Livinghistory

Knoxville Civil War Roundtable

LIVING HISTORY WEEKEND

The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable will host a
Civil War Living History Weekend
at Historic Fort Dickerson Park
Chapman Highway
November 9-11, 2007.

The weekend's ceremonies will include these events:

Living History Campsites

Infantry Drilling and Firing

Civil War Music

Cannon Firing

Civil War Medicine Exhibits

The events will be held at the following times:

Friday, November 9, 2007

Friday, November 9 is set aside for School Day. Area grade schools have been invited to attend a fun filled and educational experience, including medical and surgical demonstrations, artillery, infantry and cavalry demonstrations, and fascinating insights from local scholars and historians on the importance of Fort Dickerson and Knoxville during the Civil War.

Saturday, November 10, 2007 (tentative schedule)

10:00 am - Camps open to public
11:00 am - Remembrance

11:30 am - Infantry Drill
12:00 pm - Civil War Arms by Gerald Augustus

12:30 pm - Medical & Surgical Demonstration by Ed Archer

1:00 pm - Artillery Demonstration (inside fort)

1:30 pm - History of Fort Dickerson (inside fort)

2:00 pm - Battle Of Fort Dickerson

3:00 pm - Pass In Review

3:30 pm - Civil War Medical Demonstration

4:30 pm - Camps close to public

Sunday, November 11, 2007 (tentative schedule)

11:00 am - Camps open to Public
12:00 pm - Civil War Arms by Gerald Augustus

12:30 pm - Infantry Drill

1:00 pm - Civil War Medical Demonstration

1:30 pm - History Siege Of Knoxville

2:00 pm - Civil War Skirmish

3:00 pm - Pass in Review
4:00 pm - Camps Close to Public

We hope to see you there

Refreshments will be available

For more information, contact:

Event Coordinator Laura Reagan at reagansecesh@aol.com or 865-828-8752

Reenactor coordinator Ken Doss at kendoss@aol.com or 865-386-0797

This annual event is sponsored by the City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department and hosted by the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable.

Fort Dickerson was one of sixteen earthen forts and artillery positions built around Knoxville by the Federal army during the winter of 1863-4 to defend Knoxville from attack by the Confererate army. Three of the forts (Dickerson, Stanley, and Higley) were constructed just South of the Holston (now Tennessee) River on the hills overlooking the city. The middle fort was named for Captain Jonathan C. Dickerson, 112^th Illinois Mounted Infantry, who was killed in action near Cleveland Tennessee.