Battle reenactment 2008

Encampments on museum grounds

Museum's Third Annual event attracts record number of re-enactors

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Civil War Living History Weekend

Symposium and Civil War Living History programs
Friday, February 22 - Sunday, February 24, 2008

The 143rd anniversary of Battle of Forks Road reenactment took place on the museum’s historic site, the original battlefield of the final fight for Wilmington.

Held in conjunction with the Cultural Heritage Museum's US Colored Troops Symposium, the Museum's third annual event featured encampments, artillery and cavalry demonstrations, workshops, storytellers, lectures, period costumes and children’s games. For more information about the US Colored Troop Symposium, visit their website here.

Area educators attended the weekend's events. Seminar topics included the Underground Railroad, NC USCT Battles, Black Spy Network, the Wilmington Campaign, Marketing African American History and Culture, Black Sailors in the Union Navy, USCT Genealogy, and special guest, William Gould IV, USCT descendant and author of "Diary of a Contraband". New Hanover County teachers received CEU credits by participating in the weekend’s workshops.

The weekend was presented in collaboration with the Cultural Heritage Museum, the Bellamy Mansion Museum and Halyburton Park. Support services provided by the City of Wilmington.

The Civil War Living History Project was made possible in part by the North Carolina Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Signature Sponsors:
Cultural Heritage Museum through grants from Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, North Carolina Humanities Council and North Carolina Civil War Tourism Council

Supporting Sponsors:
Maus, Warwick, Matthews, and Co.
The East Carolina Bank
Senator Elmon T. Gray

This project was made possible in part by the North Carolina Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.