Join living history representatives to learn about the U.S. Signal Corps and send your own messages with flags.
Civil War
Experience history come to life at the Pry House during a special living history event with the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry
Come to the Pry House and hear Antietam Battlefield Guides discuss the Army brigades of the 1862 Maryland Campaign and the Battle of Antietam
Director of Education John Lustrea will discuss Dr. Brian Jordan’s research on Civil War era soldiers and veterans.
The U.S. Signal Corps was founded in the Civil War. Learn how it developed and how it is still in use in today’s Army.
NPS Ranger Steve T. Phan will talk about Camp Nelson and the role it played in the African American struggle for freedom.
John Lustrea will talk with Lorien Foote about the attempts of Union and Confederates to conduct “civilized warfare” and how that definition changed.
Learn about the Mississippi Marine Brigade, one of the most unusual units to fight in the Civil War.
John Lustrea will talk with Tracey McIntire and Audrey Scanlan-Teller about women who disguised themselves as men and fought in the Civil War
