Note: all times Eastern unless otherwise noted.
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February 4, 2012 (Saturday) -
'Dalton 150th' at the Bandy Heritage Center Lecture Hall;
AT NOON - Russell Bonds discussing his book Stealing the General;
AT 1:30PM - Dr. Richard McMurry on comparing
the experiences of
Georgia soldiers in the Army of Tennessee and the Army of Northern Virginia;
AT 2:30PM - Dr. Mark Wetherington discussing his book Plain Folk's Fight:
The Civil War and Reconstruction in
Piney Woods, Georgia;
AT 7:00PM Banquet Hall Concert and Dinner featuring Bobby Horton recreating authentic
period music from the Civil War - dinner tickets $16.99.
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February 4-6 (Saturday through Monday)
and February 12-16, 2012 (Sunday through Thursday)--150th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battles of Fort Henry and Donelson,
Fort Donelson National Military Park; Living History presentations, Ranger led tours, talks by such
historians as Ed Bearss, Kendall Gott, Jack Hurst, and Myron Smith. For a full schedule of the events,
see www.nps.gov/fodo
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February 21, 2012 (Tuesday)--
Chattanooga Civil War Round Table monthly meeting.
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March 9 - 10, 2012 (Friday & Saturday) -
CCNMP Study Group 2012 Seminar in the Woods. A two-day, bus, car caravan, walking tour on several key aspects of
the Chickamauga Campaign and Battle examined in detail by Dave Powell and Jim Ogden. Check here for the agenda:
9th Annual Study Group Agenda.
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March 20, 2012 (Tuesday)--
Chattanooga Civil War Round Table monthly meeting.
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March 23 - 25, 2012 (Friday - Sunday) -
Siege at Bridgeport (150th Anniversary), Bridgeport, AL
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March 29-April 1, 2012 (Thursday - Sunday) --
Blue - Gray Alliance Battle of Shiloh (150th Anniversary)
March 30-April 1, 2012 (Friday - Sunday) -- Armies of Tennessee Battle of Shiloh
(150th Anniversary)
Yes, two reenactments of Shiloh! Even reenactors don't always agree on things!
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April 6-7, 2012 (Friday & Saturday) --150th
Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of Shiloh, Shiloh National Military Park; for the full schedule,
see www.nps.gov/shil.
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April 14-15, 2012 (Saturday & Sunday) - Camp McDonald: A Living History Weekend;
Several local re-enactment groups will unite to recreate and interpret Camp McDonald, the Confederate encampment once located across the tracks
from the Lacy Hotel, where, on the morning of April 12, 1862, the Great Locomotive Chase began 150 years ago. This event is to take place on the lawn across the
street from the Southern Museum. Free to the public.
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April 17, 2012 (Tuesday)--
Chattanooga Civil War Round Table monthly meeting.
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November 8-10, 2012 (Thursday through Saturday)—20th Annual
Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s
Department of Communications; for more information, see http://www.utc.edu/Academic/SymposiumOnThe19thCenturyPress/ or
http://www.utc.edu/commdept/conference, or call 423-425-4219
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The National Park Service - Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park has a newsletter
titled The Battlefield Dispatch that includes an up-to-date listing of park events. Please check out this
source for your future visits.
http://www.nps.gov/chch/parknews/park-newsletter.htm
And, although most of the upcoming
events are listed on this page, additional events can be found at the end of each issue of our newsletter, Canister.
Go to Canister Issues, click on the most recent issue month, and page down to
the UP-COMING LOCAL CIVIL WAR EVENTS OF NOTE, NEW ENTRIES and PREVIOUS ENTRIES sections.
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