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Special Event

Event

Ranger Talk: The Battle of Belmont: Grant's First Civil War Battle

Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

Fee:

Free.

Location: LAT/LONG: 48.922500, -116.235350


Visitor center theater.

Dates & Times

Date:

Monday, August 5, 2019

Time:

2:00 PM

Duration:

1 hour

Type of Event

Talk

About 1 hour

Description

Park Guide Shawn Williams will present talk on the Battle of Bellmont (November 7, 1861), which was the first combat test in the American Civil War for Brig. General Ulysses S. Grant. 

Reservation or Registration: Yes

No reservations required. Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Image Gallery

Black and white battlefield sketch of union soldiers boarding a steamship docked on a river bank.
Black and white battlefield sketch of union soldiers boarding a steamship docked on a river bank.
Grant's troops withdraw after the Battle of Belmont
Public domain
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