We step back in history to a Civil War Confederate Camp with reenactors. We take a closer look at their equipment and show you how to ID metal detecting relics found from this period of time. We ...

Civil War Reenactors Aren’t Just Play-Acting. ... After a stop at the Lions Club food truck, families wandered around the camp asking questions and touching gear and trying out the rebel yell.

Slideshow: A Civil War POW Camp in Watercolor. On November 27, 1863, Union Private Robert Knox Sneden was captured by soldiers under the command of Confederate leader John Singleton Mosby at ...

Civil War Camp Day Fort Ward showcases living history. Reenactor troops pose for a photo during Civil War Camp Day Sept. 28 at Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site.

Another wave of 2,450 Confederate prisoners were sent to the camp in April 1862, Keller wrote. Nearly 30,000 Confederate prisoners were housed at Camp Douglas through the end of the war in 1865.

Post-war the camp was demolished, leaving history to soak into the ground that fostered it. Volunteering soldiers may have settled nearby. Only after the Civil War did a strong Black community ...

Juneteenth celebration in Detroit honors historic Civil War camp 00:47. June 19, 2025, will mark the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved black ...