150 Years | Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial

The 2013 Tennessee Signature Event will be jointly sponsored by the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, Tennessee Historical Society, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Friends of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, and the Chattanooga Convention and Visitors Bureau.  All events sponsored by the TCWNHA are free and open to the public. 

REGISTRATION:  Seating is limited, to reserve your seats please register via email at tn.civilwar150@tn.gov or call the registration line at 615-532-7520.

For more information regarding lodging to attend the 2013 Tennessee Signature Event and special sesquicentennial pricing click the link below.

http://www.chattanoogafun.com/tncivilwar150th.

Please note $5.00 of the rate for most hotels goes to the Friends of the Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park.

The complete agenda for the 2013 Tennessee Signature Event is now available for download!

Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Signature Event

October 9-12, 2013

Chattanooga Convention Center

OCTOBER 9 - 12, 2013

The following activities will be held throughout the event, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET, Chattanooga Convention Center.  

Beyond the Battlefield: Heroes & Legends
Educational programs will include historian/musician Bobby Horton, historical interpreter Nicole Moore and Interpretive Park Ranger Gerry Allen.  Living historians from Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Sons of Confederate Veterans and the U.S. Colored Troops will provide historical demonstrations related to the battles.

Sesquicentennial Civil War Exhibit  
Tennessee State Museum and Tennessee State Library and Archives will present a special exhibit of artifacts with a direct connection to The Battles for Chattanooga and the stories behind the artifacts - available for viewing on these two days only.

OCTOBER 9 – 10, 2013

The following workshops will be available two days. 

Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee 

1 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET on Oct. 9; 9 am to 1 pm ET on Oct. 10, Chattanooga Convention Center

Sponsored by Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA), Tennessee State Museum and Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, www.tn.gov/tsla/cwtn.

REGISTRATION: To schedule a reservation with the archivists call (615) 741-1883 or e-mail civilwar.tsla@tn.gov. Walk-ins are welcome.

Teaching Occupation and Liberation: Primary Sources from the Library of Congress

9 a.m. – 3 p.m., ET, Chattanooga Convention Center

Workshop open to K-12 educators.

REGISTRATION:  To register for the workshop, please contact Kira Duke at kira.duke@mtsu.edu or (615) 898-2605.

Sponsored by MTSU Center for Historic Preservation, http://www.mtsuhistpres.org//.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Keynote Address:  Amy Murrell Taylor, PhD, Associate Professor of History, University of Kentucky

7 – 8:30 p.m. ET, Chattanooga Convention Center

Book Signing with Author

Friday, October 11, 2013

Opening Ceremony
10 – 11:30 a.m. ET, Chattanooga Convention Center

Musical performance by The Chattanooga Musicaners

Special Preservation Announcement

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

Session 1: Battles for Chattanooga

1:30 – 3:00 p.m. ET, Chattanooga Convention Center
Moderator: Dr. William Glenn Robertson,  Historian and Author

Speakers: Peter Cozzens, Author, Brooks Simpson, ASU Foundation Professor of History, Arizona State University, Wiley Sword, Historian and Author

Book Signing with Authors

Special Remarks
3:30 p.m. ET, Chattanooga Convention Center

Speaker:  Dr. Carroll Van West, Co-Chair, Tennessee Sesquicentennial Commission, Director, TCWNHA, Director, MTSU Center for Historic Preservation

Musical Performance 

7 pm - 8:45 pm ET, Chattanooga Convention Center

Special Musical Performance: Bobby Horton, Civil War music historian and performer

Bobby Horton will present a concert of mid-19th century music which will explore the music of both North and South and tell the stories of the American Civil War.  Bobby Horton is widely recognized as one of the country's leading authorities on music from the Civil War period.  This free concert will be hosted by The Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.  

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Session 2:  Military Strategy in the Civil War

9 – 10:30 a.m. ET, Chattanooga Convention Center

Moderator: Sam Elliott, Historian and Author, Chairman, Tennessee Historical Commission

Speakers: Dr. James L. McDonough, Historian and Author, Richard McMurry, Historian and Author, Dr. William Glenn Robertson, Historian and Author

Session 3: Commemoration & Memorialization

1 – 2:30 p.m. ET, Chattanooga Convention Center

Moderator:Dr. Carroll Van West, TCWNHA

Speakers: Dr. Antoinette Van Zelm, Historian, Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, Norman Hill, Middle  Tennessee Representative, Tennessee Historical Commission, Traci Nichols, Historian

Special Tours of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Point Park on Lookout Mountain Battlefield, Orchard Knob and Missionary Ridge Battlefields, Chattanooga's National Cemetery and Confederate Cemetery (Buses will depart from the Chattanooga Convention Center) (*Ticketed tours) Sponsored by CCNMP, The Friends of CCNMP, TCWNHA, and Chattanooga CVB

National Treasures 2013 (Ticketed event)
Sponsored by The Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

TICKETS:  To purchase tickets in advance for the tours or the National Treasures event please contact The Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, 423-684-5623, friendsofchch@gmail.com,  www.friendsofchch.org.

2013 EVENT REGISTRATION:  Seating for the 2013 Tennessee Signature Event is limited, to reserve your seat register by email at tn.civilwar150@tn.gov or call the registration line at 615-532-7520. 

Event is planned for November 13-14, 2014 in Franklin,TN. Check back for more information.

Event is planned for Summer 2015. Check back for more information.

APRIL 4-5 PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Seating is limited. Please register to vionne.williams@tn.gov or call 615-741-2159

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
10 am, Pickwick Landing State Park, Pickwick Dam, Tennessee http://www.tn.gov/environment/parks/PickwickLanding/

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. | Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee
This new initiative, "Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee," provides Tennesseans the opportunity to have their Civil War manuscripts, artifacts and photographs digitally copied. The  Civil War photos and memorabilia is available online at http://www.tn.gov/tsla/cwtn/ Presented by Tennessee State Library & Archives

Red Carpet Film Premiere:
7 pm, The Story of Shiloh: “Fiery Trial”

Thursday, April 5, 2012
9 am, Pickwick Landing State Park

Opening Ceremony
Governor Bill Haslam

Special guests to be announced and musical performances will include The 52nd Regimental String Band

Commissioner Susan Whitaker and Dr. Carroll Van West, Co-Chairs, Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission

Battle of Shiloh Forum featuring the foremost Shiloh historians:  The Fall of Tennessee: Fort Donelson to Davis Bridge
10 am , Pickwick Landing State Park

Moderator and Panelists:

Larry Daniel, Historian and Author
James McDonough, Auburn University
John Marszalek, Mississippi  State University
Wiley Sword, Historian and Author

Additional presentations and activities:

The Battle of Shiloh
Stacy Allen, Chief Ranger, Shiloh National Military Park

Shiloh: The Preservation Story
Timothy Smith, University of Tennessee, Martin

Preview of NPT Civil War Documentary
Dr. Carroll Van West, Director, TCWNHA

Closing Remarks by Dr. Carroll Van West, Director, TCWNHA
12:30 p.m.

Sesquicentennial Civil War Exhibit
Presented by the Tennessee State Museum and Tennessee State Library and Archives
9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Pickwick Landing State Park

Living History – “Shiloh Heroes & Legends”

9 a.m.  – 12:30 p.m., Pickwick Landing State Park
Living history will include re-enactors from the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Company A, 13th United States Colored Troops

APRIL 6-7, 2012
Special commemoration activities presented by Shiloh National Military Park www.nps.gov/shil/ 

Special Extended Tours

Grand Illumination of Shiloh National Battlefield
23,746 luminaries, one for each American soldier killed, wounded or missing at Shiloh

For hotel information, please contact:

Pickwick Landing State Park
Park Road / PO Box 15
Pickwick Dam, TN 38365

Reservations:
731-689-3135 or 1-800-250-8615

Sesquicentennial Rate:
$75.00 + tax