• Gaines' Mill battlefield -- Watt House area

    Richmond

    National Battlefield Park Virginia

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  • Road closings around Historic Tredegar May 17-19, 2013

    Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19, some roads around Historic Tredegar will be closed for Dominion Riverrock. The park's visitor center will be open. Details can be found on the Historic Tredegar website using the link here. More »

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  • Drewry's Bluff Living History Weekend

    Saturday, May 18, 2013

    Demonstrations of Civil War naval operations and interpretive tours at Confederate Fort Darling at Drewry’s Bluff More

    Time:
    10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
    Location:
    Drewry's Bluff, 7600 Fort Darling Road, Richmond
    Fees:
    Free

  • Drewry's Bluff Living History Weekend

    Sunday, May 19, 2013

    Demonstrations of Civil War naval operations and interpretive tours at Confederate Fort Darling at Drewry’s Bluff More

    Time:
    10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
    Location:
    Drewry's Bluff, 7600 Fort Darling Road, Richmond
    Fees:
    Free

  • Homefront becomes Battlefront: the Battle of Gaines’ Mill

    Saturday, May 25, 2013

    This program explores the fates of those soldiers and civilians caught up in the largest battle to occur outside of Richmond in 1862: the Battle of Gaines’ Mill. More

    Time:
    10:30 AM
    Location:
    6283 Watt House Rd, Mechanicsville VA 23111
    Fees:
    Free

  • Encounter at Rural Plains -- The Battle of Totopotomoy Creek, 1864

    Saturday, May 25, 2013

    This program explores the intertwined destinies of opposing soldiers and one Southern family through an 80-hour encounter on Totopotomoy Creek during the Overland Campaign of 1864. More

    Time:
    2:00 PM
    Location:
    7273 Studley Rd, Mechanicsville VA 23116
    Fees:
    Free

  • Cold Harbor Living History Weekend

    Saturday, June 1, 2013

    Infantry and artillery demonstrations, ranger-guided walking tours and evening programs commemorate the battle of Cold Harbor. More

    Time:
    10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
    Location:
    Cold Harbor unti of Richmond National Battlefield Park, 5515 Anderson-Wright Drive, Mechanicsville, VA
    Fees:
    Free

Did You Know?

Civil War era photograph of Thadeus Lowe's balloon Intrepid being inflated on the battlefield.

The battle of Gaines' Mill outside of Richmond, Virginia, was the first Civil War battle where both sides got help from above--in the form of observation  balloons.