Free Lecture:
The Bermuda Hundred Campaign

February 2, 2012

Executive Director A. Wilson Greene will give a lecture on the military actions in the Bermuda Hundred Campaign on Thursday February 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the Park’s Education Center off Duncan Road in Dinwiddie County. Although the final campaign for Petersburg began in mid June 1864, some 40,000 Union troops threatened the city a month earlier.  The Army of the James under Major General Benjamin Butler landed at Bermuda Hundred in Chesterfield County on May 5, 1864 and launched a campaign that lasted two weeks. 

This free program will last one hour and light refreshments will be available. No reservations necessary. Directions: From I-85, take exit 63-A/Route 1 South. Go through two stoplights and make a left turn on Route 670/Duncan Road. Go ¼ mile and turn left at the Park’s Education Center entrance.

The Breakthrough Anniversary

March 31, 2012

To commemorate the 147th anniversary of the Petersburg Breakthrough on April 2, 1865, Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier will conduct a pre-dawn tour of the Breakthrough Battlefield, followed by a hot breakfast in the National Museum banquet room. Reservations Required.

Free Lecture:
The Capture of New Orleans

May 15, 2012

Executive Director A. Wilson Greene will give a lecture on the Capture of New Orleans on Tuesday May 15 at 7:00 p.m. at the Park’s Education Center off Duncan Road in Dinwiddie County. New Orleans was the Confederacy's largest and, next to Richmond, most important city.  A combined Union army and navy operation targeted New Orleans 150 years ago in a campaign that resulted in the fall of the Crescent City. 

This free program will last one hour and light refreshments will be available. No reservations necessary. Directions: From I-85, take exit 63-A/Route 1 South. Go through two stoplights and make a left turn on Route 670/Duncan Road. Go ¼ mile and turn left at the Park’s Education Center entrance.

9th Annual Spring Tour:
Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

May 17-20, 2012

"Make me a map of the Valley.”  With those words, Major General Thomas J. Jackson launched what would become one of the most legendary military campaigns in American history.  Join A. Wilson Greene and guest guides to explore Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley on the 150th Anniversary of Jackson’s most famous campaign. Headquartered in the Shenandoah Valley, sites include Winchester, Kernstown, Front Royal, Harrisonburg, Cross Keys, Port Republic, and McDowell. The tour begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday by 5 p.m. Reservations required.

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7th Annual Members' Tour:
Civil War Kentucky

September 25 - October 2, 2012

Join A. Wilson Greene and guest guides for a tour of Civil War Kentucky. Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. Tuesday evening through the following Tuesday morning. Sites include Richmond, Wildcat Mountain, Mill Springs, Tebbs Bend, Munfordville, Bardstown, Frankfort, and Perryville. Reservations required.

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16th Annual Symposium:
The Civil War in 1862

October 19-21, 2012

Commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War by spending a weekend at Pamplin Historical Park interacting with seven experts in Civil War history. Reservations required.

Dr. Thomas Clemens, Hagerstown Community College:
Antietam and the 1862 Maryland Campaign

Mr. Peter Cozzens, Author and Independent Scholar:
Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign

Dr. William Shea, University of Arkansas, Monticello:
Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove: The Civil War in Arkansas

Dr. George C. Rable, University of Alabama:
The Fredericksburg Campaign

Dr. Earl Hess, Lincoln Memorial University:
The Stones River Campaign

Dr. James M. McPherson, Princeton University:
The Emancipation Proclamation

Mr. A. Wilson Greene, Pamplin Historical Park:
The Capture of New Orleans

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