If you have any questions about these events or ideas about other events, reach out to CWHI leadership!
Winter Quarters Build Weekend (24-25 FEB)
Date(s): 24-25 FEB 2024
Location: Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation, 8437 Valley Pike, Middletown, VA 22645
Registration: None
Impression: Modern work clothes
Notes: Last fall, the AVG started construction on huts behind the CCBF’s museum. This weekend will focus on chinking the first cabin (A-frame), putting a roof on the second (plank siding), and building the third (notched log)
Wilderness Battlefield Walk (9 MAR)
Date(s): 09 MAR 2024
Location: Saunders Field, Lake of the Woods, VA 22508
Registration: Contact Avery Miller, 19th Century Researchers
Impression: None. Modern clothes are ok. If a Civil War impression is worn, please note that weapons and blanks are not allowed.
Notes: This walk will last around 3 hours – plan to walk, wear good shoes, and bring water.
Military Through the Ages (15-17 MAR)
Date(s): 15-17 MAR 2024
Location: Jamestown Settlement, 2110 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185
Registration: None
Impression: ANV in early-1864
Notes: This is a smaller living history with AVG members representing CS Ambulance Corps. Attendees have already been identified due to constraints on the number of participants.
CCBF Park Day (6-7 APR)
Date(s): 06-07 APR 2024
Location: Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation, 8437 Valley Pike, Middletown, VA 22645
Registration: None
Impression: Modern clothes.
Notes: The CCBF is seeking volunteers to assist in cleanup and maintenance of the Cedar Creek Battlefield!
160th Wilderness (3-5 MAY) – MAX EFFORT
Date(s): 03-05 MAY 2024
Location: 1781 Brewery, 11109 Plank Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA 22553
Registration: https://cwhi.org/wilderness160/
Impression: 61st Georgia Infantry
Notes: Registration for the 61st Georgia is closed. Thank you for your interest and see you there!
Spangler Spring Living History (15-17 JUN)
Date(s): 15-17 JUN 2024
Location: Spangler’s Spring, Colgrove Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Registration: None
Impression: ANV during the Battle of Gettysburg
Notes: The AVG is encouraged to turn out in support of the 2nd MD, a sister unit affiliated with CWHI, as they attend their annual living history in support of the NPS.
Spangler Farm Living History (28-30 JUN)
Date(s): 28-30 JUN 2024
Location: George Spangler Farm & Field Hospital, 488 Blacksmith Shop Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Registration: None
Impression: ANV prisoners-of-war from the Battle of Gettysburg – NO WEAPONS OR ACCOUTREMENTS
Notes: If you’ve been to this event before, you know what to expect (to include possible tornadoes)! It’ll be another opportunity to mingle with other groups, interact with the public, and go into town after hours for whatever touring or sutler visits you’ve been looking to do.
Thunder & Mud: Monterey Pass Preservation March (5-7 JUL)
Date(s): 05-07 JUL 2024
Location: Monterey Pass Battlefield Park & Museum, 14325 Buchanan Trl E, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17268
Registration: https://cwhi.org/thunder-mud/
Impression: 1st Battalion NC Sharpshooters
Notes: Recreate a portion of the Army of Northern Virginia’s retreat from Gettysburg to the Potomac River known as the Battle of Monterey Pass! Marchers will traverse over 8 miles of the historic route from Fairfield to Monterey, following the same Old Mariah Furnace Road used by Lee’s wagon train. Marchers will portray the 1st North Carolina Sharpshooter Battalion as they act as rear guard to protect the Army of Northern Virginia’s vulnerable supply train headed toward South Mountain and the safety of the Old Dominion. All registration fees and proceeds collected benefit the Friends of Monterey Pass Battlefield and their preservation efforts.
2nd Kernstown Living History (26-28 JUL)
Date(s): 26-28 JUL 2024
Location: Kernstown Battlefield Association, 610 Battle Park Dr, Winchester, VA 22601
Registration: https://cwhi.org/kernstown2024/
Impression: 22nd Virginia Infantry
Notes: This large scale living history will be on the original battlefield, which is owned and managed by the Kernstown Battlefield Association. The units being portrayed will be George S. Patton’s 22nd Virginia opposite the 23rd Ohio under Rutherford B. Hayes.
160th Cedar Creek (18-20 OCT) – MAX EFFORT
Date(s): 18-20 OCT 2023
Location: Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation, 8437 Valley Pike, Middletown, VA 22645
Registration: CCBF – Reenactor Information
Facebook Event: 160th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Cedar Creek
Impression: Generic ANV, Fall of 1864
Notes: This is a max effort event for the AVG. The goal is to rally the CWHI coalition in fielding a CS sharpshooter battalion. The material culture for this impression should already be on hand from participating in the Wilderness earlier in May.
Rupp House Living History (15-17 NOV)
Date(s): 15-17 NOV 2023
Location: Children of Gettysburg 1863, 451 Baltimore St, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Registration: $20
Impression: Company D, 24th Georgia Infantry
Notes: Camp unofficially opens on Friday night to allow for setup, hanging out, and spending the night under canvas (if you prefer not to or cannot get a hotel room). This doesn’t have to be a hardcore “embrace the suck” thing, so if you have a nice sleeping bag rated for cold weather, tuck that up under your wool blanket! The program officially concludes after the parade on Saturday, but the bivouac will remain open to those who wish to hang out and stay over Saturday night into Sunday morning.
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