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Roundtable: The Beefsteak Raid
Join speaker J. Michael Moore as he shares the story of “The Beefsteak Raid.” Moore's presentation will focus on the the September 14 through 17, 1864, Beefsteak Raid led by Confederate Major General Wade Hampton. Hampton's 100 -mile raid behind Union lines included 3,000 Confederate cavalrymen whose goal was to capture Union cattle to feed... Read more »
Cry Liberty! Dinwiddie County Musters for the American Revolution
Join the Park as we commemorate the muster of over 500 militia men from Dinwiddie County, Virginia who answered the call at Dinwiddie Courthouse in June of 1775. After forming an active Committee of Correspondence in protest of the Intolerable Acts, before the events of Lexington and Concord, Dinwiddie residents rose to join the patriot... Read more »
29th Annual Civil War Symposium: 1865 A Year of Reckoning
The conference will be held on Friday, October 17 through Sunday, October 19, 2025 at Pamplin Historical Park’s Education Center in Dinwiddie, Virginia and will feature presentations from seven outstanding historians: A. Wilson Greene, Harold Holzer, William Marvel, Dr. George Rable, Dr. Brooks D. Simpson, Dr. Craig Symonds and Dr. Brian Steel Wills. For more... Read more »
