Civil War Monitor

The Week Ahead: October 24th – October 30th

Luminary display at Antietam - 23,000 candles were lit, one for each soldier who fell during that battle in 1862

In celebration of Halloween, there are several "spooky" Civil War events this week.

October 25^th @9am-5pm: The Virginia Ordinance of Secession displayed @ the Library of Virginia (Richmond, VA).
 

October 25^th @6pm: The Johnson County Library will host a community issues forum, “The Border War” @ the Central Resource Library (Overland Park, KS). 
 

October 25^th @ 6pm: "Night at the Museum," Civil War "ghosts" @ the American Civil War Museum of Ohio (Tiffin, OH).
 

October 26^th @7pm: “Why Rhett wasn’t with Scarlet when Atlanta was burning" on blockade runners at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Petersburg, VA).  
 

October 26^th @7pm: “Evolution of Military Medicine" @ the Virginia Historical Society (Richmond, VA).
 

October 26^th @7:30pm: The Long Branch Historical Association will tackle the subject of the Civil War at a meeting featuring two Civil War-era characters @ City Hall (Long Branch, NJ).
 

October 27^th @11:15am: “The Confederacy and the World," a special look at the White House of the Confederacy @ the Museum of the Confederacy(Richmond, VA).
 

October 27^th @6pm: "American Oracle: the Civil War in the Civil Rights Era" with David Blight, at Lincoln’s Cottage (Washington, DC). 
 

October 29^th @10am-4pm: "‘We Shall Have Graveyards at Every Door’: The Lower Shenandoah Valley’s Border Region during the Civil War" @ Lord Fairfax Community College's Center for Civil War History (VA).
 

October 29^th @10am-4pm: “Ship’s Company" on the USS Constellation in Baltimore Harbor (MD).
 

October 29^th @12-5pm: “Mosby: Scout Along the Turnpike" along Route 50 (between Atoka and Aldie, VA).
 

October 29^th @5pm-12am: "Ghosts of Green Hill" 1860s Halloween at Green Hill Farm (near Sharpsburg, MD).
 

October 29^th @6-9pm: "The Seizure of Arlington and the Homeless Lees" @ Arlington National Cemetery (VA).
 

October 29^th @7-9pm: “Spirits of New Market," spooky soldiers return at the New Market State Historical Park (New Market, VA).
 

October 29^th @ 8pm: "Ghosts of the Battlefield" tours at the Lotz House (Franklin, TN).
 

October 29^th & 30^th: “Artillery at Antietam" @ the Antietam National Battlefield (near Sharpsburg, MD).
 

October 29^th & 30^th @11am-4pm: “Under Fire: The Battle of Harpers Ferry 1862," artillery camp and demonstrations at the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (WV).
 

Through October 30^th: “A Nation Divided: The Heartland Responds,” an exhibition of Civil War photography, art and artifacts @ the Canton Museum of Art (OH).    
 

October 30^th @1pm: "Grisly Tales from Civil War Washington" @ Fort Bunker Hill (Washington, D.C.).
 

October 30^th @ 2pm: “War, Peace and Memory" @ the Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Historical State Park (between Amelia and Farmville, VA).

Those are the events for the week. If you would like to add your event to The Week Ahead, please email us.