For those interested in history North Carolina and Tennessee's history can't be fully
examined without looking at the part these two states played in the Civil War. One look
at a map and you can tell you how important North Carolina and Tennessee were during the
Civil War. These states lay like a protective blanket over the Deep South. Any Union land
invasion of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, or South Carolina had to come through
one of these two states. Today dozens of Civil War battlefields and sites have become parks
and museums in the years since the war, At many of the battlefields reenactments take place
on the actual battle sites on the anniversaries of those battles. In my visits to various
reenactments I was quite impressed with the efforts to recreate the battles as close as
possible to the way they actually occurred, and even more impressed with the pride the
reenactors take in their uniforms and equipment. For those that have never been to a
reenactment I suggest it, thus I have listed many of the reenactments that occur in or
near east Tennessee and western North Carolina.
For more information, dates and contact information please visit our Special Events Calendar.
March-Battle of
Bentonville____________________________________ Bentonville, NC
April-Battle of
Ashville ______________________________________ Ashville, NC
The
Skirmish at Jeffersonville ____________________________ Tazewell, VA
The
Battle of Bulls Gap _________________________________ Bulls Gap, TN
The Gap Divided/War Between the States
Weekend___________ Cumberland Gap, TN
May-Battle of
Wilson’s Store_________________________________ Waxhaws, NC
Reenactment at Elkhorn
City_____________________________ Elkhorn City, KY
June-Skirmish
at Warm Springs_______________________________ Hot Springs, NC
Civil War Reenactment/Clinch River Festival
_______________ St. Paul, VA
Battle
of Jonesville_____________________________________Pennington Gap, VA
July-Battle of
Boone/Christmas in July _________________________FestivalBoone, NC
The Capture of Gladesville/Battle of
Cranesnest______________Wise, VA
Battle
of Oconee_______________________________________Westminister, SC
Reenactment at Hungry Mother State Park
__________________Marion, VA
Aug.-Living
History at the Highlands __________________________ FestivalAbingdon, VA
Thunder on the
Mountain________________________________Jenkins, KY
Battle
of Saltville______________________________________ Saltville, VA
Living History at Levi Jackson State
Park___________________London, KY
