Hacker’s Creek Pioneer Descendants invites residents to its third annual Civil War History Weekend October 9–10 at the Central WV Genealogy & History Library in Horner, according to an October 5 announcement from the Lewis County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Admission is free, and donations are encouraged. The library is at 45 Abbott’s Run Road.
Friday evening
Music by the campfire begins at 5:30 p.m. October 9 with Social Blendz. The advertised lineup also includes Fiddlesticks at 6 p.m., a presentation by the 10th WV on the role of music during the Civil War at 6:30 p.m., and Chase Arbogast at 7 p.m. The Grateful Storyteller is also on the evening’s program, followed by an open jam session at 8 p.m.
Saturday’s history program
Doors open at 9:30 a.m. October 10, with the 10th WV Volunteer Infantry participating. Hunter Lesser is scheduled at 10 a.m. to discuss Robert E. Lee’s feuding generals, Wise and Floyd. David Vazquez follows at 11 a.m. with “The Horse at War.”
The flyer also lists a presentation on women of the Confederacy with Andrea Lamb. A noon lunch break lists Social Blendz and hot dogs.
The afternoon program includes the Gettysburg Address, a presentation on faith and freedom in the Civil War era, and a uniformed historian’s presentation on the 13th WV Infantry, described as the unsung heroes of the Mountain State, at 2:30 p.m. A weapons demonstration by the 10th WV Volunteer Infantry follows at 3:30 p.m., with a reading of Civil War names of Central WV at 4:30 p.m.
Rotary of Weston and Village Caregiver of Clarksburg are listed as sponsors. For information, call 304-269-7091.