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SUMMARY:A King’s Cure: Abraham Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment
DESCRIPTION:On February 1\, 1865\, the day after Congress passed the resolution for the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery\, a group of celebrants urged President Lincoln to speak on the occasion. Calling the amendment “a King’s cure for all the evils\,” Lincoln saw it as essential not just to ending slavery but to truly concluding the Civil War. \n\n\n\nMichael Vorenberg is the author of Final Freedom: The Civil War\, the Abolition of Slavery\, and the Thirteenth Amendment—a finalist for the Lincoln Prize and a basis for Spielberg’s 2012 film\, Lincoln. He has written extensively on legal and constitutional history and teaches at Brown University in Providence\, Rhode Island. \n\n\n\nHe has lectured widely on the Civil War\, Lincoln\, and the U.S. Constitution\, with writings in major publications like The New York Times and The Washington Post.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/a-kings-cure-abraham-lincoln-and-the-thirteenth-amendment/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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SUMMARY:Surrender Commemoration & Freedom Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The American Civil War Museum is hosting a series of activities and programs as part of the regional celebration of the Commemoration of the Surrender & Freedom Day. Visitors can look forward to a fun-filled day with cannon firings\, interactive sessions with living historians\, and informative sessions about the lives of soldiers\, civilians on the homefront\, and enslaved and free African Americans during the Civil War. \n\n\n\nWe hope you will join us on April 12th and 13th at ACWM – Appomattox! \n\n\n\nSaturday: \n\n\n\n\n9:00 AM – Federal and Confederate Encampments Open\n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Cabin Open: (Interpretation provided by the Pallas Athena Ladies Aid Society)\n\n\n\n11:00 AM – “In the nick of time”: U.S. Army of the James Arrives on the Field \n\nLocation: Cabin Field\n\n\n\n\n\n2:00 PM – “Boys\, get up\, the rebs are on us”: The Fate of the 11th Maine Infantry \n\nLocation: Cabin Field \n\n\n\n\n\n4:00 PM – Stacking of Arms\n\nLocation: The Garland Gray Terrace behind Museum\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday: \n\n\n\n\n9:00 AM – Federal and Confederate Encampments Open  \n\n\n\n10:00AM – 3:00PM – Cabin Open: (Interpretation provided by the Pallas Athena Ladies Aid Society)\n\n\n\n10:30 AM – Civil War Sunday Service with a USCT Chaplain\n\n\n\n11:00 AM – Cannon Firing Demonstration  \n\n\n\n11:30 AM – “Hold the enemy in check”: Captain Wilson Jenkins Makes a Last Stand\n\nLocation: Cabin Field \n\n\n\n\n\n12:30 PM – Life of a USCT Chaplain with Joseph Feaster\n\n\n\n1:00 PM – Cannon Firing Demonstration \n\nLocation: Portico off the Robertson Family Education Center    \n\n\n\n\n\n1:30 PM – Stacking of Arms \n\nLocation: The Garland Gray Terrace behind Museum \n\n\n\n\n\n2:00 PM – “A King’s Cure” Lecture with Michael Vorenberg\, Ph.D. \n\nSeparate registration needed or included in Museum ticket!\n\n\n\nLocation: Robertson Family Education Center \n\n\n\n\n\n3:00 PM – Cannon Firing Demonstration \n\nLocation: Portico off the Robertson Family Education Center  Location: Cabin Field \n\n\n\n\n\n3:30 PM – Life of a USCT Chaplain with Joseph Feaster
URL:https://acwm.org/event/surrender-commemoration-freedom-day-celebration/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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SUMMARY:The Surrenders of the Confederacy
DESCRIPTION:The Confederate surrender at Appomattox featured the stacking of arms\, the surrender of colors\, and the review of troops—a noble and orderly ceremony that has captured the American imagination for 160 years. But Appomattox was only the beginning of the end. Beyond Virginia\, the Confederacy surrendered in bits and pieces\, in a series of scattered events marked by confusion\, chaos\, and controversy lacking all of Appomattox’s romance and reconciliation. The last flag down wouldn’t even come until November. Join us for a trip to places American history has forgotten: Bennett Place\, North Carolina; Citronelle\, Alabama; Galveston\, Texas; Doaksville\, Oklahoma; and more. \n\n\n\nPresented by Dr. Chris Mackowski\, co-founder of Emerging Civil War
URL:https://acwm.org/event/the-surrenders-of-the-confederacy/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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SUMMARY:Death & Mourning in the Civil War
DESCRIPTION: The American Civil War brought a previously unimaginable level of carnage to the country. Modern scholarship puts the soldier death toll at 750\,000 over the course of the four years of struggle. Join us as living historian Betty Shideler explores the way that women\, both in the North and South\, sought to cope with death during and after the Civil War.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/death-mourning-in-the-civil-war/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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SUMMARY:"Now We Stand By Each Other Always" - a performance in three acts.
DESCRIPTION:Rudely Stamp’d Historical Impressions presents “Now We Stand by Each Other Always” November 14th at the American Civil War Museum at Appomattox Court House. \n\n\n\nThis three-act play features a series of conversations between Genls. Grant and Sherman over the course of the Civil War.  These conversations take place at key moments in the war and demonstrate the evolving friendship between the men – Vicksburg\, MS in 1863\, Cincinnati\, OH in 1864 and City Point\, VA in 1865. \n\n\n\nHeroes of the Union war effort\, Grant and Sherman were unlikely friends with dramatically different personalities.  Grant\, ever stoic\, was quiet\, reticent and almost shy.  Sherman\, on the other hand\, was manic\, nervous\, fidgety and intense.  Despite these differences\, the men forged a friendship in the fire of war and led the Union’s armies to ultimate victory.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/now-we-stand-by-each-other-always-a-performance-in-three-acts/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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SUMMARY:Fall Festival at ACWM-Appomattox
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendar for October 26th and Fall Festival at ACWM-Appomattox! Join us for a fun-filled day of local music\, pumpkin painting\, dancing\, wood carving\, blacksmithing\, hearth cooking\, and of course\, cannon firing demonstrations throughout the day. Food\, vendors\, history partners & programs. \n\n\n\n11am program: ‘The Battles of Appomattox: The Final Fury & the Last to Die’ with Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park historian\, Patrick Schroder \n\n\n\n2pm program: Award-winning poet Lisa Samia shares poems and historical accounts from her series ‘The Nameless and Faceless of the Civil War’.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/fall-festival-at-acwm-appomattox/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events,Family-Friendly,For Educators,For Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240702T080000
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SUMMARY:Greenback America Exhibit open in ACWM-Appomattox
DESCRIPTION:Discover how Americans assigned cultural meaning to money and how doing so helped them interpret politics\, patriotism\, and race. This exhibit explains how the United States’ decision on how to pay off the Civil War transformed the relationship between the government\, the economy\, banks\, and citizens. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmerican Civil War Museum–Appomattox\n\n\n\n159 Horseshoe Rd.Appomattox\, VA 24522
URL:https://acwm.org/event/greenback-america-exhibit-open-in-acwm-appomattox/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events,Family-Friendly,For Educators,For Students,Lectures,Open House,Tours
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SUMMARY:Greenback America Now Open at ACWM-Appomattox!
DESCRIPTION:Explore how Americans assigned cultural meaning to money and how doing so helped them interpret politics\, patriotism\, and race.  Learn how the United States’ decision about how to pay off the Civil War transformed the relationship between the government\, the economy\, banks\, and citizens.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/greenback-america-now-open-at-acwm-appomattox/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events,Family-Friendly,For Educators,For Students,Lectures,Members & Donors Only,Open House,Panels + Q&As,Tours
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SUMMARY:"The Unvanquished" with Patrick O'Donnell
DESCRIPTION:The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces\, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers\, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations\n\n\n\n\nThe Civil War is famously known for the huge battles that defined it such as Gettysburg\, Antietam\, and Shiloh. However\, bestselling author Patrick K. O’Donnell reveals in his book The Unvanquished that there was a crucial shadow war that took place amid and away from the major battlefields\, which was in many ways just as consequential to the conflict’s outcome. At the center of this groundbreaking narrative is the remarkable story of Lincoln’s special forces – the Jessie Scouts – told in its entirety for the first time. \n\n\n\nPatrick K. O’Donnell is a bestselling\, critically acclaimed military historian and an expert on elite units. The author of thirteen books\, including The Indispensables\, The Unknowns\, and Washington’s Immortals\, he is the recipient of numerous national awards. O’Donnell served as a combat historian in a Marine rifle platoon during the Battle of Fallujah and is a professional speaker on America’s conflicts\, espionage\, special operations\, and counterinsurgency. He has provided historical consulting for DreamWorks’ award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers and for documentaries produced by the BBC\, the History Channel\, and Discovery. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALL SALES ARE FINAL. TICKETS AND REGISTRATIONS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE UNLESS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM CANCELS AN EVENT.\n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite
URL:https://acwm.org/event/the-unvanquished/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T100000
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SUMMARY:Commemoration of the Surrender & Freedom Day
DESCRIPTION:The American Civil War Museum is hosting a series of activities and programs as part of the regional celebration of the Commemoration of the Surrender & Freedom. Visitors can look forward to a fun-filled day with cannon firings\, interactive sessions with living historians\, demonstrations by the Pallas Athena Ladies Aid Society\, and informative sessions about the lives of soldiers\, civilians on the homefront\, and enslaved and free African Americans during the Civil War. We hope you will join us on April 13th at ACWM – Appomattox!Registration is for capacity purposes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, April 13\, 2024\n\n\n\nOngoing Activities Throughout the Day\n\n\n\nHearth and Home\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExperience rural life in 19th century Virginia as the Pallas Athena Ladies Aid Society demonstrates hearth cooking\, textile production\, and making-do with wartime substitutions. \n\n\n\nCivil War Medicine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDelve into the gritty world of a Civil War surgeon as our education staff demonstrate field surgery. \n\n\n\nFeeding an Army: Civil War Commissary\n\n\n\nLearn about Civil War cookery with The Proud Hound Commissary! Proprietor John Saporito will demonstrate cooking out of an authentic 19th-century wagon. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Schedule\n\n\n\n\n\nBlast from the Past: A Civil War Cannon Firing Demonstration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:30 AM – 11:00 AM\n\n\n\nDiscover the importance of artillery during the American Civil War. Learn about ammunition and witness a drill that concludes with a bang! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe African American Experience with the 5th U.S.C.T. Company G Presenters\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:00 AM – 12:00 PM\n\n\n\nIn an hour-long performance\, experience the trials\, tribulations\, and victories of the African American experience from 1804-1870. Ona Lewis brings to life Sojourner Truth’s journey\, and Bertram Floyd and Frederick Smith depict the lives of African American men and US Colored Troops through the use of story\, poetry\, and song. \n\n\n\n\n\nReenactor Skirmish – 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\n\n\n\nWitness a skirmish between the 24th Virginia and the 99th New York Infantry.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReconsidering Longstreet: Gettysburg\, Appomattox\, New Orleans\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2:00 PM – 3:00 PM\n\n\n\nGeneral James Longstreet is remembered by many as a prominent Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was also reviled by generations of white Southerners as an apostate—both for criticizing the generalship of Robert E. Lee and for becoming Republican during Reconstruction. Join us as Dr. Elizabeth Varon explores Longstreet’s influential postwar political career and connects it to the perennial debates over his wartime record. \n\n\n\nThis event is included with museum admission\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe African American Experience with the 5th U.S.C.T. Company G Presenters\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:30 PM – 4:30 PM\n\n\n\nIn an hour-long performance\, experience the trials\, tribulations\, and victories of the African American experience from 1804-1870. Ona Lewis brings to life Sojourner Truth’s journey\, and Bertram Floyd and Frederick Smith depict the lives of African American men and US Colored Troops through the use of story\, poetry\, and song. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Blast from the Past: A Civil War Cannon Firing Demonstration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4:30 PM – 5:00 PM\n\n\n\nDiscover the importance of artillery during the American Civil War. Learn about ammunition and witness a drill that concludes with a bang!
URL:https://acwm.org/event/commemoration-of-the-surrender-freedom-day/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events,Family-Friendly,Performance
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SUMMARY:"Forgotten Friday: The April 7\, 1865\, Actions in Cumberland County\, VA" with Patrick Schroeder
DESCRIPTION:THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT AT ACWM-Appomattox\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView/Download Flyer\n\n\n\n\nHistorians often overlook the multiple engagements that occurred in Cumberland County near Sailor’s Creek (April 6) and at Appomattox (April 9). These battles resulted in the death\, wounding\, or capture of three generals\, the near capture of General Robert E. Lee\, and a “Lee to the rear” incident. The battles near Cumberland Church were both fascinating and horrific\, resulting in hundreds of casualties. Join Patrick Schroeder\, Historian of Appomattox Court House National Historical Park\, to discover more about these often-forgotten events.Civil War Author/Historian Patrick A. Schroeder is the full-time Appomattox Court House National Historical Park Historian. He graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. in Historical Park Administration from Shepherd College\, Shepherdstown\, WV.\, and has an M.A. in Civil War History from Virginia Tech. His book “Thirty Myths About Lee’s Surrender” is currently in its twelfth printing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALL SALES ARE FINAL. TICKETS AND REGISTRATIONS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE UNLESS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM CANCELS AN EVENT.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite
URL:https://acwm.org/event/forgotten-friday-schroeder/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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