

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Cow on the Tracks: How One Small Mishap Changed the Gettysburg Campaign
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: On the afternoon of June 24, 1863, 700 men of the 26th Pennsylvania Emergency Regiment were steaming towards Gettysburg. They had been ordered to the mountains west of Gettysburg as a blocking force against a possible Rebel Invasion of the county. As luck would have it, an elderly woman was driving her cow on a railroad bridge crossing a gully over Swift Run, east of town, at the same time. Suddenly, an unscheduled train carrying the 26th Pennsylvania appeared. Although the woman was able to reach safety, the cow was struck and killed, derailing the locomotive and sending several cars over the embankment. As a result, the 26th Pennsylvania never reached its assigned destination. Join Timothy H. Smith as he discusses how a cow on the tracks may have altered the course of the Gettysburg Campaign.

Free/Members; $10/General Admission.

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Gettysburg
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 625 Biglerville Road, Gettysburg, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17325
- **lat**: 39.84165
- **long**: -77.23054
- **full address**: 625 Biglerville Road, Gettysburg, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17325

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- **organizer**: Gettysburg History (https://allevents.in/org/gettysburg-history/24988309)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 625 Biglerville Road, Gettysburg, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17325
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Gettysburg History
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops
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