Battle of Eddyville

and

Welcome Home Cobb’s Battery

 

 Civil War

Reenactment and Encampment

April 27-29, 2012

Eddyville, Kentucky

 

Sutler Vendor Registration

 

 

 

info@battleofeddyville.com

800-355-3885   ◊   (270) 388-5300

Ladies Tea & Fashion Show

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS


 

All spectators must follow signs and instructions to spectator parking.  Admission is $10.00 per car for the entire weekend or $8.00 per car each day.  Men, women with families and on current active duty in military uniform are admitted free.  Please display your leave and return pass on your dashboard.  Reenactors, sutlers, and event volunteers will be issued separate passes.

 

 

Friday, April 27, 2012

 

9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS

(NO CHARGE FOR STUDENTS AND SCHOOL STAFF)

 

6:00 PM TO DUSK

FAMILY NIGHT

DEMONSTRATIONS AND CAMP VISITS

(NO CHARGE)

 

7:00 PM

HUNT FOR SPIES AND TRAITORS

(OFF SITE)

 

DUSK

NIGHT CANNON FIRE DEMONSTRATION

 

PARK CLOSED

 

 

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

 

9:00 AM

PARK OPEN TO SPECTATORS

 

OFFICERS CALL

(NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC)

 

10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM

CAMPS OPEN TO SPECTATORS.

SPECTATORS MAY WALK THROUGH THE ENCAMPMENTS, CHAT WITH REENACTORS AND VISIT SUTLERS. QUESTIONS ARE ENCOURAGED.

 

10:00 AM

OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS

 

10:30 AM TO NOON

LADIES TEA

(LIMITED TO FIRST 100 TO REGISTER)

Hosted by:

Tom Johnson Chapter

United Daughters of the Confederacy

 

1:30 PM

PARADE TO BATTLEFIELD

 

2:00 PM

BATTLE OF EDDYVILLE

(LIMITED BLEACHER SEATING.  CONSIDER LAWN CHAIRS)

 

3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM

CAMPS OPEN TO SPECTATORS

 

CHILDREN'S GAMES OF THE CIVIL WAR

(CHILDREN 6 TO 12 YEARS OF AGE)

 

5:30 PM

REENACTORS EVENING MEAL

(NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC)

 

 

 

7:30 PM

GRAND BALL

(LYON COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER. PUBLIC IS INVITED TO LEARN DANCES)

 

10:00 PM

PARK CLOSED TO SPECTATORS

(REENACTORS QUIET TIME)

 

 

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

 

7:00 AM

REENACTORS BREAKFAST 

 

8:30 AM

 

HYMNS OF THE CIVIL WAR

 

REENACTORS WORSHIP SERVICE

(OUTDOORS, WEATHER PERMITTING, PUBLIC INVITED)

 

10:00 AM

OFFICERS CALL

 

10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM

CAMPS OPEN TO PUBLIC

 

1:00 PM

PARADE TO BATTLEFIELD

 

1:30 PM

BATTLE OF SARATOGA SPRINGS

 

2:30 PM

PARK CLOSED TO SPECTATORS

 

 

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Presented  by:

The Lyon County Fiscal Court

The Lake Barkley Tourism Commission

 Host Units:

Cobb’s Battery

Tom Johnson Chapter, UDC

Tennessee Valley Battalion

 

Kentucky Tourism Website