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National Park Service Ranger Barbara Sanders’ Mid-Winter Lecture

National Park Service Ranger Barbara Sanders, delivering her mid-winter lecture, “‘No Provisions Had Been Made for Such Wholesale Slaughter:’ The Medical Corps
and the Campaigns of 1862.” This view was taken at approximately 2:00 PM on Sunday, March 11, 2012, by Gettysburg Daily reader Michael O’Rourke.

Today’s lecture was held in the Ford Education Center inside the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitors Center. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 5:40 PM on Wednesday, July 21, 2010.

We would like to thank the National Park Service and the Gettysburg Foundation for the opportunity to cover these lectures for an online audience. For more information about Gettysburg National Military Park programs and events, simply visit nps.gov/gett. For a look at the park’s official blogs, “From the Fields of Gettysburg” go to: npsgnmp.wordpress.com and “The Gettysburg Schoolbus” at npsgnmped.wordpress.com. You can also “Like” the park on Facebook by clicking here or searching for “Gettysburg National Military Park.” This view was taken at approximately 2:15 PM on Sunday, March 11, 2011, by Gettysburg Daily reader Michael O’Rourke.

We’ll be presenting today’s lecture in four videos (most of the lectures run approximately one hour). Select slides from Barbara’s presentation are included after the videos. [Video #1]

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Video #3.

Video #4.