161st Anniversary Battle of New Market Commemoration

Saturday, May 17th & Sunday, 18th 2025, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

SATURDAY SCHEDULE

10 a.m. – Artillery Firing Kickoff

10-10:30 a.m. – Union Army Drill and Black Powder  Demos

10:30 -11 a.m. – Medical Demo

11:15-11:45 a.m. – Drill with the Confederate Army

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. – Guided Battlefield Tour

12 -12:45 p.m. – Author Talk- Karl Wayne Rhodes “Peggy’s War”

12:30 -1 p.m. – Artillery Demo & Talk

1:15-1:45 pm – Medical Demo

2 - 2:30 p.m. – Drill with the Union Army

2:30 - 3 p.m. – Confederate Army Drill and Black Powder Demos

3:15 –3:45 p.m. – Artillery Demo & Talk

3:30 - 4:15p.m. – Guided Battlefield Tour

3:45 - 4:15 p.m. – Civil War Era Rounders Game (Baseball)

5 p.m. – Museum and grounds close to public

SUNDAY SCHEDULE

9:45 -10:45 a.m. – Union Army Drill & Walk to 54^th PA Monument for Ceremony

10:30 - 11:15 a.m. – Guided Battlefield Tour

10:45 -11:15 a.m. – Medical Demo

11:15 - 11:30 a.m. – Confederate Ceremony at Woodson’s Monument

11:45 a.m.-12 p.m. – Cadet Ceremony at Orchard Fence plus Artillery Firing

12:15 -12:45 p.m. – Artillery Demo & Talk  

1 - 1:30 p.m. – Confederate Drill & Live Black Powder  Demos

1:45 - 2:15 p.m. – Medical Demo

2:15 - 3 p.m. – Guided Battlefield Tour

5 p.m. – Museum & Grounds Close to the public

Programming Offered All Weekend

Military Camp Life

Cooking Demonstrations in the Bushong Summer            Kitchen

Bushong Farm and House open for self-guided tours

Period games & dancing at the Bushong Farm

Shopping in the General’s Store

Weekend Map