Community Civil War Events
Select the links below to learn about special exhibits or events scheduled around the country. Please call before attending an event to confirm the correct date and time; we try to be as accurate as possible, but sometimes there are last-minute changes.
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Also see the Civil War News for lots of day-by-day Civil War event information!
Exhibits
Ongoing - Richmond, Va.
"Every Kind of Wound
and Disease: The Confederate Medical Department."
Museum of the Confederacy, 804-649-1861.
Ongoing - Greensboro, N.C.
"Through Collectors'
Eyes: Treasures of the Civil War," a world-class
assemblage of Confederate firearms collected by Dr.
and Mrs. John Murphy at the Greensboro Historical
Museum. Call 336-373-2043.
Indefinitel - Cleveland, Ohio.
"Civil War! For
God, Union, and Glory" at Western Reserve Historical
Society, 216-721-5722 ext. 308.
Permanent exhibit - Fort Wayne, IN
Abraham Lincoln
and the American Experiment at the Lincoln Museum,
which includes 4 theatres and 11 exhibit galleries
featuring hundreds of artifacts and images from Lincoln's
era.
Ongoing - Washington, D.C.
Docent led tour highlights the exhibition, "To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds: Medicine During the Civil War," at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. Visitors receive the opportunity to experience Civil War medicine through the eyes of battlefield surgeons and the sick and wounded Union and Confederate personnel, as well learn about the state of medicine during this time. 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of each month. Free. No reservation or registration. www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum or 202-782-2200.
Events
8/16-8/17/2008 - McKean, PA
Civil War Days: Civil War Days at Thunder Valley Stables is the largest Civil War reenactment in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Battle reenactments will be held both days. Other activities include living history, horse-drawn wagon tours, sutlers ladies' tea, demonstrations, Civil War period baseball, and infantry and artillery shows. Adults $5/1 day or $8/2 days; youth 3-12 $4/1 day or $7/2 days. 2 and under free. Events run 9 AM - 10 PM Saturday and 9 AM - 4 PM Sunday. Thunder Valley Stables are located at 5151 West Stancliff Road, McKean, PA. Call 814-476-1632 or visit www.thundervalleystables.net for more information.
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