• Symposium 2021 Special Tour

    Join Pamplin Historical Park’s Executive Director, Jerry “Dez” Desmond, and park historian, Tim Talbott, as we explore events in June of 1862 when 105,000 Union soldiers prepared to lay siege... Read more »

  • Voices From the Shadows

    Based on true accounts, these Virginia stories will lead you through a cemetery walk. You will meet spirits of the past, brought to life for one night to tell their... Read more »

  • Veterans Day

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Pamplin Historical Park will offer multiple programs throughout the day, to include presentations on artillery "The King of Battle", a lecture and living-history demonstration on the Spanish-American War, a live... Read more »

  • Breakthrough Battle Anniversary

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Join us as we remember the 157th Anniversary of the Breakthrough Battle which ended the Petersburg Campaign and forced the Confederate withdrawal from Richmond. At 4:40 a.m. April 2, 1865,... Read more »

  • Memorial Day Commemoration

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier will offer a full schedule of daily programs this Memorial Day. The Park will open from 9:00 a.m.... Read more »

  • Medal of Honor Day

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    The celebration will begin with a documentary film, which will explain the origins of the Medal of Honor, and it's inception during the American Civil War. Guest speaker Eury J. Cantillo... Read more »

  • Paranormal Investigation

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Join Commonwealth Researchers of the Paranormal (C.R.O.P.) for an exclusive investigation of  Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. Come investigate with us on September... Read more »

  • 2023 Symposium Optional Tour: 1862 Peninsula Campaign

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Join Pamplin Historical Park’s Executive Director, Colin Romanick, and Newport News Historic Sites Curator, J. Michael Moore as we examine General McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign, covering the period between the landing... Read more »

  • Civil War Symposium: Bridges Over Troubled Waters

    Battlefield terrain features and obstacles have been studied by numerous historians and are the blessing or curse of many military commanders throughout time. The American Civil War is no different... Read more »

  • 159th Breakthrough Battle Anniversary

    Join us as we remember the 159th Anniversary of the Breakthrough Battle which ended the Petersburg Campaign and forced the Confederate withdrawal from Richmond.  At 4:40 a.m. April 2, 1865,... Read more »