The 16th Annual Civil War Weekend at the Grange

Hosted by the 67th New York Volunteer Infantry
The First Long Island Volunteers

With help from Co. H, 14th Brooklyn, Co. C, the 9th Virginia, Co. B, the 30th Virginia, the 6th New York Independent Battery, the Society of the Grand Army of the Republic (SOGAR), plus the Sons and Daughters of Union Veterans, & the Town of Islip

September 14 - September 15, 2024

Saturday: 10am to 5pm, Sunday: 10am to 3pm

FREE ADMISSION and FREE PARKING

Step into the 1860’s and witness battles between the Blue & the Gray, visit their camps, listen to period music, and immerse yourself in the life of this most extraordinary time in America’s history

SCHEDULE
(subject to change)

Saturday, September 14, 2024

10:00 AM: Camp open; camp life demonstrations, School of the Soldier start and continue throughout day
10:00 AM: First Artillery Demonstration (Artillery demos will be held every hour on the hour)
10:15 AM: Recruit and Drill Demonstrations
11:15 AM: Pay Call in Union Camp
1200 NOON: Camp life and commissary meals served to Union and Confederate soldiers
1:15 PM: Skirmish
2:00 PM: Preparations in the camps for battle. Listen for announcements.
2:15 PM: Presentation at the Medical Tent “Civil War Islip Town” and then proceed to viewing sight for the battle.
3:00 PM: Battle Begins (approximately 40 minutes in duration)
3:50 PM: Sick call and medical demonstration at the Union Hospital – Dinner preparations in the camps
6:00 PM: Dinner in camps served to Union and Confederate soldiers
7:30 PM: Flag retirement ceremony and memorial service – Union Camp (Open to public)
9:00 PM: ‘Tattoo’ – Public program ends for the evening (Camps close to public)

Sunday, September 15, 2024

10:00 AM: Camp open; camp life demonstrations, School of the Soldier start and continue throughout day
10:15 AM: Recruit and drilling demonstration/Loading and firing competition in Union Camp.
11:00 AM: Civil War era church service in the chapel (approximately 30 minutes)
11:40 AM: Presentation at the Medical Tent “Civil War Islip Town”
12:00 NOON: First Artillery Demonstration (Artillery demos will be held every hour on the hour)
12:00 NOON: Camp life and commissary meals served to Union and Confederate soldiers
12:30 PM: Preparations in the camps for battle. Listen for announcements.
1:00 PM: Battle Begins (approximately 40 minutes in duration)
2:15 PM: Sick call and medical demonstration at the Union Hospital
3:00 PM: Last artillery demonstration in Union Camp
3:15 PM: Program Ends. Camps closed.



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Located at the Town of Islip's Grange
10 Broadway Ave., Sayville, NY 11782

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