Past Speakers
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January 2024 - Bruce Littell presented “The Hunley
Project.” This presentation provides an overview of the history,
significance and the recovery and preservation of the world’s first
successful combat submarine from the spring of 1861 to the present day.
Bruce is a U.S. Navy submarine force veteran and supported the U.S and U.K.
Strategic Weapons System as a contractor, retiring as the Configuration
Manager for the U.S. Navy Trident SWS. Since his retirement from civil
service during March 2019, Bruce serves as a Docent at the Lasch Center.
February 2024 - Scott Mingus presented “Confederate Calamity: JEB
Stuart’s Cavalry Ride Through York County PA”. Many people erroneously
believe that Jeb Stuart was on a glory ride around the Army of the Potomac
while the battle of Gettysburg raged, deliberately depriving Robert E. Lee
of "the eyes and ears of the army." Author Scott Mingus, making extensive
use of post-war civilian border claims and old maps, discusses Stuart's
route north, the obstacles that caused him to miss his planned connection
with Lee's army near the Susquehanna River, and the wearisome, exhausting
ride up and down the hills of York County, PA. on June 30 to July 2, 1863,
concurrent with the first two days of the battle of Gettysburg. Multiple
award-winning author Scott Mingus is a retired scientist and executive in
the global specialty paper industry. The Ohio native graduated from Miami
University.
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