Elmbrook Historical Society
Preserving the history of Brookfield and Elm Grove for generations to come!

17th Annual

Civil War Encampment 

 

      

             Saturday, April 30, 2011

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

                Sunday, May 1, 2011

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

 

Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum

1075 Pilgrim Parkway, Brookfield, Wisconsin

 

During this two day event, Confederate and Union soldier

re-enactors will camp overnight on the grounds of the

Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum.

 Visitors will be able to:

  • Walk through the soldiers' campsites and see

soldiers readying for battle

  • View a skirmish, and see an artillery demonstration

  • Hear the cannons roar

  • Listen to addresses by Abraham Lincoln

  • Learn about the Civil War and role Wisconsin played

           in the war

Visitors will also learn what it was like to live during the

Civil War. They can:

           that has been restored with authentic artifacts

  • Stop in at the blacksmith shop, the smoke house, the

           ice house and the Donaldson Visitor’s Center and

           Gift Shop

  • Observe or talk to a blacksmith, a tinsmith, a beekeeper, a fortune teller, a coppersmith, an embalmer, a Marshal, a mortician as well as dismounted cavalry etc.
  • Learn how clothing and other items were made in the

          1860s - weavers, quilters, knitters, carvers etc.

  • Attend a 1860’s Fashion Show and on Sunday hear the Regimental Band of Wisconsin  perform

                

  • Purchase handmade goods from merchants:

          candles, quilts, clothing, honey, baskets, tinware,

          lace, carpets, buttons, hard tack, toys, soaps etc.

  • Participate in children's games and drilling

Food and beverages will be available.

ADMISSION

Adults: $5.00     Children: $2.00     Family: $12.00

Free parking is available at:

Pilgrim Park Middle School

1500 Pilgrim Parkway, Elm Grove, WI

and at

North Shore Bank, North Parking Lot

15700 W. Blue Mound Road, Brookfield, WI

A free shuttle will be provided to the grounds of the Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum.

Schedule of Events

To be Announced at a later date.

      

 Photo Gallery

2010 Civil War Encampment

Crowds gather to see the canon fire.
Confederate  troops come out from hiding in the underbrush.
Union troops receive their orders.
Soldiers preparing cannon for firing
Union Soldiers get ready to fire the canon.
Union troops fire canon.
President Lincoln examines wares sold by a sutler
during the Civil War Encampment.
Ladies gather to chat and have some refreshments.
The Regimental Band of Wisconsin performs authentic Civil War
music during the Civil War Encampment.
Soldiers talk on the front porch of the
Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum during the Civil War Encampment.