Hero or Villain:
Colonel Edward Cross
Colonel Edward CrossC
July 2 6:00 pm Robert Grandchamp
Colonel Edward E. Cross is the best-known Civil War hero from New Hampshire. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, he led the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers through some of the bloodiest battles of the war.
Since his death, however, Cross has been portrayed as a hero and a villain, a man who was beyond brave on the battlefield, but fought the Lincoln administration through pen and word over what the war was fought over.
Who was the real Edward Cross, and how has he been remembered by posterity for the last 160 years? Join award-winning Civil War historian Robert Grandchamp to find out.
Colonel Cross was born in Lancaster, in a home on Main Street, across from where the Weeks Library stands now. The obelisk in the park, where his home once stood, is dedicated to this home-town hero. At this presentation by Robert Grandchamp, the Lancaster Historical Society will display several Colonel Cross artifacts from their collection.
Robert Grandchamp is the award-winning author of sixteen books on American military history. He earned his Master's degree in American History from Rhode Island College. A former National Park Service Ranger, he is a Senior Analyst with the government and resides in Jericho Center, Vermont with his wife Elizabeth and their three children.
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