Welcome to Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site! The Museum
enlists the talents and knowledge of reenactors to offer numerous living
history programs interpreting Civil War soldier and civilian life.
Programs contribute to the public’s understanding of the period and enhance the Museum’s educational mission.
Fort Ward welcomes both Union and Confederate groups. Fort Ward’s largest living history program is Civil War Camp Day,
but smaller presentations are staged throughout the
year.

Artillerymen pose in front of the Fort Ward
Ceremonial Gate.
Military and civilian interpretations have featured:
- infantry drills
- artillery demonstrations
- camp life
- signal corps demonstrations
- naval history
- first person impressions (army surgeons, laundresses, engineers,
photographers, relief workers, Civil War Santa Claus, Walt Whitman, Clara
Barton)
- torchlight tours
- soldier-led walking tours of the fort
- participation in Civil War Kids’ Camp
programming
- holiday observances
Fort Ward welcomes military and civilian interpreters and sutlers,
and seeks new ideas for living history programs. Please provide your unit contact information and interpretive ideas to Fort Ward Museum. For details on guidelines
and logistics, please click on the links. Email Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site.
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SAVE THE DATE FOR 2009
Civil War Camp Day and Skirmish
July 18, 2009 |
For the first time in several years, Fort Ward will include a small tactical skirmish that portrays typical fighting techniques and maneuvers of the Civil War, plus:
- Union and Confederate camps
- Drills
- Food preparation
- Medical impressions
- Civilian interpretations