Student Day will take place on Friday the 9th as students from the surrounding schools
will tour the event site in private instruction. Tickets will be sold by the students and the
schools will be able to keep half of the money raised for transportation costs. A dollar will
be charged to each student who attends Student Day, going to help the reenactors that have come
from long distances. This fee will also come out of the money raised by ticket sales.
The 10th and 11th will be our typical weekend event, with activities, presentations, and
battles throughout the day. The theme of the event this year will be centered around veterans
and the work that they have done to maintain this country for the last 200+ years. Saturday
will feature two battles, roughly about the time of Manassas and Fredericksburg, respectively.
Sunday will be the battle proceeding Appomattox and the surrender with a special salute to the
veterans of all wars. Any veteran who comes in uniform on Saturday or Sunday will be admitted
free and will be asked to participate in the honoring ceremony after the final battle on Sunday.
Between these battles will be skits in the camps, presentations near the battle field, and a
multitude of things to see and do.
We hope to have a tremendous turn out and hope Mother Nature will cooperate. There is
no better way to experience something than to see it in person and reenactments are the best way
to do that. See you at the event!
Fee:
$5.00 for adults
Children are free when accompany by an adult, so bring as many as you can, just make sure
you can control them.
The easiest way to reach Anderson is to get on Interstate 5, going north or south depending on your location. Once you get into Anderson, signs will be posted to help you find the event site.
From the South:
I-5 North until you reach the South Balls Ferry Rd exit
Right on South Balls Ferry Rd
Right on Balls Ferry Rd
Left on Dodson Rd and continue till you reach the event site
From the North:
I-5 South until you reach the main Anderson exit
Left on North Street
Right on McMurry Rd
Left on South Balls Ferry Rd
Right on Balls Ferry Rd
Left on Dodson Rd and continue till you reach the event site
Thursday, November 8
8:00am - Camp setup for School Day participants
7:00pm - Diner for Student Day participants (Turkey Legs, Biscuits, Salad, Beer, Wine or Sodas)
Friday, November 9
8:00am - De-farb, and vehicles moved out of camps
8:30am - Morning Group of Students will arrive
9:00am - Morning Group Tours the Camps
11:30am - Lunch/Relax Time (Lunch will be provided)
Noon - Afternoon Group of Students will arrive
2:30pm - Students Depart
2:40pm - Camp setup continues
Saturday, November 10
9:00am - Camps open to the public
10:00am - First Battle (about the time of First Manassas or Bull Run)
- Scenarios
2:00pm - Second Battle (about the time of Fredericksburg)
- Scenarios
5:00pm - Camps Closed to the public
7:00pm - Dinner & Dance at K.C. Grove (proceeds will go to history scholarship & dinner free to reenactors)
Sunday, November 11
9:00pm - Camps open to the public
1:00pm - Battle (fight leading up to Appomattox)
3:00pm - Camps closed, start taking down camp
Scenario List of Events
Ladies Tea
Post War Talk Between two Sides (both men and women)
Clothing talk by Tracy Shapiro
Pay Call
Emancipation Proclamation Announcement in Union Camp
Fife and Drum by Marty Sampson
Confederate Desertion
Fashion Show
Picketts Talk (before the battle)
Trading Prisoners and Prison Camps
Female Soldier at Surgeon
Quaker Guns and Enlistment papers for Visitors