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2009
November
November 6-8, 2009
Battle for Myers Landing
Location: McKinney, TX
Site: Myers' Park and Event Center
Contact: North Texas History Center (NTHC)
Address: 300 East Virginia, McKinney, TX 75069
Phone: 972-542-9457
Email: civilwar@northtexashistorycenter.org
Website: www.northtexashistorycenter.org
The North Texas History Center, in partnership with the Collin County Commissioners Court, Collin County Historical Commission, and Myers Park and Event Center will sponsor one of North Texas’ largest living history events.
The three day event will portray North Texas circa 1860-1865 by bringing together hundreds of living history re-enactors. These fine and talented people will present aspects of life in the 1860’s by depicting: Life on the Home Front, Battles, Life in Camp, and much more.
The re-enactment will include cannons, cavalry and infantry, authentic period military camps, period and current day vendors, concerts by a Confederate brass band, and much more, all up close and personal on 165 acres of rolling land and trees in McKinney, Texas!
November 6-8, 2009
5th Annual Skirmish at Zollicoffer
Location: Bluff City, TN
Contact: Rob Turner
Phone: 423-538-6806 or
Contact: John Hawthorne
Phone: 423-878-4872
Battles Saturday and Sunday at 2p.m. Usual amenities include wood, hay, water and a meal. Bounties will be paid to Artillery, Calvary, and Union Infantry. Our motto is a reenactors reenactment. Hosted by the 61st Tn. / 79th N.Y. Company K. and The James Keeling Camp 52 S.C.V.
November 6-8, 2009
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Location: Fort Payne, Alabama
Contact: Joe Way
Email: jwaynefwb@aol.com
Website: www.battleofmissionmissionaryridge.com
A Cleburne’s Division Event. Valley Head Battle of Missionary Ridge 800-843-5098. 1200 Acres, Saturday and Sunday Battle. Usual Amenitiesm Fight at a 300 ft Ridge, ¼ mile between US and CS Camps. Full Hook ups, modern, period family Garrison, Military and Campaign camps available. Admission charged. Sequoyah Caverns--Relive history and experience the sights and sounds of this pivotal battle of the Civil War. Tour the camps, shop suttlers row, and watch as the battle unfolds before your eyes. Fri. is for school groups. Sat. & Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
November 7-8, 2009
23rd Annual Battlee Reenactment of Fort Branch
Location: Hamilton, NC
Contact: Don Torrence
Email: adjutant@fortbranchcivilwarsite.com
Website: www.fortbranchcivilwarsite.com
The 1st N.C. Volunteers / 11th N.C. Troops proudly present the 23rd Annual Battle
Reenactment of Fort Branch, a well preserved star-shaped Confederate earthen fort on Rainbow Banks overlooking the Roanoke River in northeastern North Carolina. Only 45 minutes east of I-95. Seven original cannons on site. Federals are needed to capture the fort! Bounties for Federal infantry! Registration begins at noon Friday. Usual amenities.
Saturday – spectator battle, evening meal, and dance. Sunday – morning tactical and church service. All proceeds go to Fort Branch preservation and restoration!
November 7-8, 2009
9th Annual The Blue and the Gray
Location: Moorpark, CA
Contact: Col. Ed Mann
Email: howitzers1@aol.com
URL: www.forttejon.org/moorpark
The Moorpark Rotary Club presents Southern California's "largest and grandest Civil War event," the 9th annual "The Blue & The Gray." This event on the extreme west side of the LA Metropolitan Area, but in a delightful rural setting, has become "the jewel of West Coast Civil War reenactments." Quite simply, it has more combatant and civilian reenactors, more artillery, more mounted cavalry, more pyrotechnics, more sutlers, more spectators, and more amenities than at any other event in Southern California and, possibly, west of the Rockies. No pre-registration is required. Two battles take place daily, with an added spectacular twilight battle on Saturday. Hollywood Civil War-related celebrities abound. As usual, low cost reenactor meals and a free Saturday night dance will be provided. All proceeds go to charity. For more information, visit the reenactor web site, www.forttejon.org/moorpark, or contact Col. Ed Mann, Howitzers1@aol.com.
November 14-15, 2009
147th Battle of Secessionville
Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC
Contact: Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens
Address: 1235 Long Point Rd., Mt. Pleasant, S.C. 29464
Phone: (843) 884-4371
Website: www.battleofsecessionville.org
One hundred forty-seven years ago, June 14, 1862, a small group of Confederates soldiers from the 1st SC Artillery had just completed a portion of the earthwork embankments of Tower Battery located on James Island. The battery came under assault in a pre-dawn attack from an invading Federal force. The ensuing battle proved disastrous for the invading Federals. Outmanned 3 to 1, the Confederate troops stood their ground and won a decisive victory that would signify Charleston's strong defenses against the invading Federal forces. On November 14 - 15, 2009, history will repeat itself in the form of living history. Step back into time as men, women and children present what life may have been like during the Antebellum era. Become a part of that era with interactive historical displays. Come relive the actions of the men who fought with honor and courage as the Confederate Heritage Trust in association with Boone Hall Plantation bring you the 19th Annual Re-enactment of the Battle of Secessionville.
November 28-30, 2009
145th Anniversary of the Battle of Franklin
Location: Franklin, TN
January 16, 2010
Civil War Encampment
Audubon State Historic Site
Location: St. Francisville, LA
Address: PO Box 546, St. Francisville, LA 70775
Phone: 225-635-3739
Email: Audubon@crt.state.la.us
Recreating the sights and sounds of Louisiana in 1861. We need military units and period civilians. We offer hay, firewood, one meal and camping on historic Oakley Plantation. All participants must pre-register.
February 12-14, 2010
34th Annual Reenactment of the Battle of Olustee
Location: Olustee, FL
Site: Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
Phone: 877-365-3655
Email: margaret.a.nelson@dep.state.fl.us
Florida's largest Civil War battle will be reenacted at Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park. More than 2,00 living history reenacotrs will gather at the Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park to present historically accurate portrayals of the war.
February 26-28, 2010
Henkel Square
Location: Round Top, Texas
Contact: Annette Bethke
Email: annette@txcwcivilian.org
Event http://www.txcwcivilian.org/henkel.html
The Henkel Square event is a semi-immersion, civilian-centered event in Round Top, Texas. The aim of the event is to enable participants to experience a semi-immersion Civil War event in Texas.
Late February 1861. The Texas legislature has voted to become the 7th state to secede from the Union and join the Confederate States of America and the vote has now been given to the people. Fort Sumner has not yet been fired on, but the Alamo has been surrendered by General Twiggs to Texas forces.
After the election in 1860, Texas as a whole was ready to leave the union. The Texas secession convention met late January 1861 and voted on the ordinance of secession on February 1 with a vote of 166 for to 8 against The secession question was then put to the general public as a referendum.
March 20-12, 2010
Last Stand in the Carolinas, Battle of Bentonville **145th Anniversary**
Location: Bentonville, NC
Contact: Donny Taylor, Historic Site Manager
Address: Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site, 5466 Harper House Rd., Four Oaks, NC 27524
Phone: 910-594-0789
Email: donny.taylor@ncdcr.gov
Website: www.bentonville145.com
Fight on portions of the original battlefield. Saturday and Sunday battles. Civilian lectures, Saturday night dance, Sunday church service, military and civilian camps. Registration is open for military, civilians and sutlers. Artillery bounties are available. Confederate registration closes Jan. 31. all registrations close Feb. 28. NO CONFEDERATE WALK-ONS. For more information visit our website.
April 17-18, 2010
Grand Civil War Ball and Vintage Fashion Show & Tea
Location: Scranton, PA
Phone: 570-655-6340
URL: www.scrantoncivilwarday.com/cw2008/index.htm
The Lackawanna Historical Society and the Delaney Delacy Guard, Sons of Veterans Reserve proudly announce the 5th annual Grand Civil War Ball and Vintage Fashion Show & Tea in historic Scranton, Pennsylvania. Dance music provided by Spare Parts. For more information about the weekend's events and ball reservation form, visit http://www.scrantoncivilwarday.com/cw2008/index.htm or phone Jennifer Ochman at 570-655-6340
April 24-25, 2010
Battle of Corinth
Location: Corinth, MS
Contact: Buddy Ellis
Email: wellis@tsixroads.com
URL: www.battleofcorinth.com
The Col. W. P. Rogers Camp # 321 Sons of Confederate Veterans in Historic Corinth, Ms. is again organizing a two-day event April 25-26, 2009 to commemorate Confederate Memorial Day and the sacrifices made by our ancestors. Camp on the grounds of the Historic Verandah-Curlee House, and skirmish in the streets where the actual fighting took place in October 1862. We will furnish firewood, water, and supper Saturday evening. There will be period music, a large display of confederate flags, and a large civil war relic display. A Memorial service at historic Battery Robinette on Sunday honoring our Confederate ancestors will highlight the weekend. Call 662-286-6779 for more info or visit our website
April 30 - May 2, 2010
Battle of Port Jefferson
Location: Jefferson, TX
URL: http://www.jefferson-texas.com/BattleofPortJefferson/tabid/2196/Default.aspx
The Marion County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2009 reenactment: the largest reenactment in Texas with battles, ball, parade and tour of homes. At the Tuscumbia Ranch - owned by the Key Family
May 21-23, 2010
Battle of Lewisburg
Location: Historic Downtown Lewisburg, West Virginia.
Contact: Ross
Phone: 304-646-8555
URL: www.battleoflewisburg.org
Wanted reenactors both military and civilian. Skirmish on Saturday, Sunday battle reenactment on the same street as the May 23, 1862 battle. Amenities include firewood, hay, breakfast and dinner on Saturday, and Sunday breakfast. The theme for 2010 is the UnCivil War. Civilian and medical scenarios. Speakers. Bring the family for an event filled weekend.
May 15-16, 2010
Battle of Rasaca
Location: Rasaca, GA
Contact: Chester Jackson
Address: PO Box 0919, Resaca, GA 30735-0919
Email: csgrizly@comcast.net
This reenactment battle will take place on 400 acres of the original battlefield. Activities planned for the weekend include a Friday night assault on the original Van Den Corput's battery, main battles at 2:00 pm Saturday and Sunday, a Sunday morning dawn tactical, cavalry competitions, a period dance with live music, a ladies tead, merchants, and more. a portion of the fees will be donated to the planned Resaca Battlefield State Historic Site. Bounties paid for various units. Merchant fee is is $40 and are by invitation only. For more information go to the Battle of Resaca section at www.georgiadivision.org.
May 21-23, 2010
16th Annual Battle of Sacramento
Location: Sacramento, KY
Contact: City Hall
Phone: 270-736-5114
Email: battleofsac@dynasty.net
Website: www.battleofsac.com
This battle commemorates the original battle of December 28, 1861, where Nathan B. Forrest first engaged Crittenden's Army of the Ohio . Before each reenactment, we dedicate the battlefield in honor of each person who wore the uniform of self-sacrifice. After the sound of thundering hooves has been silenced and the smell of gunpowder still lingers over the crowd, we pause to better understand the truth in "United We Stand, Divided We Fall."
We sincerely hope that you will come and join us this year to make this a memorable weekend.
May 29-31, 2010
Civil War Days in Branch County
Location: Coldwater, Michigan
Site: Branch County Fairgrounds
Contact: Barbara Parks
Address: 258 Morse St. Coldwater, Michigan 49036
Phone: 517-278-8032
Email: barbara@cbpu.com
Friday-Little River train ride and Civil War brass band with President Lincoln attending. Saturday-Civil War battle, educational events, wagon rides, Civil War era children and adult games, one room school house activities, musical presentations by school age children and individuals, merchants ,Civil War artifacts displayed in buildings, Civil War ball, food vendors, Hog Roast on Sunday, and additional activities still being planned. Sunday- Civil War battle, church service, wagon rides, school house activities, merchants, civil war cemetery tour Monday- downtown Veterans Day parade, gathering of flags war memorial, American Legion hog roast on Monday. Additionally, the Vietnam Veteran Moving Wall is in the planning stage to be available for the week of May 14-18. Visit our Website for complete information and print a registration form, http://civilwardays.webs.com
TBA
Civil War Commemoration
Location: Port Sanilac, Michigan
Site: Sanilac County Historic Village & Museum
Contact: Susan Gill
Email: smdebus@comcast.net
Esteemed Civil War re-enactor guests to include Abraham Lincoln & Mary Todd Lincoln, General George Armstrong Custer, Governor Austin Blair & Sarah Blair. Captivating speakers to include Ms Kim Parr on “Ladies’ Unmentionables”, Ms Patsy Chapman on “The Underground Railroad”. Plus a Cemetery Walk of local Civil War Veterans, a Civil War Ball on May 30th at 7:00 PM, Harbor Park, with Glen Morningstar & The Ruffwater String Band. There will be additional outstanding speakers, brilliant educators, and scandalous & shocking entertainers of the Civil War Period.
June 3-6, 2010
Civil War Preservation Trust Annual Conference
Battle in the Bluegrass: The Fight for Kentucky
Location: Gettysburg, PA
Contact Bonnie Repasi
Phone: 800-298-7878, ext. 7229
Email: brepasi@civilwar.org
URL: http://www.civilwar.org/aboutus/events/annual-conference/
This is not a reenactment per se, but we thought it was a worthwhile event to list. The Civil War Preservation Trust works to save historic battlegrounds. Join CWPT members and staff, along with some of the nation's elite historians for four days of camaraderie and Civil War touring at some of America's great Civil War battlefields. Feel free to invite friends and family to attend, anyone is welcome to register. Tours to include Battle of Mill Springs, Battle of Perrybille and the Battle of Richmond.
TBA
Carson City Rendezvous/Living History Festival
Site: Mills Park
Location: Carson City, Nevada
Contact: Fred & Maxine Nietz
Address: PO Box 4156, Carson City, NV 89702
Phone: 775-887-1294
Email: agEvents@sbcglobal.net
Url: www.EventsNevada.com/rendezvous.htm
All encampments are FREE to the public. The event is FREE to the public. 26th year. Mountain Man Encampment - life in the early 1800's, including contests of skill, music of the era, and trade goods. Civil War Encampment - re-enactment of the earliest period of Nevada statehood, both Union and Southern camps. Pony Express - re-rides of the most famous cross-country mail route from the 1860's. Gunfighter Town & Stage - live action shows by teams of gunfighters representing the end of the 19th century. Main Stage - a full weekend of country and western music, dance, and comedy. Great Saturday line-up and FREE concerts. Mountain Man Stage - traditional banjo, fiddle, and accordion music, so tap your feet and dance along. Native American Village - traditional dances and drumming, beadwork demonstration and instruction, arts and crafts. Stagecoach Rides - an Abbott-Downing replica pulled by a 4-up team of horses. Children's Area - Back-In-Time Kids perform for you, old time games and fun. Dutch Oven Cook-off - mouth watering food, cooked pioneer style, Kid's Stick Horse Rodeo Games - FREE to kids age 2 to 13, Horseshoe Tournament - Rendezvous' Second annual of this event. Arts & Crafts - astonishing variety. Food Court - feast on a variety of foods, including Indian Tacos, barbeque, kettle korn, and more...
June 12-13 2010
Lehigh Valley Civil War Days
Location: Whitehall PA.
Battles & skirmishes, infantry & artillery firing demonstrations, living history, period music & cooking displays, Saturday evening candlelight tour. Free admission for Spectators. Registration $5 until May 1st, $7 after, $10 walk-ons. Donations greatly appreciated. All proceeds benefit Civil War preservation. Sutlers, artillery and cavalry by invitation only. Hosted by Friends of Camp Geiger. For more information & registration contact: www.CampGeiger.org.
June 25-27, 2010
March to Destiny
Location: Shippensburg, PA
Contact: Tammy Butler
Phone: 717-530-1259
Email: rere63@comcast.net
URL: www.marchtodestiny.org
The last week in June leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg, over 20,000 Confederate troops invaded and took over the town of Shippensburg, PA. Our annual March to Destiny recreates this important event in history. It features reenactors of Union and Confederate Soldiers. Sutlers will be selling their wares. Demonstrations and food vendors available. Camps open 5:00 p.m. Friday and close 3:00 p.m. Sunday. Registration includes a ticket for one breakfast and one dinner. President Lincoln and General Grant will be on hand Saturday to speak. A Saturday evening dance will also be held. Skirmishes and battles throughout the weekend. Restaurants and lodging are within walking or a short driving distance of the event. For further information, registration, etc., visit our website at http://www.marchtodestiny.org.
July 2-5, 2010
Annual Gettysburg Civil War Battle Reenactment
Location: Gettysburg, PA
Phone: 717-338-1525
Email: gac3@adelphia.net
Website: http://www.gettysburgreenactment.com/
Annual Gettysburg Civil War Battle Reenactment . All Day Family Event! Riveting Civil War Battles Each Day, Extensive Living History Programs and More...For Tickets or Reenactor Registration, please visit our website or phone 717-338-1525. Order Tickets Early! - Limited Grandstand Seating Available.
July 10-11, 2010
The Battle of Corydon
Location: Harrison County, IN
Site: Corydon Battle Park
Contact: Harrison Co. Convention and Visitors Bureau
Phone: 888-738-2137
Email: jepperson@thisisindiana.org
This event is held on some of the actual ground where John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders fought the tenacious Hoosier Home Guard. Activities include a town raid on Saturday and Sunday, a ladies tea, and a period dance. Hay, water, firewood, and Saturday evening supper provided. Bounty and registration information is available at www.corydonbattlepark.com.
TBA
Capture of Gladeville and Battle of Cranesnest
Location: Wise, VA
Contact: Rhonda Robertson, Wise County Historical Society
Address: PO Box 368, Wise, VA 24293
Email: battlesatwise@verizon.net
Website: www.battlesatwise.com
Come be with us when once again the Town of Wise becomes the Town of Gladeville. Our first Reenactment was unique in that it was held on the exact anniversary dates of the original Capture of Gladeville.
TBA
5th Annual Civil War Encampment at Rose Hill Manor
Location: Frederick, MD
Phone: 301-600-1646
URL: www.rosehillmuseum.com
Join reenactors and living historians from across the region to enjoy a weekend of fun, fellowhsip, reenactments and demonstrations. All artillery, cavalry, infantry, medical, and civilian reenactors welcome. Merchants welcome, but must pre-register due to limited space. No registration fee. Registration deadline is April 17, 2009. Firewood, water, straw, and ice will be supplied. For more information visit our website.
TBA
Battle of Cedar Creek
Location: Woodbury, CT
Contact: Ray Manzi
Email: remanzi@hotmail.com
URL: www.woodburybattle.com
Battles both days, reenactment and living history. Hosted by the Second Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment.
TBA
Hartville Civil War Reenactment
Location: Maize Valley Farm Market & Winery,
Address:6183 Edison Street, Hartville, Ohio 44632
Contact: Pam Allen
Email: mailto:tommysgirl1863@yahoo.com or
Contact: Tommy Allen
Email: axeman1863@yahoo.com
Address: PO Box 723, Hartville, OH 44632
Phone: 330-877-1492
URL: www.maizevalley.com
STEP INTO THE PAST at the Hartville Civil War Reenactment at Maize Valley Farms Market & Winery. Hosted by the 23rd OVI Company B - The President's Unit. This is a great event for the whole family. Come on a journey and learn about life during the Civil War. There will be battles both Saturday and Sunday. Union Commander, Mike Lavis (49th NYI) and galvanized Confederate Commander, Mike Dallas (150th PVI 'Bucktails'). Join in the events planned such as; children's games (with demonstrations), watch the pie contest & judging on Saturday, muzzleloader contest (Sunday), church service, dress parade, trace your history at the booths for DAR, SCV, UDC, SUV, DUV, Buffington and Johnson's Islands, living history tour and more, Saturday evening dance (public invited).
TBA
Clarksville Civil War Encampment and Recapture Ball
Location: Clarksville, Tn
Site: Rotary Park
Contact: Phyllis Smith
Address: 719 Green Valley Ct., Clarksville, TN 37042
Phone: 931-551-4560
Email: pms007@bellsouth.net
Friends of Ft. Defiance is sponsoring a weekend encampment/living history at Rotary Park on 29 & 30 August and the first Recapture Ball at the Smith-Trahern Mansion on Aug 29 from 5 - 9 pm. The weekend encampment is free with firewood and hay provided. You will need an above ground metal fire ring. The Recapture ball is a ticketed event to raise money for exhibits in the new Ft. Defiance Interpretive Center. Period dress is required at the ball. Tickets to the Ball are $30 per person ($15 per person for reenactors who participate in the encampment/living history). Dinner is provided at the ball as well as period music and dancing.
August 21-22, 2010
Eckley Miners' Village Civil War Encampment
Location: Weatherly, PA
Contact: Eckley Miners' Village
Address: 2 Eckley Main Street, Weatherly, PA 18255
Phone: 570-636-2070
Website: www.eckleyminers.org
Artillery, cavalry, & infantry units will be conducting drilling, firing, and military camp life demonstrations along with a tactical skirmish between federal and confederate forces. Bounty for cavalry, stipend for powder, firewood and other amenities.Civilians will be setting up camps portraying camp followers, Sanitary & Christian Commission members, political & historical figures from the era. Entertainment will include period music & dancing Saturday evening as well as a town ball game of north verses south. Sunday will include a period interdenominational church service in the camp, with a lemonade social and period music following the service. Other activities include sewing workshop, period demonstrators, & lots of good food. There will be a number of sutlers on site who will be selling reproduction military and civilian clothing and personal items from the era, as well as period journeymen who will demonstrate their nineteenth century skills such as chair caning, paper making, old time medicine, quilting, cooking, & more
September 10-12, 2010
Battle of Middle Creek
Location: Middle Creek, KY
URL: http://www.battleofmiddlecreek.com
Join us as we reenact the Battle of Middle Creek. This reenactment takes place on the actually battlefield that saw action during the Civil War, we reenact on ground made hallowed by the blood of our ancestors, we fight in their honor! Exciting activities each day, an exciting tactical battle on Saturday an a historic reenactment of the battle on Sunday.
TBA
5th Annual Civil War Reenactment and Living History Weekend
Location:Lake Villa, IL
Contact: Joellen Kowalski
Email: paptom@msn.com
URL: www.lake-villa.org
60+ acre battlefield; the great pig roast returns for reenactors Saturday night dinner; Civil War Ball with Mean Mary and Frank James; free tours of Lehmann Mansion for reenactors; Country breakfast Sunday by the Boy Scouts. Max and Donna Daniels will be Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln; Bob Welch with songs & storytelling; Pamela Welcome as Harriet Tubman. Host units: 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Company D and the Army of the Cumberland. Union and Confederate troops, sutlers, artillery, infantry, cavalry, new recruits and medical troops invited. Registration at www.lake-villa.org or Bill & Martha Hartgrove at 815-836-9920
TBA
6th Annual White Hall, IL Civil War Days
Location: Off Hwy. 67 on East Lincoln Street
Contact: Mark A. Brown
Address: RR #1, Box 39, Roodhouse, IL 62082
Phone: 217-927-4301
Email: gengrant1862@yahoo.com
URL: www.geocities.com/gengrant1862/civilwardays.html
Schools Days is closed to the public and open to public, private, and homeschool children and their teachers with reservations. There is no admission for school children, their teachers, chaperones and bus driver on this living history day. A school registration form is provided on our web page for your convenience. We plan to educate the school children with stations with such famous figures as General and Mrs. Grant; Mark Twain; Edward L. Hager, our little drummer boy from Shiloh; Albert DJ Cashiers; civil war union and confederate artillery, cavalry, and infantry; period craft demonstrations; civil war funeral parlor/embalmer; civil war surgeons; medical tents; underground railroad story; other storytellers; period stores called sutlers; old-fashioned root beer stand; kettle corn stand; and more. A special feature of all three days of the civil war living history is the blowing up of the outhouse. The Civil War Reenactment on Saturday and Sunday will host battles at 2 PM both days. On Saturday, we will have a ladies' tea; various military and craft demonstrations throughout the day; FREE evening meal for the reenactors and sutlers Saturday evening; and the Grand Ball at 8 PM to 10 PM or thereafter. On Sunday, we have an old fashioned church service at 9 AM; Officers' call/paycall; military and craft demonstrations periodically; and more. Entry fee to the reenactment are $3.00 for adults while children 12 and under are FREE. Bring a lawn chair and plan to spend the day. This event is sponsored by the North Greene Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 257, White Hall, IL 62092 with an email address of northgreenecc.il@gmail.com. Fri., Oct. 2nd 9 AM to 2 PM
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Battle of Bulltown
Location: Burnsville, WV
Contact: Jason or Ronna Studenwalt
Address: 117 Broad Run Vlg Jane Lew WV 26378
Phone: 304-884-7710
Email: rebelgirl7@verizon.net
Registration $5.00 per person pre-registered or walk on. The event is sponsored by the Stonewall Jackson Re-enacting unit, a Saturday evening meal is provided. The event is held on the actual Battlefield with the union troops actually camped in the original entacted Union fort. The battlefield is located next to a camp gound facility with access to showers, & playgrounds. The Park is located off of I-79 Flatwoods exit to Rt 19 N aprox 11 miles follow signs to Bulltown.
October 16-17, 2010
The Battle of Cedar Creek
Location: Middletown, VA
URL: www.cedarcreekbattlefield.org/
144th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Cedar Creek. Join us in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley to honor the courage of the thousands of brave men, both north and south who fought on these hallowed grounds.
November 6-7, 2010
The Blue and the Gray
Location: Moorpark, CA
Contact: Col. Ed Mann
Email: howitzers1@aol.com
URL: www.forttejon.org/moorpark
The Moorpark Rotary Club presents Southern California's "largest and grandest Civil War event," the 9th annual "The Blue & The Gray." This event on the extreme west side of the LA Metropolitan Area, but in a delightful rural setting, has become "the jewel of West Coast Civil War reenactments." Quite simply, it has more combatant and civilian reenactors, more artillery, more mounted cavalry, more pyrotechnics, more sutlers, more spectators, and more amenities than at any other event in Southern California and, possibly, west of the Rockies. No pre-registration is required. Two battles take place daily, with an added spectacular twilight battle on Saturday. Hollywood Civil War-related celebrities abound. As usual, low cost reenactor meals and a free Saturday night dance will be provided. All proceeds go to charity. For more information, visit the reenactor web site, www.forttejon.org/moorpark, or contact Col. Ed Mann, Howitzers1@aol.com.
November 12-14, 2010
148th Battle of Secessionville
Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC
Contact: Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens
Address: 1235 Long Point Rd., Mt. Pleasant, S.C. 29464
Phone: (843) 884-4371
Website: www.battleofsecessionville.org
One hundred forty-eight years ago, June 14, 1862, a small group of Confederates soldiers from the 1st SC Artillery had just completed a portion of the earthwork embankments of Tower Battery located on James Island. The battery came under assault in a pre-dawn attack from an invading Federal force. The ensuing battle proved disastrous for the invading Federals. Outmanned 3 to 1, the Confederate troops stood their ground and won a decisive victory that would signify Charleston's strong defenses against the invading Federal forces. On November 12-14, 2010, history will repeat itself in the form of living history. Step back into time as men, women and children present what life may have been like during the Antebellum era. Become a part of that era with interactive historical displays. Come relive the actions of the men who fought with honor and courage as the Confederate Heritage Trust in association with Boone Hall Plantation bring you the 19th Annual Re-enactment of the Battle of Secessionville.
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