River City Festival

RAHS and the Rowlesburg Sesquicentennial Committee
invite you to join us for the Civil War Reenactment of
the April 26, 1863
BATTLE OF ROWLESBURG
The Sixteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, Under Colonel Irwine, Crossing the Tray Run Viaduct, Near Cheat River, On the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

May 3-4, 2008
History in Review/Old-Time Hoe-Down

Civil War Reenactment, Sutler Booths, Quilt Exhibit, Civil War Museum, Tea for Ladies
Depot & Historical Society Museum Displays, Musicians, Amish Buggy Rides, Wild Game Dinner, Old-fashioned Hoe-Down,
Food Concessions, Period Dress (optional)
 Preliminary Schedule: What: Where: 
Friday, May 2, 2008     
Noon to Midnight Registration Open
Battlefield
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM   "Welcome Reenactors"   

Campfire in Park  
Saturday, May 3, 2008
 
7:00 AM 

Light Breakfast in the Park 

Park 
7:30AM  Reveille 
Camps
8:00 AM   Registration Open  Battlefield 
8:30 AM   Officers Meeting  U.S. Camp 
9:00 AM   School of the Soldier   Battlefield 
10:00 AM   Company Drill   Battlefield 
10:00 AM

Cannon Demonstration 

Battlefield 
10:00 AM-4:00 PM 
Quilt Show Open
Amish Buggy Rides
VFW - upstairs
Park
11:00 AM  Ladies Tea  Christ United Methodist Church 
11:00 AM  Battalion Drill  Battlefield 
1:30 PM   Safety Inspection  Camps 
2:00 PM  Battle of Greenland Gap  Battlefield 
2:30 PM   Safety Inspection  Camps 
3:00 PM  Clemmer Leg Amputation Sutler Area - Park 
4:00-7:00 PM  Wild Game Dinner  Old Gymnasium 
8:00-10:00 PM  Hoe-Down Dance  Old Gymnasium 
10:00 PM 

Cannon fired from Cannon Hill

Cannon Hill 
Sunday, May 4, 2008
   
8:00AM 
Breakfast
 PTO at VFW 
10:00 AM  Church Service   CS Camp 
11:00 AM 

Non-denominational Church Service

Christ United Methodist Church
11:00 - 3:00 PM 

Quilt Show Open

VFW - Upstairs
12 Noon - 5:00 PM 

Chicken Dinners

Park
12:30 PM 
Officers Meeting
 CS Camp 
12:30 PM 

Sam Bulford Entertains

Park
1:00 PM  Safety Inspection  Battlefield 
1:30 PM  Battle of Rowlesburg Battlefield 
2:00 PM  Leg Amputation  Sutler Area - Park 
2:00 PM

5K Run

Park Entrance
2:30 PM  Break Camp  Camps 
2:30 PM 

Crowning of May Day Queen

Park
2:30 PM 

Granny Sue - Storyteller

Park
3:30 PM

Appalachia Gospel/Bluegrass Band

Park