This webpage lists information on the special park programs and other Civil War tours and lectures in the Fredericksburg area that are not park programs. Many of these other programs are led by the park staff of historians. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to read about other Civil War related programs. For more information on any of the park programs call (540) 373-6122 or (540) 786-2880. Click here for a link to Google maps showing the location of all park sponsored special events in 2009.


PARK SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAMS 2009:


Check out our History at Sunset page so you can mark your calendars. (This Friday night history series explores stories of soldiers, civilians, and slaves in and around the park.)

July 11th-12th Living History at Chancellorsville:
The Battle of Chancellorsville was Robert E. Lee's most brilliant victory of the Civil War but it also resulted in the death of Lee's incomparable subordinate, "Stonewall" Jackson. The National Park Service will commemorate the battle with a series of programs featuring Civil War reenactors and live cannon-firing demonstrations. Saturdays demo (Union) will take place at Tour Stop 10, Fairview; at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Parking is at Fairview. Sundays firing demo (Confederate) will take place at Tour Stop 9 Hazel Grove; at Noon and 2 p.m. Parking is at Hazel Grove.

August 15th and 16th Living History at Fredericksburg:
In December 1862, Union troops suffered a crushing defeat at Fredericksburg. Throughout the weekend, the National Park Service will offer a series walking tours, living history programs, and cannon-firing demonstrations illuminating the combat in the Sunken Road and on Marye's Heights. Reenactors will portray the vaunted Washington Artillery of New Orleans. Saturdays firing will take place at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Sundays firing will take place at Noon and 2 p.m. Parking is at the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center.

September 27th Taming of the Wilderness:
11 a.m.-5 p.m. See how the colonial era settlers turned the Wilderness into their homes by going through a series of living history stations demonstrating construction techniques and domestic skills, such as blacksmiths, log sawing and hewing, cooking, spinning and more. Demonstrations at Ellwood on the Wilderness Battlefield.

December 6th Old Salem Church Holiday Music Program (Tentative):
6 P.M. The decorated and candle-lit church will come alive again with choral music performed in the old church for more than a century in a program sponsored by the congregation from the new Salem Baptist Church. Park at the current Salem Baptist Church.

December 13th Battle of Fredericksburg Commemoration:
2 P.M. A 30-minute program commemorating the 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg. The program will be held at the Kirkland Monument adjacent to the historic Sunken Road. This years keynote speaker is Dr. Peter Carmichael a professor of history at West Virginia University.
 
Slideshow from the 146th Anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg.  The slide show was put together by the Free-Lance Star and is an outside park link.

NON-PARK CIVIL WAR PROGRAMS for 2009:

September 19th-20th Yankees in Falmouth!:
Come to the historic port town of Falmouth and the landmark home of Moncure Conway. Yankee reenactors will encamp on the grounds where their units once camped during the Civil War. Firing Demonstrations, artifact displays, stories of local history, and self-guided walking ours of historic homes of this colonial port town.

December 9th-12th: A Walking Tour of the 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg with J. Michael Miller: This four day tour will include lectures and walking tours focused on the 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg. Participants will explore the battlefield from a Union hospital and headquarters at Chatham. The tour will cross the river and cover the famed Marye's Heights, as well as "Stonewall" Jackson's line at Prospect Hill. To register and to learn more about the tour click on the above link. To learn more about the Blue and Gray Education Society click on the link below. Blue and Gray Education Society