The Civil War - The Maryland Campaign 1862

The 150th Commemoration of
The Maryland Campaign
September 8 - 22, 2012

EVENTS CALENDAR

September 8 - 22, 2012
150th EVENTS CALENDAR

Visit the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area located along the Journey Through Hallowed Ground as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battles of South Mountain and Antietam. 

Events throughout Frederick, Carroll and Washington Counties will include:

Event Date

Event Description
Location
Tickets

SATURDAY,
09/08/2012
9am - 5pm  

Maryland My Maryland 
Battle of SOUTH MOUNTAIN
Civil War Reenactment
$25.00 adults.  Children under 12 free.

Sponsor:  
 Hagerstown-Washington County CVB 

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Boonsboro
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Boonsboro Days Heritage Festival
Sponsor: Boonsboro Historical Society

Boonsboro

 
       

2pm - 3pm

Civil War Program
Visitation Girls' Academy as General Hospital No. 5

Scott Fullerton, Research Volunteer for the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Visitation Academy shares more stories of life on the home front at the Catholic girls’ school, based on original letters, diaries, reports and other firsthand accounts, these are very human stories of amazing people in extraordinary times during the 1862 Maryland Campaign. Learn More >> or call 301.695.1864.

COST: Free to Members. Program fee included in Museum admission fee. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome.

Location: National Museum of Civil War Medicine 

Frederick

Free for 
Members
 

  Boonsboro Days Heritage Festival
Sponsor: Boonsboro Historical Society
   
SUNDAY,
09/09/2012 
6am - 2pm 
Maryland My Maryland 
Battle of ANTIETAM
Civil War Reenactment
$25.00 adults.  Children under 12 free.
Sponsor:   Hagerstown-Washington County CVB    
Boonsboro
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TUESDAY,
09/11/2012 
Living History Evening Town Tour

Sponsor:   South Mountain Sesquicentennial Committee
Burkittsville   Coming Soon
       
WEDNESDAY,
09/12/2012
 Living History Evening Town Tour
Sponsor:   South Mountain Sesquicentennial Committee
Middletown   Coming Soon
       
FRIDAY,
09/14/2012
150th Anniversary of
The Battle of South Mountain
 
   

 10:00am

Opening Ceremonies
Bell ringing of churches throughout the Middletown Valley will commence the Moment of Commemoration followed by the reading of the names of those who died during the Battle of South Mountain. 

Sponsor:   South Mountain Sesquicentennial Committee

Middletown & Burkittsville

  Coming Soon

 11am - 4pm

In the Wake of War
Discover the towns of Burkittsville and Middletown and learn how the Battle of South Mountain and the thousands of Confederate and Union troops impacted the citizens, the churches and the  surrounding valley.
Sponsor:   South Mountain Sesquicentennial Committee

Middletown & Burkittsville

  Coming Soon 
       
SATURDAY,
09/15/2012
Soldier's Fair at the Pry House
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Sponsor:   National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Sharpsburg 

 
       

7:30pm

Fox's Gap: After the Gun's Fell Silent
Campfire Stories by Kathleen Rudisill

Master storyteller Kathleen Rudisill shares Battle of South Mountain stories around the camp fire at the North Carolina Monument accompanied by the 13th North Carolina Regiment. 

Sponsor:   South Mountain Sesquicentennial Committee

South Mountain

Middletown

 Coming Soon
       
 SATURDAY,
09/16/2012
Soldier's Fair at the Pry House
 
Learn More

Sponsor:   National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Sharpsburg 

 
       
MONDAY,
09/17/2012
150th Anniversary of
The Battle of Antietam
   
       
FRIDAY,
09/21/2012
5pm - 9pm   
Frederick, One Vast Hospital
A Self Guided Civil War Tour

A Civil War Walking tour of original, Historic Frederick, Maryland Campaign hospital sites include various churches and schools that were impressed as hospitals after the devastating battles of South Mountain and Antietam. Docents and living historians will portray many of the citizens that came forward to care for their wounded brethren, both Confederate and Union; including the Frederick Ladies Aid Society, the Sanitary Commission, surgeons, the pastors and citizens of Historic Frederick who answered the call in the fall of 1862.

Sponsor:   National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Frederick City

Free

       
SATURDAY,
09/22/2012
10
am - 5pm
Middletown Heritage Festical
27th Annual Heritage Festival of Middletown, Maryland

A Civil War Walking tour of original, Historic Frederick, Maryland Campaign hospital sites include various churches and schools that were impressed as hospitals after the devastating battles of South Mountain and Antietam. Docents and living historians will portray many of the citizens that came forward to care for their wounded brethren, both Confederate and Union; including the Frederick Ladies Aid Society, the Sanitary Commission, surgeons, the pastors and citizens of Historic Frederick who answered the call in the fall of 1862.

Sponsor: National Museum of Civil War Medicine
   
       
SATURDAY,
09/22/2012
1pm - 4pm
Frederick, One Vast Hospital
A Self Guided Civil War Tour

A Civil War Walking tour of original, Historic Frederick, Maryland Campaign hospital sites include various churches and schools that were impressed as hospitals after the devastating battles of South Mountain and Antietam. Docents and living historians will portray many of the citizens that came forward to care for their wounded brethren, both Confederate and Union; including the Frederick Ladies Aid Society, the Sanitary Commission, surgeons, the pastors and citizens of Historic Frederick who answered the call in the fall of 1862.

Sponsor: National Museum of Civil War Medicine

 Frederick City

 Free

       
     

 Disclaimer: These events are currently being planned and may change without notice.