Civil War Days Encampment

17th Annual Civil War Encampment

Saturday, May 5, 2012
10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Sunday, May 6, 2012
10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum
1075 Pilgrim Parkway, Brookfield, Wisconsin

During this two day event, Confederate and Union soldier re-enactors will camp overnight on the grounds of the Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum.

Visitors will be able to:

• Walk through the soldiers' campsites and see soldiers readying for battle
  
  
• View a skirmish, and see an artillery demonstration
  
  
• Hear the cannons roar
  
  
• Listen to addresses by Abraham Lincoln
  
  
• Learn about the Civil War and the role Wisconsin played in the war

Visitors will also learn what it was like to live during the Civil War. They can:

• Tour the historic Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum that has been restored with authentic artifacts
  
  
• Stop in at the blacksmith shop, the smoke house, the ice house and the Donaldson Visitor’s Center and Gift Shop
  
  
• Observe or talk to a blacksmith, a tinsmith, a beekeeper, a fortune teller, a coppersmith, a Marshal, a mortician as well as dismounted cavalry etc.

• Visit the Mourning Room in the Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum

• See a special exhibit of old photos of Waukesha County: Towns of Merton, Waukesha and North Lake from the collection of the Halfway House Restaurant.
  
  
• Learn how clothing and other items were made in the 1860s -spinning, quilting , bobbin lace making etc.

• Listen to music and stories by Alexander & Kinter

• Attend a 1860’s Fashion Show on Saturday
  
  
• Purchase handmade goods from merchants: candles, quilts, clothing, honey, baskets, tinware, lace, carpets, buttons, hard tack, toys, soaps etc.
  
  
• Participate in children's games as children would have in the 1860's

• View drilling demonstrations

• Purchase raffle tickets and other gift items at the Donaldson Visitor's Center & Gift Shop

Food and beverages will be available.

ADMISSION

Free parking is available at:

Pilgrim Park Middle School
1500 Pilgrim Parkway, Elm Grove, WI

and at

North Shore Bank, North Parking Lot
15700 W. Blue Mound Road, Brookfield, WI

A free shuttle will be provided to the grounds of the Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum.

Schedule of Events

To be announced.

2010 Civil War Encampment

Crowds gather to see the canon fire.

Confederate troops come out from hiding in the underbrush.

Union troops receive their orders.

Union Soldiers get ready to fire the canon.

Union troops fire canon.

President Lincoln examines wares sold by a sutler during the Civil War Encampment.

Ladies gather to chat and have some refreshments.

The Regimental Band of Wisconsin performs authentic Civil War music during the Civil War Encampment.

Soldiers talk on the front porch of the Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum during the Civil War Encampment.