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“No other discipline has its portals so wide open to the general public as history.”
The Tri Cities Civil War Round Table is hosting a lecture entitled “The Lincoln Funeral Train; the Civil War and Reconstruction.” This is a continuation of this year’s talks regarding reconstruction.The Lecturer will be Scott Mingus. The event will be held at 7:00 p.m., on September 11th, Room 225 at the Toy F. Reid Eastman Employee Center, 400 S. Wilcox Drive, Kingsport, TN
The Lincoln Funeral Train; the Civil War and Reconstruction.
The funeral train carrying the remains of the slain President Abraham Lincoln passed through the commonwealth of Pennsylvania on April 21-22, 1865, on its way to New York City and again on April 28 as it headed west from Buffalo to Cleveland and passed through the Erie region. Tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians passed by the coffin as Lincoln lay in state in Harrisburg and Philadelphia. Massive, untold numbers of residents watched the funeral train slowly steam past their farms, small towns, communities, and whistle stops. Many left personal reminiscences. Author Scott Mingus has tapped into these often obscure or rare diaries and journal entries, coupled with the eyewitness accounts of a small cadre of big-city reporters on board the train and those newsmen in the towns through which the train passed to present a detailed, yet highly readable account of the funeral train’s passage. Mingus includes overviews the use of the locomotives, crewmen, railroads, timetables, and other interesting aspects. The lecture will be held at 7:00pm on Monday September 11, 2023 in room 225 of the Eastman Employee Center, 400 S. Wilcox Drive, Kingsport, TN.
The presentation is free and open to all, and the general public is cordially invited to attend. Individuals wishing to dine with Mr. Mingus at 5:00pm that Monday at The Chop House (1704 N. Eastman Rd., Kingsport) should request reservations by contacting Wayne Strong at trustwrks@aol.com.
The Author
Multi-award winning author Scott Mingus is a retired scientist and executive in the global specialty paper industry. The Ohio native graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He was part of the research team that developed the first commercially successful self-adhesive U.S. postage stamps, and he was a pioneer in the early development of bar code labels. He has written more than 30 Civil War and Underground Railroad books and numerous articles for Gettysburg Magazine and other historical journals. He has appeared on C-SPAN, C-SPAN3, PBS, PCN, and several other TV networks. Mingus writes a blog on the Civil War history of York County, PA, where he and his wife Debi live. He also has written six scenario books for miniature wargaming. He received lifetime achievement awards from the York County History Center and the Camp Curtin Historical Society for his many contributions to local history. His books and wargaming scenario books have received or been nominated for numerous national awards.
Admission to the event is free, and the general public is cordially invited. For additional information, please contact Wayne Strong 423-323-2306.
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