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An Enduring Union
April 29, 2011 - March 31, 2012
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Lincoln, the Constitution, and the Nation at War
February 22 - 23, 2012
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Women's History Month Programs
March 3 - 17, 2012
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Run Thru History 10K/5K
March 3, 2012
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Civil War Navy Conference At the 10th Annual Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend
March 9 - 11, 2012
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Thunder in the East: The Civil War in Eastern North Carolina
March 10, 2012
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Texas Sesquicentennial of the Civil War Workshop
March 17, 2012
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All Upcoming Events
150th Commemoration of the J.E.B. Stuart Raid on Mercersburg
September 12, 2009 - October 10, 2012
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
Coweta Committee plan series of events from 2011- 2015
November 18, 2010 - January 1, 2015
Newnan, Georgia
From Confrontation to Conflict
December 1 - 31, 2012
South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, South Carolina
The Coming of the Civil War
December 1, 2010 - June 1, 2012
South Carolina State Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina
Civil War Sesquicentennial - 1861
April 1 - 30, 2012
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 950 Soldiers Drive, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
The War Came By Train at the B&O Railroad Museum
April 15, 2011 - May 30, 2015
Baltimore, Maryland
An Enduring Union
April 29, 2011 - March 31, 2012
Old State House Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas
Reel to Real Exhibit
May 1, 2011 - April 30, 2012
Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas
Civil War Living History Days
May 6 - 7, 2012
Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Currency in Conflict: Money of the Civil War
May 9 - 28, 2012
Elmhurst Public Library, Elmhurst, Illinois
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
May 9, 2011 - June 9, 2012
Frankfort Public Library, Frankfort, Illinois
Gallery Talks: Notable Residents and the Civil War
May 9, 2011 - August 24, 2012
DuPage County Historical Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
Mr. Lincoln Goes to Washington
May 9, 2011 - February 27, 2013
Museum of the Grand Prairie, Mahomet, Illinois
The Civil War and DuPage County: A Local Perspective
May 9, 2011 - August 26, 2012
DuPage County Historical Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
The War Came by Train
May 24 - 30, 2015
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
A House Divided: One Family's Civil War Journey
May 30 - 25, 2012
10 East Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, Georgia
Customized Charleston Civil War Experience
June 1, 2011 - December 31, 2014
Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina
City under Siege: Charleston in the Civil War
June 1, 2011 - December 31, 2014
Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina
Bold Banners: Early Civil War Flags of South Carolina
June 1, 2011 - December 31, 2012
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina
Civil War Photos on Display in Two North Carolina Libraries
June 6, 2011 - January 1, 2013
Johnston and Salisbury Counties, North Carolina
Labor Behind the Veil: The History of Slaves and Free Persons
June 21, 2011 - May 30, 2012
Georgia's Old Governor Mansion, Georgia
Artillery: To be Rifled or not to be Rifled
June 22, 2011 - May 23, 2012
Fort McAllister, Richmond Hill, Georgia
A Sacred Trust: Gettysburg Perspectives
July 1 - 3, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1861: Banners for Glory
July 12, 2011 - June 1, 2012
New York State Capitol, Albany, New York
Soldiers of the Palmetto State, 1861-1865: "We Left in a Storm of Cheers"
August 1, 2011 - June 1, 2012
South Carolina State Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina
Through Fiery Trials: Religion in the Civil War
August 1, 2011 - May 12, 2012
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina
On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and Domestic Life
September 30, 2011 - August 26, 2012
Broadbent Gallery, Kent State University Museum, Kent, Ohio
Gettysburg National Military Park Winter Lecture Series
January 7 - March 11, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park and Visitor Center Theater, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Blasted: Assorted Projectiles and Explosives of the Civil War
January 13 - September 12, 2012
The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina
Veteran Benefits and the U.S. Colored Troops
February 1 - March 1, 2012
Washington, District Of Columbia
The Art of J. Kim Sessums Exhibit
February 4 - March 3, 2012
Visitor Center - Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Lincoln, the Constitution, and the Nation at War
February 22 - 23, 2012
Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
The 1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff
February 24, 2012
Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia, Chesterfield, Virginia
Honoring Civil War hero Edward Dickinson Baker and Civil War Valor Tour
February 24, 2012
Oregon State Capitol grounds, meet at the Oregon State Flag Pole, Salem, Oregon
Edward Dickinson Baker Day
February 24, 2012
Oregon State Capitol Senate Chambers, Salem, Oregon
An Evening with the Painting
February 25, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park and Visitor Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
U.S. Colored Troops and Spies of the Civil War
February 25, 2012
James A. Fields House, Newport News, Virginia
Virginia War Museum Film Fest
February 25, 2012
Virginia War Museum, Newport News, Virginia
Symposium Person of the Year, 1862
February 25, 2012
Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
Brown Bag Lunch Talk on the Battle of Hampton Roads
March 2, 2012
Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia
Run Thru History 10K/5K
March 3, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Women's History Month Programs
March 3 - 17, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Confederate Blockade of the Potomac
March 8, 2012
Old Manassas Court House, Manassas, Virginia
Civil War Navy Conference At the 10th Annual Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend
March 9 - 11, 2012
The Mariners' Museum, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, Virginia
Thunder in the East: The Civil War in Eastern North Carolina
March 10, 2012
New Bern Historical Society, 511 Broad Street, New Bern, North Carolina
A Fallen Star: General John B. Magruder
March 10, 2012
Dabbs House Museum, 3812 Nine Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia
Nevada High School Marching Band Performance
March 13, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park and Visitor Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Civil War Conversation on the Battle of the Ironclads
March 14, 2012
Baine's Books and Coffee, Appomattox, Virginia
Outfitting the Army for War CS and US Infantry Accoutrements of 1861 and 1862
March 17, 2012
Old Manassas Court House, Manassas, Virginia
Defending the Southside, A Civil War Van Tour
March 17, 2012
Lee Hall Mansion, Newport News, Virginia
Return to Return to Bull Run - An Author's Reflections on the Battle and Book After 20 Years
March 22, 2012
Old Manassas Court House, Manassas, Virginia
2012 Signature Conference: Leadership and Generalship in the Civil War
March 22, 2012
Virginia Military Institute Center for Leadership and Ethics, Lexington, Virginia
Lincoln, the Constitution, and the Civil War
March 22, 2012
500 Anderson Drive, Lexington, Virginia
1862: The Path to Freedom
March 23 - 24, 2012
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
The Union Army Comes to Fairfax: Soldiers at Blenheim in March 1862
March 24, 2012
Historic Blenheim Estate, Fairfax, Virginia
John Scott Adams Seminar Series - "Follow the Trolley Bed of History: The Gettysburg Electric Railway"
March 24, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
John Scott Adams Seminar Series - "Follow the Trolley Bed of History: The Gettysburg Electric Railway"
March 31, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Grand Opening of the Museum of the Confederacy
March 31, 2012
159 Horseshoe Road, Appomattox, Virginia
Park Day at Palmito Ranch Battlefield National Historic Landmark
March 31, 2012
Brownsville, Texas
Civil War Sesquicentennial - 1862
April 2 - 30, 2013
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 950 Soldiers Drive, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Event: Invasion by Rail and River
April 4 - 15, 2012
Pickwest Landing State Park/Shiloh National Military Park, Pickwick Dam, Tennessee
In the Steps of Robert Sneden, A Civil War Van Tour
April 7, 2012
Lee Hall Mansion, Newport News, Virginia
Animals in the Civil War - National Pet Month
April 7, 2012
Dabbs House Museum, 3812 Nine Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia
Appomattox Anniversary Week Programs
April 8 - 12, 2012
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox, Virginia
Civil War at Dutch Gap – Spring Break Camp
April 10 - 13, 2012
Henricus Historical Park, Chester, Virginia
The Lee Symposium, Antietam
April 13 - 15, 2012
Shepherdstown Clarion Hotel, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
City of Vicksburg Tapestry Event - Pemberton Headquarters Tour
April 14, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Gettysburg National Military Park 2012 Seminar - "Gettysburg in History and Memory"
April 14 - 15, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park and Visitor Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Appomattox Anniversary Living History Weekend
April 14 - 15, 2012
Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, Appomattox, Virginia
Thundering Hooves on the Border: Civil War Cavalry Weekend
April 16 - 17, 2012
Fort Scott National Historic Site , Fort Scott, Kansas
The Life and Times of Robert Smalls
April 17, 2012
The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina
Brown Bag Lunch Talk on the Battle of Shiloh
April 20, 2012
Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia
Junior Ranger Day
April 21, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
150th Anniversary Commemoration of the Peninsula Campaign
April 21 - 22, 2012
Endview Plantation, Newport News, Virginia
National Park Week
April 21 - 29, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
The Road Home: A Journey Through the Early Years of the Civil War
April 21 - 22, 2012
Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina
Civil War Lighthouse Tour
April 24 - 25, 2012
Cape Lookout National Seashore, Harkers Island, North Carolina
Markham School Band
April 26, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park and Visitor Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Civil War Living History Day
April 28, 2012
Dabbs House Museum, 3812 Nine Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia
Bobby Horton - Songs & Stories of the Civil War
May 8, 2012
Southern Cultural Heritage Auditorium, Vicksburg, Mississippi
African American Civil War Lecture Series
May 17, 2012
Hartsville Memorial Library, 147 W. College Ave., Hartsville, South Carolina
148th Anniversary of the Battle of New Market Reenactment
May 19 - 20, 2012
New Market Battlefield State Historic Park, New Market, Virginia
Battle of Williamsburg, A Civil War Van Tour
May 19, 2012
Lee Hall Mansion, Newport News, Virginia
Quantrill Special Collections Research Opening Ceremony
May 19, 2012
Gentry Public Library, Gentry , Arkansas
Texas Civil War monument dedication at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA
May 19, 2012
Richmond, Virginia
John Scott Adams Seminar Series - "1862: All Hell Breaks Loose"
May 19, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
149th Anniversary - Grant's Assaults on Vicksburg
May 19 - 22, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
An Artist Story, Civil War Drawings by Edwin Forbes
May 20, 2012
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia
Quantrill Special Collections Research Presentation
May 21, 2012
Gentry Public Library, Gentry, Arkansas
Quantrill/Northwest Arkansas: Bound by Battle
May 21, 2012
105 East Main Street, Gentry, Arkansas
The Civil War and a New Era in Veterans Benefits
May 24 - June 1, 2012
Dayton VA Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio
The Letters and Journals of the men of the 13th and 14th New Jersey
May 25, 2012
Morristown, New Jersey
John Scott Adams Seminar Series - "1862: All Hell Breaks Loose"
May 26, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Military Through the Ages
May 26 - 28, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Summer Living History Program
May 30 - July 28, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Southern Memorial Day - Commemoration of the Confederate Dead
June 2, 2012
Southern Memorial Association , Farmington, Arkansas
149th Anniversary - Battle of Milliken's Bend
June 6, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Civil War Trust Annual Conference: Clash for the Capitals
June 7 - 10, 2012
Omni Hotel, Richmond, Virginia
Gettysburg Summer Ranger Walks and Programs Begin
June 9 - August 12, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park and Visitor Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
150th Anniversary - Farragut's Naval Action at Vicksburg
June 9 - 10, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
The Seven Days Battles, A Civil War Van Tour
June 16, 2012
Lee Hall Mansion, Newport News, Virginia
Gettysburg Festival Brass Band Concert
June 16, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park and Visitor Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Relevancy of the Civil War to the 21st Century Student
June 17 - 23, 2012
Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi
Civil War in 3D
June 22 - 22, 2013
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina
Birth of an American Tradition, The 150th Anniversary Commemoration of Taps
June 22 - 24, 2012
Bereley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia
149th Anniversary - 3D Louisiana Redan Explosion
June 23 - 25, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
The Failure of Peace and Negotiations During the Civil War
June 27, 2012
Morristown, New Jersey
Sacred Trust Lecture Series and Book Signing
June 29 - July 1, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
149th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Battle Walks and "Real Time" Programs
July 1 - 3, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park and Visitor Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
4th of July Program - Vicksburg Surrender
July 4, 2012
Tour Stop #1 - Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Gettysburg 149th National Civil War Battle Reenactment
July 6 - 8, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Living History Program - Confederate Navy
July 14 - 15, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Junior Ranger Camp
July 16 - 20, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
John Scott Adams Seminar Series - "Strategy at Gettysburg and the Fog of War"
July 21, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Stuart's Ride Around McClellan, A Civil War Van Tour
July 21, 2012
Lee Hall Mansion, Newport News, Virginia
John Scott Adams Seminar Series - "Strategy at Gettysburg and the Fog of War"
July 28, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
6th Annual Red River Heritage Symposium: Why We Fight
July 28, 2012
Historic Washington State Park, Washington, Arkansas
Liberias Graffiti, Soldier Leave Their Mark
August 2, 2012
9101 Prince William Street, Manassas, Virginia
Battle of Cedar Mountain 150th Weekend
August 3 - 4, 2012
16332 Cyclone Way, Culpeper, Virginia
Marching Through Culpeper
August 3 - 5, 2012
Eastern View High School Auditorium, Culpeper, Virginia
Marching Through Culpeper
August 10 - 12, 2012
Eastern View High School Auditorium, Culpeper, Virginia
The Civil War and a New Era in Veterans Benefits
August 13 - September 7, 2012
Portland VA Medical Center, Vancouver, Washington
18th Annual Civil War Music Muster
August 17 - 18, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
African American Civil War Lecture Series
August 23, 2012
Spartanburg Regional History Museum, 200 E. St. John St., Spartanburg, South Carolina
NPS Founders Day
August 25, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary Events
September 21 - 23, 2012
Gettysburg National Military Park and Visitor Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
John Scott Adams Seminar Series - "Into the Valley of Death: Defense of the Northern Slope of Little Round Top"
September 22, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
John Scott Adams Seminar Series - "Into the Valley of Death: Defense of the Northern Slope of Little Round Top"
September 29, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
African American Civil War Lecture Series
October 2, 2012
South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 8301 Parklane Rd., Columbia, South Carolina
Living History Weekend
October 8 - 9, 2012
Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, Appomattox, Virginia
Living History Weekend
October 8 - 9, 2012
Appomatox Court House National Historical Park, Appomatox, Virginia
John Scott Adams Seminar Series - "My pen is heavy; the press reports the Battle of Gettysburg"
October 27, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Currency in Conflict, Money in the Civil War
November 1, 2012 - January 1, 2013
Manassas Museum, Manassas, Virginia
John Scott Adams Seminar Series - "My pen is heavy; the press reports the Battle of Gettysburg"
November 3, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Vicksburg National Cemetery Program
November 10, 2012
Vicksburg National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi
5th Annual Friday Evening Remembrance Day Military Ball
November 16, 2012
Gettysburg Hotel Grand Ballroom, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
10th Annual Remembrance Illumination
November 17, 2012
Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Graveside Salute to the United States Colored Troops
November 19, 2012
Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
149th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
November 19, 2012
Soldiers' National Cemetery, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Holiday Wreaths at the Soldiers' National Cemetery
November 30, 2012
Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
150th Anniversary - USS Cairo sinking
December 8 - 9, 2012
USS Cairo exhibit - Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
150th Anniversary - USS Cairo sinking
December 12, 2012
USS Cairo exhibit - Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
150th Anniversary - Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
December 29, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Arkansas's Colored Troops: An Exhibit for the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War
February 1, 2013 - January 31, 2015
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Civil War Sesquicentennial - 1863
April 1 - 30, 2014
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 950 Soldiers Drive, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
From Backroom to Battlefields: The Buying and Selling of the Confederacy
April 5 - 11, 2015
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina
Commemoration of Corporal Rihl, First Union Soldier Killed on Pennsylvania Soil
June 22, 2013
Greencastle, Pennsylvania
South Carolinians at the Battle of Gettysburg
June 28, 2013 - January 18, 2014
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina
150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
July 4 - 7, 2013
Gettsyburg National Military Park, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
7th Annual Red River Heritage Symposium: The Home Front
July 27, 2013
Historic Washington State Park, Washington, Arkansas
150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
November 19, 2013
Soldiers' National Cemetery, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Carolinas Campaign
March 14, 2014 - February 27, 2015
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina
Civil War Sesquicentennial - 1864
April 1 - 30, 2015
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 950 Soldiers Drive, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Battle of Jenkins' Ferry Commemoration
May 3, 2014
Jenkins' Ferry State Park, Leola, Arkansas
151st Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
July 1 - 3, 2014
Gettsyburg National Military Park, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
8th Annual Red River Heritage Symposium: Conflict at the Doorstep
July 26, 2014
Historic Washington State Park, Washington, Arkansas
151st Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
November 19, 2014
Soldiers' National Cemetery, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
152nd Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
November 20, 2014
Soldiers' National Cemetery, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
150 Years of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
March 6 - 31, 2015
Dayton, Ohio
The Civil War in Virginia, Surviving War
March 14 - September 13, 2015
The Museum of the Confederacy at Appomattox, Appomattox, Virginia
The Civil War in Virginia, Waging War
March 14 - September 13, 2015
The Museum of the Confederacy at Appomattox, Appomattox, Virginia
Civil War Sesquicentennial - 1865
April 1 - December 31, 2015
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 950 Soldiers Drive, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
152nd Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
July 1 - 3, 2015
Gettsyburg National Military Park, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
11th Annual Remembrance Day Illumination in the Soldiers National Cemetery
November 21, 2015
Soldiers' National Cemetery, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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