October 2, 2009
ALL DAY "School Days"
Local schools will be taking field trips to the festival
grounds to learn about Catoosa County during the Civil War.
October 3, 2009
Festival Grounds Open at 9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. Unveiling Ceremony
General Patrick Cleburne Statue
Ringgold Confederate Park, Hwy. 41
(Shuttles will be provided from the festival grounds to the ceremony.)
Art Exhibition at the Ringgold Depot
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
SHUTTLES WILL BE PROVIDED FROM THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS ON ROBIN ROAD TO THE STATUE SITE AND TO THE DEPOT IN DOWNTOWN RINGGOLD.
Cleburne's Tent Historical Lecture Schedule
11:00 a.m. Storyteller General Sherman and the Georgia Belles: Tales of the Women Left Behind Written By Cathy Kaemmerlen - Book signing to follow
12:00 p.m. Bruce Stewart
Author of Invisible Hero: General Patrick R. Cleburne
1:00 p.m. Jim Ogden, Historian
Chickamauga Battlefield
2:00 p.m. Mauriel Joslyn
Author & Immediate Past President of the Gen. Patrick Cleburne Society
3:00 p.m. Ron Tunison
Historical Sculptor & Creator of General Patrick Cleburne Statue
4:00 p.m. Thomas Cartwright, Historian
Cleburne's Life & Death
5:00 p.m. Cathy Kaemmerlen, Storyteller Appearing as Clara Barton
6:00 p.m. Bill Clark, Historian
Catoosa County History
General's Tent Schedule
12:00 p.m. Button Willow Church Play
3:00 p.m. Button Willow Church Play
7:00 p.m. Period Ball (the public is invited to join in Civil War period dances
RTC Tent Schedule
All Day - Looking at Lincoln Exhibit Provided by: Gilder Lehrman, Institute of American History
Mountain Cove Bluegrass Band
Performing at 11:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m.
Living History Experience Camp Provided by Hardee Guard Battalion.
Static Living History all afternoon. Camps open to public day and evening.
11:30 am - 5:00 pm Unit and First Person Impressions Confederate Camps.
12:00 Noon - 5:30 pm. Roving and static music, period songs and tunes of the Civil War.
12:00 Noon - 1:00pm. In Confederate Camp Join the Army! Kids and Adults for some fun drill and learn about the average soldier. Individual Units, School of the Soldier.
12:30 pm - 1:00pm. Artillery Demonstration
1:00 - 2:00 pm. Drill Demonstration, School of the Company. Various units Hardee’s Guard Battalion.
1:30 pm - 2:00pm Speaker, Stephen McKinney, (General and Historian) and Staff, on functions of brigade and staff positions in the field.
2:30 pm - 3:00pm. Artillery Demonstration
3:00 pm - 4:00pm. Drill Demonstration, School of the Battalion.
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm. Artillery Demonstration.
5:30 pm - Guard & Picket Details
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