THE EVENTS
MILITARY SCHEDULE
Friday, July 3
* 10 a.m.: Mortar fire demonstration
* 4 p.m.: First Contact: The Great Battle Begins: Buford's stand, Reynolds' 1st Corps, Heth's division, Rodes arrives, the Confederate sweep
Saturday, July 4
* 10 a.m.: Hood's Advance: the Triangular Field, the Orange Blossoms Fall, the Battle for Little Round Top begins, the Wheatfield
* 1 p.m.: Cavalry battle actions
* 2 p.m.: The Battle for Little Round Top Rages: Vincent's Brigade and the 20th Maine, the Pennsylvania Reserves, the Valley of Death, Bigelow's Battery
* 4 p.m.: Culp's Hill
Sunday, July 5
* 9:30 a.m.: Stuart's Grand Review
* 1:30 p.m.: Pickett's Charge
CIVILIAN SCHEDULE
Thursday, July 2
* 6 p.m.-7 p.m.: Panel discussion on unit/organization recruitment (tentative)
* 7 p.m.-7:45 p.m.: Civilian Committee meeting (for committee members, speakers and activity participants)
Friday, July 3
* 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: "Confederate Substitutions," talk by Virginia Mescher
* 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m.: "History and Fashion of Men's Cravats," talk by Lynn Bull
* 10 a.m.: General Lee speaks on the battle, Lee's Headquarters
* 10 a.m.: General Meade speaks on the battle, Meade's Headquarters
* 10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Civil War-era fashion show narrated by Susan Hughes, editor of Citizen's Companion Magazine
* Noon-1 p.m.: "Civil War Past Lives," regression talk by hypnotherapist Barbara Lane
* 1 p.m.: General Lee speaks on the battle, Lee's Headquarters
* 1 p.m.: General Meade speaks, Meade's Headquarters
* 1 p.m.-2 p.m.: "A Lady's Underpinnings: What They Wore" and FTC "Appropriate Dress for an Encampment," demonstration and talk Carolann Schmitt
* 1 p.m.: Period craft demonstrations by Vickie Betts and Virginia Mescher, Confederate Camp
* 2 p.m.-3 p.m.: Band concert
* 3 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Victorian parlor music
* 7 p.m.-7:45 p.m.: National meeting of the U.S./C.S. Military Women's Association
* 8 p.m.: Camp dance with the 8th Regimental Brass Band
Saturday, July 4
* 9 a.m.-10 a.m.: "Lieutenant Colonel Fremantle, an Englishman at Gettysburg," talk by impressionist Roger Hughes
* 9 a.m.: General Meade speaks, Meade's Headquarters
* 11 a.m.: General Lee speaks on the battle, Lee's Headquarters
* 11 a.m.: General Hancock speaks on the battle, Meade's Headquarters
* 11 a.m.-noon: "Children's Activities and Games of the 19th Century," talk and demonstration by Mike Mescher
* 11a.m.-1:15 p.m.: "A Brief History of Temperance"
* 11:15-noon: Civil War-era Temperance Rally by the Daughters of Temperance
* Noon-12:30 p.m.: "How To Get Started in Civil War Re-enacting," talk by Pvt. Glen LeBoeuf, 3rd New Jersey Infantry
* Noon: Historic re-creation of the concert performed by the 11th and 26th North Carolina Bands at Lee's Headquarters, Gettysburg, 1863, performed at Lee's Headquarters
* 1 p.m.: General Lee speaks, Lee's Headquarters
* 1 p.m.: General Meade speaks, Meade's Headquarters
* 1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Concert by the 2nd South Carolina String Band
* 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: "Confederate Blockade-Running," talk by Blaine Piper
* 3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Civil War fashion show, narrated by Susan Hughes, editor of Citizen's Companion Magazine
* 5 p.m.-6 p.m.: Band concert
* 6:30 p.m.: "Civil War Past Lives," regression talk bt Barbara Lane
L * 8 p.m.: Camp dance with the 2nd South Carolina String Band
Sunday, July 5
* 8 a.m.-9 a.m.: Church services
* 9 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Historical show of Civil War uniforms
* 10 a.m.-10:45 a.m.: A Civil War-era wedding
* 11 a.m.-noon: "The United States Christian Commission: Their History and Efforts in the Civil War," talk by author-publisher Daniel Hoisington
* Noon: "Temperance Tableau" by the civilians of the Texas Rifles
* 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: 5th Michigan Regiment Band concert
Civilian activities take place in the civilian activities tent unles otherwise noted.
Pub Date: 6/28/98