Civil War Events Guide: Fauquier

Civil War Encampment at Sky Meadows State Park

April 9 & 10 from 10am-3pm. Step into the world of a Confederate infantryman with the Hedgesville Blues as they recreate the way soldiers lived, marched and fought. Catch a glimpse of the weapons, tactics, signal flag demonstrations, enlistment ceremonies, and unit drills on both Saturday and Sunday with ongoing interpretation throughout the week and weekend.

/ Sky Meadows State Park, 11012 Edmonds Lane, Delaplane; 540-592-3556; www.virginiastateparks.gov; free.

Frontier Day at Crockett Park

April 16 from 1pm-5pm. Try your hand at hide-tanning, rope-making, candle-dipping, soap-making, wool-spinning, blacksmithing and woodcarving at this year’s annual Frontier Day. Celebrate the pioneers who moved west in the 19th century and feel free to dress up in your pioneer best. Costumes are not required for entry. / C.M. Crockett Park, 10066 Rogues Road, Midland; 540-788-4867; [email protected]; $6 county resident, $12/non-county resident.

Civil War Camp Day

May 7, times vary. Living history allows attendees of all ages to get an inside look at what life was like for the men and women who fought in the nation’s most trying war. Gold Mining Museum at Monroe Park, 14421 Gold Dust Parkway, Goldvein; 540-752-5330; [email protected]; free.

Mosby in the Crooked Run Valley, at Delaplane Cellars

May 21@ 7:30pm (Winery is open 11am – 9pm). Ghost Story tellers reveal what happened in Mosby Heritage Area during the Civil War. / Delaplane Cellars, 2187 Winchester Road, Delaplane; 540-592-7210; www.delaplanecellars.com; $5/adults, $2/students

All aboard General Johnson and the Valley Army!

July 16- 17 @ 1:00pm & 2:45pm. Setting the Stage at Piedmont Station (now Delaplane) the first troops to transport via train are en route to the First Battle of Manassas. “Living historians” bring the Proclamation to the People of Northern Virginia to life with reenacted scenes based on the first hand accounts of Ida Powell Dulany and Susan Curlette. Also includes special discussion on recently published civil war diary the Shadow of the Enemy. / Old Rail Depot, 3054 Delaplane Grade Road, Delaplane; free.

Civil War Mapmaking Living History Demonstration

July 16 from 11am-1pm. Mapmaking demonstrations by professional surveyors/Civil War mapmaking historians. / Remington Community Partnership, Rappahannock Station Battlefield Park, 12234 S. James Madison St., Remington; [email protected]; free.

John Chapman’s Civil War Nightmare

July 23 from 11am-4pm. How did the Civil War impact 19th century industrial centers? John Chapman operated the Chapman Mill and his wife Ellen Chapman shares the story through the interpretation of a “living historian. / Chapman/Beverley Mill, 17504 Beverley Mill Road, Broad Run; 540-253-5888; [email protected]; $5, children under 12 are free.

Cavaliers, Courage and Coffee

August 6 @ 7:30pm. Ghost Story tellers reveal what happened in Mosby Heritage Area during the Civil War. / Rector House, 4161 Atoka Road, Marshall, Middleburg; 540-687-6681; www.mosbyheritagearea.org; $5/adults, $2/students.

Battle of Thoroughfare Gap Commemoration

August 27 from 9am-6pm. Check out First Virginia Cavalry Confederate re-enactors, tour the grounds of the Confederate victory at Second Manassas and meet a Union survivor of the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap as interpreted by a “living historian.” Tour guides include noted Civil War historians Childs Burden, Jim Burgess and Bruce Slawter. Tours run at 9:30am, 11am, and 5:30pm. / Chapman/Beverley Mill, 17504 Beverley Mill Road., Broad Run; 540-253-5888; $5, children under 12 are free

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