[ April 4, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Georgeanne Reuter, executive director of the Kelton House Museum and Garden, will be giving a presentation on the Kelton Family of Columbus as part of Green Lawn Cemetery’s First Saturdays program. Fernando and Sophia Kelton were abolitionists whose family home was a documented stop on the Underground Railroad. Their son Oscar [...]
Ohio Historical Society Names New Members to Civil War Sesquicentennial Advisory Group
(COLUMBUS, OHIO)- Preparing for Ohio’s commemoration of the Civil War sesquicentennial (2011-2015), the Ohio Historical Society has appointed three new members to the state’s Civil War 150 Advisory Committee, announced Burt Logan, executive director and CEO of the Ohio Historical Society.
“These new members will [...]
[ May 13, 2010; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. May 14, 2010; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. May 15, 2010; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. May 16, 2010; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Demonstrations of early American life.
Presenter: Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution
The site was originally the homestead of Christian Waldschmidt who purchased the land after serving in the Revolutionary War. During the Civil War, Camp Dennison was home to one of the largest training and hospital camps in the Union Army.
The event will feature demonstrations of [...]
[ May 20, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join the Cincinnati Civil War Round Table for “The Real First Day of Chickamauga: 18 September 1863″ presented by
Dale Phillips from George Rogers Clark National Historic Park.
Mr. Phillips’s talk will center on what he considers the real first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, one of the largest battles of the [...]
[ July 29, 2011 to July 31, 2011. ] During the Civil War, Camp Dennison was home to one of the largest training and hospital camps in the Union Army.
- The event will feature demonstrations of camp life at Camp Dennison including drilling, training, shooting
- Reenactors and sutlers welcome!
- See living history presentations of Civil War Officers and soldiers
- Visitors [...]