2024 Stonewall Brigade Event Calendar

23-25 February: Winter Quarters at Dill’s Tavern in Dillsburg, PA. This event is closed to the public and is by invitation only. There is no cost to attend and no registration is required.

22-23 March: Give Us a Higher Courage – Petersburg Living History at Pamplin Historical Park in Dinwiddle County, VA. The event is organized by Homespun Historical Ventures. We will be portraying the sharpshooter battalion for Lane’s Brigade, occupying original trenches and rifle pits to provide public interpretation of life along the Petersburg siege lines. More information is available on the event Facebook page and the CS battalion page. Registration is $25 and closes 15 March.

3-5 May: A Devilish Entanglement – 160th Anniversary of the Battle of The Wilderness at the 1781 Brewing Company in Spotsylvania, VA. The event is organized by Civil War Historical Impressions. We will be portraying the 61st Georgia in several scenarios, including Saunders Field, Gordon’s flank attack, and the Widow Trapp Field. More information is available on the event website. Registration has now closed. Additional information is available on the Facebook event page and on our battalion Facebook group.

26-28 July: A Most Destructive Fire – 160th Anniversary of Second Kernstown. This is a large living history organized by Civil War Historical Impressions. We will be portraying the 22nd Virginia. More information and registration is available on the event website. The cost to attend is $30. For more information, follow the event Facebook page.

14-15 October: An Unceasing Roar – 160th Battle of Cedar Creek in Middletown, VA. We will be participating in the Civil War Historical Impressions-organized campaigner adjunct to the main event. We will be part of a Confederate sharpshooter battalion. More information is available on the event website. Additional information TBA.

Partner Events

The following are events which the Stonewall Brigade and its member companies have not voted to attend as a group. They are, however, hosted by our sister organizations and trusted partners and we are listing them here for the awareness of our members should they wish to attend as an individual or small group. 

19-21 May: Thunder and Mud – The Retreat from Gettysburg. This is a preservation march to help raise funds for the Friends of the Monterey Pass Battlefield. Marchers will traverse over 8 miles of the historic route from Fairfield to Monterey, following the same Old Mariah Furnace Road used by Lee’s wagon train. Marchers will portray the 1st North Carolina Sharpshooter Battalion as they act as rear guard to protect the Army of Northern Virginia’s vulnerable supply train headed toward South Mountain and the safety of the Old Dominion. More information is available on the event Facebook page.