The Hershey Civil War Roundtable will meet on Thursday, March 21, at Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 542, 8000 Derry St., Harrisburg, at 7:30 p.m. The program will also be livestreamed on Zoom and Facebook Live. After the program, a recording will be posted at http://www.hersheycwrt.org.

Historian Cooper Wingert will present "The Confederate Approach on Harrisburg: The Gettysburg Campaign's Northernmost Reaches." In June 1863, Harrisburg braced for an invasion as the Confederate troops of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell steadily moved toward the Pennsylvania capital. Capturing Carlisle en route, Ewell sent forth a brigade of cavalry under Brig. Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins to scout the defenses near Harrisburg. Wingert will trace the Confederates' path to the gates of Harrisburg in these northernmost actions of the Gettysburg Campaign. Wingert will share new research finds, including new accounts from soldiers and new details about African American troops that volunteered to defend the state capital.

The meeting is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Ricky Hollis at rickyhollissr@gmail.com or visit the aforementioned website.