• Voices from the Shadows

    Costumed guides will lead participants on a special Halloween tour, where they will encounter various historical figures on a real battlefield. Participants will hear ladies recounting scary stories, music in the night and experience fireside encounters, soldiers called to an attack a surgery and more. Tours will be accompanied by sights and sounds that heighten... Read more »

  • Voices from the Shadows

    Costumed guides portraying “agents of death” will lead participants by candlelight on a spine-chilling tour through the historic park and Breakthrough Battlefield. At each stop, guests will encounter civilians and soldiers who worked, fought and died at the historic site or in the local area. These and other ghouls will recount their stories and share... Read more »

  • Voices from the Shadows: Edgar Allan Poe Edition

    Costumed guides portraying “agents of death” with Edgar Allan Poe portrayed by actor and historian Charles Wissinger will lead participants by candlelight on a spine-chilling tour through the historic park. At each stop, guests will encounter scenes from Poe's works, bringing to life poetry from the  master of suspense. These portrayals will recount their stories... Read more »

  • Roundtable: Dr. Mary Walker, The Little Lady in Pants

    Join speaker Matt Farina as he shares the “Dr. Mary Walker: The Little Lady in Pants.” The Petersburg Civil War Roundtable (PCWRT) will meet the first Thursday of each month at Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm. Annual membership is $40.00. Individuals who are already... Read more »