Skirmish at Fort Harker Camp Life School Day
Friday, September 30, 2022
10:00AM -12:00PM
Address:
Sawmill Road, Stevenson, AL 35772
(Sawmill Road dead ends into the fort/encampment)
Time:
Please arrive around 9:30 AM to park, use the facilities, etc so our tour can start at 10AM. We will meet under the large tent.
Cost:
FREE for all, students and parents, grandparents are welcome as well.
RSVP:
Please send a RSVP by Wednesday, September 28 via email with your number of parents and students to: fieldtripmoney@gmail.com
RSVP numbers needed as a courtesy for their volunteer numbers.
The volunteers LOVE questions and enjoy interacting with students and parents. Please feel free to ask your questions. They enjoy making history come alive for the kids.
Details:
On School Day, Captain Jarrod Farley will give an overall history of the Civil War, and then we will break into groups for the tour.
Please feel free to bring a lunch to enjoy afterwards on the grounds.
There will be re-enactments on Saturday and Sunday as well. Battles at 2PM. FREE ALL WEEKEND!
This is the first year of having a reenactment at this location and the volunteers and city are excited to bring this to the public!
Background:
Fort Harker, located near Stevenson, AL, was a military fortifications built by the Union Army during the American Civil War. Constructed in the summer of 1862 by soldiers and freed slaves of the Army of the Cumberland, the fort helped secure strategic railroad lines to ensure the free movement of Union troops and supplies in southeastern Tennessee and northeastern Alabama. Union General William Rosencrans established his headquarters at Fort Harker in July, 1863, from where he directed a successful campaign against the position of Confederate General Braxton Bragg in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The fort would be abandoned after the war and fall into disrepair. After restoration, the site became a city park in 1985.
There will be re-enactments on Saturday and Sunday as well. Battles at 2PM. FREE ALL WEEKEND!
This is the first year of having a reenactment at this location and the volunteers and city are excited to bring this to the public!
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