Friday, August 11 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Rob Girardi Camp Douglas, located on the south side of Chicago, was Illinois’ largest Civil War training camp. More than 40,000 Union volunteers mustered here. In February 1862, the camp was converted to accommodate Confederate prisoners of war. About 24,000 Confederates were held there during the […]
Sunday, August 20 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm | Free Have you ever wished you could dig for dino fossils, hunt a Woolly Mammoth, create your own unique art, and compete in a potato sack race all at one location? Well, at the Kenosha Public Museums Museum Mash Up, you can do all that and more. […]
Opening day for the Civil War Museum's "Faith in the Fight" exhibit, running through June 30, 2024.
Friday, September 8 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Al Ottens To Civil War buffs, General John Rawlins is usually regarded as the scold that kept Ulysses Grant sober. But the complex motivations behind Rawlins’s temperance interventions are not well known. Nor are the rare communication skills Rawlins possessed that significantly impacted his relationship with […]
Friday, September 15 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Free Our SPARK! group will tour the new temporary exhibit at the Civil War Museum called Faith in the Fight: Religion in the Civil War. Email [email protected] to register.
Saturday, September 23 | 9:30am - 4:00pm | $64 ($80 non-members) Register Here Check-in starts at 8:30am, program begins at 9:30am. Schedule of Presentations Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg | Presented by Dr. Tim Smith, University of Tennessee-Martin Through all the long months of operations against Vicksburg, Champion Hill stands as the most decisive […]
Saturday, October 7 | 10:00am - 12:030pm | $25 per scout | Register Here Travel back in time and explore customs and traditions among women and girls during Victorian America. Learn about the challenges and triumphs of being a girl in this era while accomplishing a creative writing task, trying on clothes, and sharing tea […]
Friday, October 13 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Carl Smith The Great Chicago Fire of October 8-10, 1871 which destroyed the heart of the country’s rising inland metropolis and left a third of its population homeless, is one of history’s great disasters. If anything, the city’s rapid recovery was even more remarkable, revealing both […]
Saturday, October 14 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Speaker: Steve Acker Steve Acker’s newest novel, The Fight for a Gettysburg Farm, tells the story of the Sherfy Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg. From the family that called the farm home to the Union and Confederate units that battled across its acres, this exhaustively researched story gives […]
Tuesday, October 17 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Speaker: Rev. Robert Miller Join the Civil War Museum as Rev. Robert Miller discusses the documentary film Faith in the Fight. The film discusses the roles played by the nearly 120 Catholic priests who ministered to the spiritual needs of both armies during the Civil War, focusing […]
Friday, October 20 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Free but registration required The farms of the Upper Midwest were responsible for feeding the United States Army during the Civil War. We will talk about farming and harvesting at this SPARK! meeting and then make apple cider and decorate pumpkins. Email [email protected] to register.
Sunday, October 22 - Wednesday, October 25 | $880-$1075* ($955-$1150** non-members) Register Here *$880 per person for double occupancy, $1075 per person for single occupancy **$955 per person for double occupancy for non-members, $1150 per person for single occupancy for non-members McPherson's Ridge. The Wheatfield. Cemetery Ridge. East Cavalry Field. The names are synonymous with […]
