2018 Schedule:
(For camp schedule, click group Name Link)

May:​
June:
July
  • 6, 7 & 8 - Civil War Heritage Foundation
  • 14 & 15 - No Living History due to other event
  • 21 & 22 - 149th PVI Bucktails
  • 28 & 29 - 87th Pennsylvania Vol. Co. C
August
  • 4 & 5 - Officers of the Union
  • 11 & 12 - OPEN
  • 18 & 19 - 52nd North Carolina
  • 25 & 26 - 4th New Jersey Infantry Co. A​
September
  • 1 - 3 - 1st SCVI, Co. A.
  • 8 & 9 - Confederation of Union Generals
  • 15 & 16 - 139th Pennsylvania
  • 22 & 23 - Barbour Grays​
  • 29 & 30 - Blue & Gray Hospital Association *Special Presentation: included with museum admission.
October
  • 6 & 7 - Blue & Gray Hospital Association *Special Presentation: included with museum admission.
  • 13 & 14 - 62nd Pennsylvania Vol.
  • 20 & 21 - Longstreet's Headquarters​
  • 27 & 28 - OPEN
November
  • 3 & 4 - OPEN
  • 10 & 11 - OPEN
  • 17 & 18 - Civil War Heritage Foundation​
If you know of a reenactment group who would like to participate in our Living History Program, please contact us at 717-334-6245.​

What is Living history?

  • What did soldiers do to pass the time between battle campaigns?
  • How heavy was the clothing and supplies they carried?
  • How did you load a percussion cap musket?
  • How did the conflict impact civilian life?


Find out these answers and more when you visit our Living History Encampments!

Most weekends*, April through November, the Gettysburg Heritage Center hosts complimentary Living History Encampments. Visitors are welcomed to actively learn by strolling through the camp, viewing drills and demonstrations, and engaging in conversation with historians.

*Featured participants & programs will vary and represent different aspects of life. Programming is dictated by the contracted living history unit.