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Civil War Days in California

Published on: January 29, 2020

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President Lincoln visiting the battlefield at Antietam, Md., October 3, 1862. General McClellan and 15 members of his staff are in the group.

Some say the United States could be heading for another civil war. In California, that’s for sure–at Civil War Days! (While the State of California “battles it out” with the U.S. government, and cities such as Huntington Beach have challenged California’s so-called sanctuary state law in courts, the tensions remain civil at this point.)

The Civil War started in 1861 after decades of simmering tensions over states’ rights. With the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 seven southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America; four more states soon joined them.

Lincoln was assassinated just days after General Robert E. Lee effectively ended the war by surrendering his Confederate troops to the Union’s Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the U.S. economy.  He is honored along with other U.S. presidents on the third Monday in February. Re-enactors and history groups in California celebrate with Civil War Days festivals and events that include replica military & period costumes and mock battles, often with cannon fire!

2020 California War Days

Subject to change; many have yet to be announced!

HUNTINGTON BEACH: The Revolution February 15-16

YERMO: Calico Ghost Town Civil War Reenactment February 15-16

SIMI VALLEY: Civil War Days March 7-8

REDDING: Living History Days March 27-29

RED BLUFF: Dog Island Civil War Days April 24-26

MONTAGUE: Civil War Days May 15-17

FELTON: Roaring Camp Civil War Battles & Encampment May 23-25

GRAEAGLE: Civil War Days July 4-5

DUNCANS MILLS: Civil War Days July 25-26

 

 

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