civil War Tour Guide for the York County Heritage Trust.  He, also, has written five scenario books of wargaming.  Scott and his wife Debi publish "Charge!", the leading international magazine for Civil War miniature wargaming.
The native of southeastern Ohio, he graduated from Miami University after majoring in Paper Science & Engineering.  Mingus spent 23 years as a scientist for office products company Avery Dennison in the Cleveland area before joining Glatfelter, a global manufacturer of specialty papers in 2001.  He and his family live near York, Pennsylvania.

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