Watch a Civil War Artillery Training Camp

Camp of Instruction and Artillery Training
and Demonstration at Chatham Manor

A National Park
Week Event
April 24, 10am-3pm

Event Description from the National Park Service website:

In celebration of National Park Week, April 17-25, 2010, re-enactors of the 28th Massachusetts Infantry, a famed regiment of the Union Irish Brigade, will hold a "camp of instruction" at Chatham Manor. Exercises will include the basic manual of arms, marching in formation, essential maneuvers, and firing. The public is invited to attend and watch the soldiers at drill.

Event is from 10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. with the heaviest firing expected to occur between Noon and 2:00p.m.

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