The Harrisburg Civil War Round Table will meet on Friday, April 14, at the Central Penn College Conference Center, 600 Valley Road, Summerdale. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and a buffet dinner of flank steak, tilapia, roasted potatoes, green beans, Caesar salads, soup, and cookies will be served at 6:45 p.m. Anyone who wishes to attend the lecture only should arrive by 7:30 p.m. The lecture will also be broadcast via Zoom.

Licensed Gettysburg Battlefield guide James A. Hessler will discuss "July 1, 1863: What Did Reynolds Know and When Did He Know It?" His talk will focus on what Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds, commander of the Army of the Potomac's I Corps, was trying to accomplish when a sniper took his life on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Reynolds was a native of Lancaster.

Hessler is the author of "Sickles at Gettysburg" and co-author of "Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg" and "Gettysburg's Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the 'Commanding Ground' Along the Emmitsburg Road." He has been a guest on NPR, the Travel Channel, PCN-TV, Breitbart News, and Civil War Radio.

The lecture is free. There is a fee for the dinner, payable at the door; however, anyone wishing to attend the dinner should make reservations by Sunday, April 9, by contacting Brian Foster at hcwrt.membership@gmail.com or 717-962-6122.

For more information, visit https://harrisburgcwrt.org or contact Stephen Smith, program chair, at 717-433-0209.