Pennsylvania in the Civil War
Kendrick Gibbs
Kendrick was born in Portsmouth, Virginia into a Coast Guard family, but his paternal family has been in York, Pennsylvania since before the American Revolution. He graduated from Shippensburg University with a degree in History and a minor in Business in 2015 and a Masters in Applied History from Shippensburg in 2016. He currently works for Amazon in one of their distribution hubs in Chester, VA. He was previously employed at the Seminary Ridge Museum in Gettsyburg, PA , Shippensburg Historical Society in Shippensburg, PA, Hanover Tavern Foundation in Hanover, VA and Commonwealth Law Group in Richmond, VA.
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Kendrick's passion with Pennsylvania during the Civil War lies in the stories of the individual fighting man, where he was from, why he joined and what home was like. The social and political makeup of the regiments are also a related interest.
Jake Wynn
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Jake is the former Director of Interpretation at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office. He is a 2015 graduate of Hood College, with degrees in history and communications arts. He has formerly worked with Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, the Tourism Council of Frederick County, and the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area.
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He writes a blog, Wynning History, that focuses on the history and culture of Pennsylvania's Coal Region. He is a native of Williamstown, Pennsylvania and currently lives in Washington, DC. At present, he works as a tourism marketing professional in Frederick, Maryland.
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Rich Condon
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Rich is a public historian from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, currently living in the South Carolina Lowcountry. For ten years he has worked with a multitude of sites and organizations, including The Battle of Franklin Trust, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and Flight 93 National Memorial.
Aside from his work with Pennsylvania and the Civil War, Rich currently serves as a Park Ranger at Reconstruction Era National Historical Park. He has written about Pittsburgh's Civil War history for Civil War Times as well as Emerging Civil War, and writes for and operates Civil War Pittsburgh, which focuses on education and preservation regarding Western Pennsylvania’s role in the American Civil War.
Codie Eash
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Codie Eash serves as Director of Education and Museum Operations at Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center in Gettysburg.
He is a 2014 graduate of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor degree in communication/journalism and held a minor in history. Codie regularly lectures for National Park Service sites, historical societies, Civil War roundtables, and educational groups. Visit his website for a list of past and future events.
Codie has published articles and essays in local newspapers, regional magazines, and national history journals. In addition to being a founding contributor to Pennsylvania in the Civil War, he writes book reviews for Civil War Monitor magazine; serves as a co-host on Battles and Banter, a military history podcast; and maintains the Facebook page Codie Eash – Writer and Historian, which primarily focuses on the Civil War era.
