Calendar of Events

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Ongoing Opportunities

Battlefield Orientation Talks Ongoing
Monocacy Twilight Hikes Evenings, May-October
Historic Frederick Walking Tour May to October
Frederick Civil War Walking Tour May to October
Art & Architecture Walking Tour May to October
Drunk & Disorderly: Frederick in the Civil War Walking Tour May to October
Murder & Mayhem Walking Tour Saturdays in October
Stitches in Time Third Saturdays at 10 AM
One Vast Hospital – Downtown Frederick Civil War Walking Tour Sundays, July to October
Union Mills Homestead Exhibit Weekends, October 6-21
Wine & Ghost Spirits October 20, 28, 30, 31 at 6:30 PM
Guided Tour of the Pry House Field Hospital Museum Saturdays from October to December 1

Twilight's Last Gleaming

October 20 & 21

Hear the thunder of artillery and learn about the role it played during the Battle of South Mountain at Gathland State Park. Read More

Gathland State Park

900 Arnoldtown Road
Jefferson, MD 21755
301-432-0452

Civil War Meeting and Talk on the Battle of Tom’s Brook

October 25 at 7:30 PM

Author William Miller will discuss his book, Decision at Tom's Brook, describing five days of cavalry action in 1864 between General George Custer and General Thomas Rosser. Read More

Homewood Suites

1650 Pullman Lane
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Website
301-766-9516
$

Ghoulish and Ghastly: Civil War After Dark

October 26 at 7 and 8 PM

Join the staff and volunteers of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine for an “After Hours” tour highlighting ghoulish and ghastly true stories. Read More

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

48 East Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Website
301-695-1864
$

Haunted History at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine

October 31 at 7 PM

Hear ghostly tales from the past while touring the darkened galleries of the “most haunted building in Frederick” on Halloween Night. Read More

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

48 East Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Website
301-695-1864
$

11th Corps Field Hospitals of Gettysburg

November 3 at 2:30 PM

Witness Civil War medical care through the eyes of one Connecticut regiment at Gettysburg. Read More

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

48 East Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Website
301-695-1864
$

South Mountain Artillery Cannon Demonstration & Hike

November 3

Attend November's Newcomer House Porch Program for cannon firing demonstrations and a hike on the Tidball Trail. Read More

Newcomer House

18422 Shepherdstown Pike
Keedysville, MD 21756
240-308-1740

Porch Program: South Mountain Artillery Cannon Demonstration

November 4

Feel the thunder of artillery fire at the Newcomer House. Read More

Newcomer House

18422 Shepherdstown Pike
Keedysville, MD 21756
240-308-1740

Artificial Limbs During the Civil War

November 8 at 7 PM

Scholars estimate that more than 60,000 amputations were performed during the Civil War. On November 8, learn more about the artificial limbs supplied to soldiers who lost limbs during the conflict. Read More