Spring has arrived in Gettysburg, and we are pleased to bring you another issue of historic articles, old-fashioned recipes, and our recently updated Calendar of Events, all beginning on page 11.

We offer The Henry Spangler Farm: A Most Historic Field, beginning on page 21. It was a home purchased by a young husband for his love for his wife. Their marriage, and their home, endured through the terrible battle, and their farm still adorns the pastoral field where Pickett’s men began their fateful charge. A look at the integral months From Gettysburg to Appomattox begins on page 31. And, a worthy commander is remembered in Thomas A. Smyth: The Forgotten General, beginning on page 39.

Our Editor’s Corner continues on page 45 with More Rarely Used Words. Take a look and see if any are familiar to you.

Don’t forget our Trivia Questions on every odd-numbered page (except for the center, where our Map of Gettysburg is found). To ace the Trivia, be sure to read the articles first. Answers are on page 49.

We also offer for your convenience an Advertisers’ Directory on page 50. Our advertisers provide the only funding for the magazine – and have done so for nearly 27 years, so please take a moment and see what they have to offer. We shop at their establishments too, and can highly recommend them.

Thank you for choosing The Gettysburg Experience, a part of this place called Gettysburg since 1997.