Students of Civil War history – and many whose sole experience has been a visit to Gettysburg – are familiar with the Licensed Battlefield Guides (LBG); the extremely knowledgeable men and women who are the only official paid guides permitted by the National Park Service and the Gettysburg Foundation that manages park tourist services. LBGs are the gold standard of Gettysburg knowledge. So imagine my surprise when a LBG called me to ask a Civil War-related question: “Do you k

Learn about a horrific crime in the Midway/Shaw Mine area and how the suspect escaped custody.