Multiple award-winning author Scott Mingus is a retired scientist and executive in the global specialty paper industry. The Ohio native graduated from Miami University. He was part of the research team that developed the first commercially successful self-adhesive U.S. postage stamps, and he was a pioneer in the early development of bar code labels. He has written more than 30 Civil War and Underground Railroad books and numerous articles for Gettysburg Magazine and other historical journals. He has appeared on C-SPAN, C-SPAN3, PBS, PCN, and other TV networks. Mingus writes the Cannonball blog on the Civil War history of York County, PA, where he and his wife Debi live. He also has written six scenario books for miniature wargaming and was elected to the hobby’s prestigious Legion of Honor.

Mingus received lifetime achievement awards from the York County History Center and the Camp Curtin Historical Society for his many contributions to local Civil War history. His biography of William “Extra Billy” Smith won two major awards for Confederate military history. The Gettysburg Civil War Round Table presented Mingus and co-author Eric Wittenberg with the 2023 Bachelder-Coddington Award for the best new book on the Gettysburg Campaign, If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania.

His 4th-great-grandfather Moses Mingus served in the 1st NY in the American Revolution, and 3rd-great-grandfather Pvt. William Mingus was in the 2nd Ohio Militia in the War of 1812, fighting against Tecumseh’s warriors. Several direct ancestors were in the Union army in the Civil War, including 15-year-old Pvt. John D. Sisson of the 51st Ohio Infantry.

Scott Mingus, the author of 37 books on the Underground Railroad and the American Civil War, will give a sweeping overview of the history of wargaming, with a focus on gaming the Civil War in various formats (miniatures, board games, dice games, computer games, etc.). This talk is aimed at those who are relatively new to gaming and would like some background on how we got to where we are today.

Scott Mingus Civil War and Underground Railroad author Co-recipient of the 2023 Bachelder-Coddington Book Award www.yorkblog.com/cannonball

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Scott's talk is Friday at 1PM Civil War and Underground Railroad

Saturday he will be signing books, time and location are TBD.