2022 Twilight Pop Up Tours
Summer 2022 Twilight Tours
The American Battlefield Trust is proud to present our second annual "Summer Twilight Tour" series. Join fellow history buffs from across the county on Friday and Saturday nights this June and July as we explore iconic battlefields from America's past, and visit some of the land that the members of the American Battlefield Trust helped to preserve.
“A Little Short of Boats” – The Battle of Ball’s Bluff | Leesburg, VA
Historian: Jim Anderson, Friends of Ball's Bluff
Date: Friday, June 3
Vicksburg | Vicksburg, MS
Historian: Timothy B. Smith, Author & Historian
Date: Friday, June 3
The Paoli Massacre | Malvern, PA
Historian: Michael Harris, Author & Historian
Date: Saturday, June 4
The Wrong End of the Gun | Dunn, NC
Historian: Staff of Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site
Date: Saturday, June 4
Brandy Station: Fighting for Fleetwood Hill | Brandy Station, VA
Historian: Daniel T. Davis, American Battlefield Trust
Date: Friday, June 10
The Fight for the Ravine at Averasboro | Dunn, NC
Historian: Staff of Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site
Date: Friday, June 10
The Battle of Camden | Camden, SC
Historian: Rick Wise, South Carolina Battleground Trust
Date: Saturday, June 11
That Furious Struggle: Jackson's Flank Attack | Chancellorsville, VA
Historians: Kristopher D. White, American Battlefield Trust & Dr. Chris Mackowski, Emerging Civil War
Date: Friday, June 17
The Musket Balls Flew Very Thick: The Battle of Mine Run | Locust Grove, VA
Historians: Sarah Kay Bierle & Kristopher D. White, American Battlefield Trust
Date: Saturday, June 18
With Great Energy and Spirit: The Battle of Kettle Run, August 27, 1862 | Bristow, VA
Historian: Kevin Pawlak & Billy Griffith, Prince William County
Date: Friday, June 24
Cedar Creek | Middletown, VA
Historians: Sarah Kay Bierle, American Battlefield Trust & Jon Tracey, National Park Service
Date: Saturday, June 25
Stevens Knoll at Gettysburg | Gettysburg, PA
Historian: Garry Adelman, American Battlefield Trust
Date: Friday, July 1
The Epicenter at Antietam | Sharpsburg, MD
Historians: Garry Adelman, American Battlefield Trust & Tom Clemens, Save Historic Antietam Foundation
Date: Friday, July 8
The Wrong End of the Gun | Dunn, NC
Historian: Staff of Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site
Date: Saturday, July 8
Lee's Enigma: The Battle of Harpers Ferry | Harpers Ferry, WV
Historian: Dennis Frye, Author & Historian
Date: Saturday, July 9
Beacon of Freedom: Camp Nelson and the Long Road to Emancipation | Nicholasville, KY
Historian: Steve Phan, National Park Service
Date: Friday, July 15
Bentonville Day 1 | Four Oaks, NC
Historian: Staff of Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site
Date: Friday, July 15
Bentonville Day 2 | Four Oaks, NC
Historian: Staff of Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site
Date: Saturday, July 16
Victory at the Slaughter Pen Farm | Fredericksburg, VA
Historians: Daniel T. Davis & Kristopher D. White, American Battlefield Trust
Date: Saturday, July 16
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Great Escape | Wildersville, TN
Historian: Steve McDaniel, The Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Association
Date: Saturday, July 23
Revolutionary War Yorktown | Yorktown, VA
Historian: Daniel T. Davis, American Battlefield Trust
Date: Saturday, July 30