This event will take place on Saturday 10-5 pm and Sunday 11-3 pm. Both sides settled into a siege along the Warwick River and around Yorktown.Ĭome see this historic siege recreated at locations impacted by armies from both sides. Magruder’s Confederate Army of the Peninsula, while reinforcements from General Joseph Johnston’s army began arriving from northern Virginia. By early April, they had been stopped by General John B. Monroe and Newport News Point and began making their way towards Richmond. McClellan’s Union Army of the Potomac landed at Ft. In the spring of 1862, over 100,000 soldiers of General George B. Admission to all programs is included in the site’s regular entrance fee, $8 for adults, $7 for seniors ages 62 and over, and $6 for children ages 7-18. Tours of the historic house will be offered every half-hour from 10 a.m. Civil War summer camp counselors will also be on hand to answer questions about the children’s summer camp sessions as well as offering those young and old the chance to practice marching like a soldier.Įvent hours are 10 a.m. Soldiers’ camps will be open throughout each day and there will be civilian living history demonstrations adjacent to the historic house. Visit historic Endview Plantation to learn about daily life for Civil War soldiers, as well as life on the home front during a special weekend of programming. Experience life during the Civil War at the annual Endview Plantation Civil War Living History Weekend on April 13-14, 2019 at the historic Endview Plantation in Newport News, Virginia.
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