Next date: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 | 05:30 PM to 06:30 PM
Explore the life of the common Union private soldier as he experienced it during the Civil War, including daily life and drill, leisure time in the 19th century army, cooking in the field, and those brutal moments of terror in battle.
Join local history enthusiast Jeff Lawrence, while we uncover "The Late Unpleasantness" of the war told in soldiers’ own words, prose, poetry, letters home, and diaries.
Registration is encouraged, but not required.