Events

CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT

Sponsored by:          General Motors Proving Ground

Location:                    Central Park

Early registration for Saturday’s Children’s Drill    12 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Saturday:

Encampment Hours                                              9  a.m. - 8 p.m.

Infantry Drill                                                             11 a.m.                      

Medical Demonstration                                       Ongoing at surgeon's tent               

Cannon Firing/Demonstration***                         12:30 - 12:50 p.m.      

Children's Drill /Demonstration                             11:20 a.m.  - 12:30 p.m.

Children mustered in, drill, demonstration mustered out

Civil War Fashion Show (weather permitting)    1 p.m.

Skirmish                                                                  2 p.m.                        

Cannon Firing/Demonstration***                         4 p.m.- 4:20  p.m.     

NEW: Night Time Cannon Firing                        10 p.m.

Sunday:

Medical Demonstration                                       Ongoing at surgeon's tent

Memorial Service                                               11 a.m.

  Recognition  of the U.S. Service Personnel at the Central Park Veterans Memorial Stage

Canon Firing/Demonstration***                          12 - 12:20 p.m.

Civil War Fashion Show (weather permitting)   12:30 p.m.

Skirmish                                                             1:15 p.m.

Canon Firing/ Demonstration ***                        3 - 3:20 p.m.

***Warning Loud Noises: Canon firing noise may be loud and startling to small children. Please note times for these demonstrations.***

Observe demonstrations of life in a Civil War camp by different re-enactment groups. An 1836 Confederate infantry canon and Williams Gun will be on display and demonstrated.

Civil War Encampment Participants

J.T. Hatfield – Surgeon

Medical Demonstrations Saturday & Sunday

http://cssurgeon.ourprofile.org

Williams Gun

 was only a conferred gun. It is a three man gun pulled by one horse and by modern standards it is classified as the first heavy machine gun. It is capable of 20 rounds a minute.  Rain or Shine this gun works.  General Nathan Bedford Forrest bough 4 of these guns out of his own money during the war and made him Custer’s equal. 

9^th Kentucky

www.orphanbrigade.org

12^th South Carolina 4^th Michigan

http://12thsc4thmi.tripod.com/

Sisters of the Union

Our mission – to bring to life the historical aspects of everyday living that a woman had to endure during the mid-nineteenth century and to form a sisterhood that would emphasize care, help and support of the union Army.  Essential items, created by caring hands, eventually found their way to battlefields and army camps. A t the same time these women had to overcome their own personal hardships and misfortunes. We hope to educate, inspire and encourage others to value and uphold their way of life. This will be accomplished through living history event activities.

102^nd United States Colored Troop

www.realEZsites.com/bus/102usctb

Battery B, 1^st. Michigan Light Artillery

In reality was part of a group called Stones Battery that contained Batteries A,B,C,D,E, and F. Stones batter was formed as the 1^st Michigan light artillery with 6 guns to each battery. They were formed early in the war and fought in many major engagements. The battery was overrun during the battle at Shiloh and most of the guns and artillery men were captured by the confederates. Stones Battery exists today with re-enactors spread out in the original first 6 Batteries of the 1^st Michigan Light Artillery. Battery B is composed of many the of the men who manned the guns. Batter B currently has 2 artillery cannons, and their associated Limber boxes. The living history portion of the Batteries mission is to demonstrate to the public the loading, aiming and firing of those guns. Additional typical CW camp life is demonstrated to the public when the guns are not being fired or drills taking place on them.