Events

Ongoing Events:
Torn in Two: 150th Anniversary of the Civil War Virtual Exhibit

Upcoming Events for 2014:
Battle of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania - Reenactment
Wilderness and Spotsylvania Reenactment

Wilderness and Spotsylvania Events - Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Battlefield Park
Wilderness and Spotsylvania Events at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Battlefield Park

Past Events:
Battle of Chancellorsville - Events and Reenactment
Chancellorsville 150 Reenactment Events

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Battlefield Park
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania

March - December 1863
Virginia Sesquicentennial

April - September 1863
Richmond Area Sesquicentennial Events

Richmond National Battlefield Park
Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines' Mill, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Drewry's Bluff

Richmond National Battlefield Park
Sesquicentennial Events at Richmond National Battlefield Park - 1862/2012

Antietam National Battlefield Park
Antietam National Battlefield

September 14-16, 2012
Antietam 150th Anniversary Reenactment

Antietam 150 - Story of Antietam
Antietam 150


December 7-9, 2012
Fredericksburg 150th Reenactment

October 2011 - January 2013
The Massachusetts Historical Society is recognizing the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War with online presentations of manuscripts from their collections. The society is also presenting a free onsite exhibition, The Purchase by Blood: Massachusetts in the Civil War, 1861-1862, from October 7, 2011 through January 13, 2012. Please visit http://www.masshist.org/online/civilwar for more information.

September 2011 - May 2012:
Boston Public Library - Lowell Lecture Series, 2011- 2012

December 14, 2011:
Gallery Talk at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 11:00AM - 12:00PM
Peter Drummey, the Stephen T. Riley Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, will present "The Purchase by Blood", a gallery talk about the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment at Ball's Bluff. Please visit http://www.masshist.org/events/more_info.cfm?eventID=740 for more information.

December 14, 2011:
Lecture at Boston Public Library - Orientation Room, 6:00PM
Peter Drummey, the Stephen T. Riley Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, will present Four Days in December: the Long, Hard War of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Mr. Drummey has chosen December 14 in 1861, 1862, 1863 and 1864 to highlight the amazing tale of this storied regiment. Please visit http://www.bpl.org/news/local_family_history_series.htm for more information.

October 2011:
Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park, Leesburg, Virginia:
Events for October, 2011

September 2011 - December 2011:
2011 Local & Family History Lecture Series at the Central Library

May - December 2011:
Boston Public Library exhibit:
Torn in Two: 150th Anniversary of the Civil War