The Action at Wilson’s Wharf
2008 Schedule of Events
Noon – 11:00 pm Registration open - for early arrival, please contact event administrator @ 804-240-4828
9 pm Officer’s meeting at Museum House
7:00 am Possible tactical
8:30 am Officers meeting at the Museum House
9:00 am Morning parade
10:00 am Camps open to public - guided fort tours begin**
11:15 am “How Did They Fight?” lecture by Dr. E. Curtis Alexander, Curator, Bells Mill Historical Research and Restoration Society. Museum House
11:45 Military Rrecruiting and Artillery Demonstrations, battlefield
12:15 pm Troops form for battle
12:15 pm Comments by Harrison R. Tyler, owner, Fort Pocahontas followed by
Guest Speaker, Judith Ledbetter, Director of Charles City County Center for Local History, Spectator Tent
12:45 pm Battle Commentary by William Potter, staff historian, Vision Forum Ministries Faith and Freedom Tour, Spectator Tent
1:00 pm Battle Reenactment: The Action at Wilson’s Wharf
2:00 pm Civil War roundtable discussion will be held between interested individual and reenactors
2:00 pm Meet General Godfrey Weitzel at the Museum House, following the battle
3:00 pm Building the Artillery Platform and Signal Tower, East Bastion
3:30 pm Afternoon Tea, Civilian Reenactors only, the Museum House
4:00 pm Camps closed to public
8:30 pm Signal Tower Demonstration and Artillery Night Fire, battlefield
11:30 pm Lights out
7:00 am Reveille
8:00 am Registration open
8:30 am Officers Meeting at the Museum House
9:00 am Morning parade
10:00 am Camps open to public - guided fort tours begin**
10:00 am Church & Memorial Service, at the Museum House
11:00 am “How Did They Fight?” lecture by Dr. E. Curtis Alexander, Curator, Bells Mill Historical Research and Restoration Society. Museum House
11:45 Military Recruiting and Artillery Demonstrations, battlefield
12:15 pm Troops form for battle
12:15 pm Comments by Harrison R. Tyler, owner, Fort Pocahontas followed by
Guest speaker, Richard Bowman, President Charles City Historical Society and direct descendant of Robert Brown, USCT, Spectator Tent
12:45 pm Battle Commentary by William Potter, staff historian, Vision Forum Ministries Faith and Freedom Tour, Spectator Tent
1:00 pm Battle Reenactment: The Action at Wilson’s Wharf
2:00 pm Meet the Generals, at the Museum House, following the battle
3:00 pm Building the Signal Tower and Embrasure, East Bastion
3:00 pm Last guided fort tour
4:00 pm Camps closed to visitors.
** Guided Fort tour/ Living History Presentations throughout the day, tour times posted and begin at Museum House.