Lincoln Days Civil War Reenactment
Dates: June 1-2, 2024, at Pittsfield Lake
Sponsored by:
The Abe Lincoln Project
Looking for Lincoln in Pike County
Experience the Civil War
- Free Parking & Admission
- Experience a Civil War Battle (Sat and Sun)
- Demonstrations of Artillery, Cavalry, Naval Warfare & More
- Meet Civil War-Era Personalities like President Lincoln, Generals Grant & Lee
- Civil War Games & Activities for Kids
Saturday June 1, 2024
9:00 AM – NAVAL COLORS in the Navy Camp
10 :00 AM -ARTILLERY, CAVALRY, INFANTRY, NAVAL & CIVILIAN
CAMPS OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO VISIT
10:00 AM – NAVIES IN THE CIVIL WAR Naval camp
10:00 AM –CHRIS VALLILLO IN CONCERT - Blue & white tent
10:30 AM – SOLDIER'S AIDE SOCIETY– Blue & white tent
11:00 AM – LADIES & GENTLEMEN'S FASHION SHOW & LEMONADE PARTY
MRS. LINCOLN TO HOST w/SOLDIER'S AIDE SOCIETY-Blue & white
12 NOON- 10 th IL CAVALRY BAND IN CONCERT – Blue & white tent
1:00 PM – CHRIS VALLILLO IN CONCERT AT BATTLEFIELD
1:30 PM - BATTLE REENACTMENT - Battlefield
2:30 PM - THE MAGICAL MYSTERIES OF SEAN LEWIS Blue & white tent
3:00 PM – NAVIGATION IN THE 1860'S - Naval camp
3:30 PM – PRES. & MRS. LINCOLN, GEN. GRANT & GEN. LEE DISCUSS THE
CIVIL WAR– CAUSES & EFFECTS - Blue & white tent
4 :30 PM – PRES. LINCOLN & THE CREW OF THE NEVERSINK HAVE TEA
Naval Camp
6: 00 PM -7:00 PM CIVIL WAR DANCE Blue & white tent INTERMISSION THEN
7:30 – 8:30 PM DANCE RESUMES
9:00 PM – NIGHT CANNON FIRING – Naval camp
Sunday June 2, 2024
10:00 AM CAMPS OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO VISIT
10:00 AM - 1860'S PERIOD CHURCH SERVICE & MEMORIAL SERVICE
11:00 AM – THE MAGICAL MYSTERIES OF SEAN LEWIS Blue & white tent
11:30 AM- CHRIS VALILLO IN CONCERT – Blue & white tent
1:00 PM – CHRIS VALILLO IN CONCERT AT BATTLEFIELD
1:30 PM - BATTLE REENACTMENT – Battlefield
OUR SINCERE THANKS
OUR WONDERFUL CIVIL WAR REENACTORS AND PRESENTERS
WITHOUT WHOM THIS EVENT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE!!!
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR REENACTMENT FAMILY!!!
THE 22ND ANNUAL LINCOLN DAYS CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT IS SPONSORED BY:
THE ABE LINCOLN PROJECT/ LOOKING FOR LINCOLN
IN PIKE COUNTY & THE CITY OF PITTSFIELD
CASS COMMUNICATIONS
COUNTY MARKET
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK OF GRIGSVILLE
ILLINI HOSPITAL
YOGI BEAR'S JELLYSTONE PARK & RV RESORT @ PINE LAKES
MC DONALD'S RESTAURANT
NIEBUR FUNERAL HOME
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
PITTSFIELD LODGE # 790 A.F.& F.M.
PIKE COUNTY EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
PIKE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PIKE – SCOTT FARM BUREAU
UNITED COMMUNITY BANK
WALMART
WILLIAM WATSON HOTEL
Directions to Pittsfield Lake
From Springfield/Quincy
I-72 to Exit 35 (Pittsfield/Griggsville)
Go South for 2 Miles on HWY 54/107
Left (East) on Pleasant Grove Street (270th Ave.)
Go 1.6 Miles to Lake Pittsfield Dr., Turn Right
From Pittsfield
North on HWY 54/107 (Jackson Street) for 2 Miles
Right (East) on Pleasant Grove Street (250th Ave.)
Go 1.6 Miles to Lake Pittsfield Dr., Turn Right