This central Pa. town survived a shelling in 1863. It’ll relive it 160 years later

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This central Pa. town survived a shelling in 1863. It’ll relive it 160 years later
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Re-enactment of this off-shoot of the Confederate Army's Gettysburg campaign will be held on June 10 in Carlisle's downtown.

Captain Boyd of the 1st NY Cavalry informing Carlislers that “The Rebels are coming.”CARLISLE - In a historic spin on the summer of 2023 street fair, 21st century audiences can experience a “You Are There” treatment of the 1863 Civil War shelling of Carlisle on Saturday.

For Civil War buffs and local historians, there will be a full spotlight on what happened at Carlisle, a story Jones noted is perennially overshadowed - not without good reason - by the Battle of Gettysburg that followed; a traveling exhibit from the National Civil War Museum and meet and greets with several Civil War authors.

That was written out of the script by borough officials after a too-real re-enactment 10 years ago - featuring live artillery fire from historically accurate Confederate positions on the east edge of town - wound up breaking some 21st Century windows in that neighborhood. McGinnis’s story will also be separately spotlighted in a 1:30 p.m. lecture by Ann McMillin, state president of the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War Auxiliary.In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E.

As Ewell’s troops moved out June 30 to rendezvous with other Confederate forces concentrating near Gettysburg, about 1,000 federal militiamen under Gen. Smith arrived on July 1, “to the great joy of the townspeople,”That joy was short-lived.

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