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Category Archives: Reenactment
Battle of Fredericktown re-enactment this weekend
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal By MARIDEE LAWSON Daily Journal - Democrat News This article originally appeared on October 16, 2013 The Battle of Fredericktown took place Oct. 21, 1861, mostly due to interest in lead mines in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1861, 8th Wisconsin, Anthony Thomlinson, Arkansas, Battle of Fredericktown, Bening Ford, Big River Volunteers, Carole Magnus, Commercial Drive, Daily Journal, Democrat News, Denver Lunsford, Fredericktown, God's Country Cowboy Church, Greenville, Maridee Lawson, Missouri, October, October 21, Old Abe, Reenactment, St. Louis, War Eagle, William J. Wisecarver
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2013-2015 Civil War Reenactment Calendar
NOTE: We receive a lot of requests for information on Civil War reenactment events throughout the country. Below is a listing of events to assist people in their search for an event near them. This Week in the Civil War does … Continue reading
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Tagged 100th Birthday Committee, 136th New York, 136th New York Volunteer Infantry, A Wilderness Evening, Aldie, Aldie Mill, Alexandria, Andersonville, Andersonville National Historic Site, Annapolis, Antietam National Battlefield, Appomattox 150, Appomattox County Historical Society, Arkansas, Atlanta Campaign, Bacon Creek Station, Baldwin City, Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park, Battery Wagner, Battle for Chattanooga, Battle of Black Jack, Battle of Cheatham Hill, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Fort Branch, Battle of Fort Crawford, Battle of Iuka, Battle of Marshall, Battle of Olustee, Battle of Utoy Creek, Bauer Park, Bay City, Bell of Louisville, Belle of Cincinnati, Bentonville Battlefield, Big Pool, Blackford County, Blue-Gray Alliance, Bonnieville, Bost Grist Mill, Brandy Station, Bristoe Station, Bristow, Brooksville, Brooksville Raid, Bruce Boxleitner, Buckland Farm, Burwood-Morgan Mill, California, Camp Jefferson, Camp Nelson, Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park, Camp Wildcat, Camp William Penn, Cape May, Cedar Creek, Celebration Belle, Charleston, Checotah, Cheltenham Township, Chickamauga National Battlefield Park, Christmas in Camp, City County Park, Civil War, Civil War 150, Civil War Annapolis, Civil War Christmas, Civil War Events, Civil War Foodfest, Civil War reenacting, Civil War Reenactment, Civil War Reenactments, Clinton, Clover Hill Village, Cold Spring Village, Colonial Planation, Columbus, Columbus-Belmont Park, Concord, Connecticut, Cornersville, Cowtown, David Carpenter, Detroit, Droop Mountain, Durham, Ellwood, events, Fairfax, Florida, Fort Benton, Fort Frederick, Fort Harrison, Fort Huger, Fort Oglethorpe, Fort Sanders, Fort Shenandoah, Fort Ward, Four Oaks, Franconia, Frederick County, Fredericksburg, Friends of Honey Springs Battlefield, Friends of Wilderness Battlefield, George G. Meade, Georgia, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Remembrance Day, Glen Allen, Greenbush, Guyandotte, Hallsville, Hamilton, Harpers Ferry, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harris-Kearney House, Hartford City, Haunted Battlefield Tour, Hempstead, Henry County, Hermann, Hermann Farm, Hernando Historical Museum Association, Historic Fort Wayne, Holland, Hollywood Cemetery, Honey Springs, Illinois, Illumination, Indiana, Iowa, Iuka, Jacksonville, James River, John Brown's Raid, John Wilkes Booth, John Wilkes Booth Escape Route Bus Tour, Kansas, Kansas City, Kelly's Ford, Kennesaw, Kennesaw Mountain, Kennesaw State University, Kentucky, Kilpatrick's Breakthrough, Knoxville, Lairdland Farm House, Lake City, Lamoni, LaMott, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Lee's Summit, Leesburg, Letchworth State Park, Lewisburg, Liendo Plantation, Little Rock, Little Rock Campaign, London, Lookout Mountain, Luminary, Luray Caverns, Luray Valley, Madison, Manassas Gap, Marshall, Maryland, Massachusetts, Meadow Farm Museum, Media, Michigan, Middle Creek, Middletown, Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad, Military Ball, Millwood, Mine Run Campaign, Minnesota, Minnesota State Capitol, Missionary Ridge, Mississippi, Missouri, Missouri Town 1855, Moorpark, Mount Zion Historic Park, Mountain Cove Farms, Museums by Candlelight, Nash Farm, New Jersey, New Market, New York, Newburyport, North Carolina, North Pinellas County Scout Sertoma Club, North-South Skirmish Association, NSSA, Oak Brook, Ohio, Oklahoma, Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park, Orange County, Orchard Knob, Pamplin Historical Park, Patrick Gorman, Pennsylvania, Petersburg, Petersburg National Battlefield, Philadelphia, Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Port Arthur, Portage, Prairie Grove, Prestonburg, Prince William County historic Preservation Division, Princeton, Redley Creek State Park, Reed's Bridge Battlefield, Reenactments, Rice, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Ringgold, Ringgold Gap, Sabine Pass, Sayler's Creek Battlefield Historical Park, Sharpsburg, Smithfield, Soldiers National Cemetery, South Carolina, Spirit of Peoria, St. Albans Raid, St. Paul, Stanhope, Surratt House Museum, Tennessee, Texas, Thanksgiving 1863, Thanksgiving in the Trenches, The Long Road Home, United States Colored Troop, USCT, Van Raalte Farm, Vermont, Virginia, Virginia Museum of the Civil War, Walker County, War Between the Tastes, Warrenton, Warrenton-Fauquier Heritage Days, Washington DC, Washington State Park, Waterloo Village, West Virginia, Westport, White House of the Confederacy, Wichita, William Lloyd Garrison, Winchester, Wisconsin, Zoar
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150th Anniversary Mill Springs Reenactment to be held January 21-22, 2012
Information courtesy of the Mill Springs Battlefield Association. The Mill Springs Battlefield will be hosting Reenactment on January 21 & 22, 2012 at Zollicoffer Park. This Sesquicentennial Event will mark the 150thAnniversary of the Battle of Mill Springs. Our November and … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Commemoration, Reenactment
Tagged 2012, Civil War, Commemoration, Felix Zollicoffer, George Thomas, January, Kentucky, Mill Springs, Preservation, Reenactment, Sesquicentennial
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Re-enactor retires after 20 years
By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers After 20 years re-enacting the drama of the American Civil War, Rosario Roberts of Los Molinos is giving up salt pork and hardtack. His organization, Re-enactors of the American Civil War, has been recreating Civil War … Continue reading
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Tagged 72nd New York, Colusa, John Thomas Scoot, Los Molinos, Rev. Malcolm White, Rosario Roberts
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Public re-enactment of South Mountain, Antietam battles will be held in 2012
Two-day event on private land near Boonsboro will mark 150th anniversary of Civil War battles By HEATHER KEELS [email protected] HAGERSTOWN— An estimated 4,000 Civil War re-enactors will stage a public re-enactment of the battles of South Mountain and Antietam on … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Maryland, Reenactment
Tagged 1862, Antietam, Boonsboro, Boonsboro's Washington Monument, Brittany's Hope Foundation, Central Maryland Heritage League, Chris Anders, Crampton's Gap, Dan Spedden, Ed Wenschhof, Fox's Gap, Gathland State Park, George Alfred Townsend, Hagerstown, Hagerstown-Washington Convention and Visitors Bureau, Harpers Ferry, Maryland 67, Maryland Campaign, Rear Rank Productions, Reenactment, September, Sesquicentennial, South Mountain, South Mountain Recreation Area, South Mountain State Battlefield, special-needs children, The Southern Division, Thomas B. Riford, Turner's Gap, U.S. 40, Washington Monument State Park, West Virginia
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150th Anniversary Reenactment of the First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run Will Occur as Scheduled July 23-24, 2011
PRINCE WILLIAM AND MANASSAS, Va., July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The commemorative reenactment of The First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run will proceed as scheduled on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Pageland Farm in Gainesville, VA. Roughly 17,000 spectators are expected to watch this definitive … Continue reading
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Tagged 150th, 1st Bull Run, 1st Manassas, Commemoration, Gainesville, National Park Service, Pageland Farm, PRNewswire, Reenactment, Sesquicentennial, Virginia
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Civil War 150th Anniversary Events at Manassas National Battlefield
Originally posted by Brian at The District. Thursday, July 21, will be the 150th anniversary of the first Battle of Manassas, one of the fiercest battles in the Civil War. Throughout the week ahead, Manassas and other area landmarks will hold … Continue reading
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Tagged Bull Run, Manassas, Reenactment, Sesquicentennial, Virginia
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Lightning strike injures 5 Gettysburg reenactors, 3 hospitalized; 3 tents damaged
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — A lightning strike at a camp of Civil War reenactors in Gettysburg, Pa., has sent five people to hospitals. The Gettysburg Anniversary Committee says in a statement that during a severe thunderstorm at about 2:45 a.m. Sunday, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gettysburg, injured, lightning, Reenactment, York Hospital
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