Civil War Re-enactment
Presented by the New Jersey Living History Association

The New Jersey Living History Association is structured to help individuals gain a greater understanding of the American Civil War.  These experienced living Historians will give detailed explanations of Civil War Soldier’s accoutrements, their daily routines, the food they ate, the fire arms they carried, the lives they led as Civil War soldiers.

ITINERARY
(subject to change)

SATURDAY, MAY 31

3:00   PM                              Camp OPENING CEREMONY with a GUN
                                                Salute

4:00  PM                              Tour and Lecture of Civil War Camp Area

4:30  PM                              Detailed explanations of Civil War Soldier’s Accoutrements

5:00  PM                              Tour and Lecture of Civil War Camp Area

5:30  PM                              Life of Women In the Civil War

6:00  PM                              Tour and Lecture of Civil War Camp Area

6:30  PM                              Civil War Artifacts display and lecture

7:00  PM                              Tour and Lecture of Civil War Camp Area

7:30  PM                              Camptown Shakers Music
The Camptown Shakers will recreate the early minstrel music that was wildly popular during the Civil War era playing instruments and styles that are accurate to the period.  Fiddle tunes, reels, breakdowns and jigs documented to antebellum times.

Sunday, June 1

9:00   AM                              Camp OPENING CEREMONY with a GUN
                                                Salute

10:00  AM                           Tour and Lecture of Civil War Camp Area