SCHEDULE
2007 Battle of Mill Springs Reenactment
(Eastern Standard Time)

Friday, September 28^th
School Tours All Day            (Tours are booked for this day.)

Saturday, September 29^th
9:30 AM:  Battlefield Concerts by the 52^nd Tennessee String Band and the Orphan Brigade Band.

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM:  
Battle Reenactment – The Fight for Dutton’s Hill Artillery and Cavalry.

11:30 AM          
Concert by the Orphan Brigade Band – Activity Tent

Noon to 1:00 PM
Civil War Play – Activity Tent

1:30 PM          
Battlefield Concerts by the 52^nd Tennessee String Band and the Orphan Brigade Band.

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM          
Battle Reenactment – The Fight for the Corn Field
United States Army vs. Confederate States Army
2^nd Minnesota                              15^th Mississippi
10^th Indiana                                 20^th Tennessee
 4^th Kentucky                               28^th Tennessee
                  *All Infantry Regiments

4:00 PM          
Concert by the Orphan Brigade Band – Activity Tent

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM      
Candle Light Tour of the Battlefield 
Tours begin at the Activity Tent.
There is an additional $3 per person fee.

8:00 PM to 10:00 PM      
Civil War Era Dance.
Music by the Orphan Brigade Band.

9:00 PM          
Artillery Salute

Sunday, September 30^th

Sunrise (approx. 7:30 AM)            
“Tactical” Battle – The Fight in the Fog.

10:00 AM to 12:30 PM          
Activity Tent:
Civil War Era Church Service
Civil War Play.
Civil War Era Fashion Show (Military/Civilian)
Civil War Military Medicine Demo

1:30 PM          
Battlefield Concerts by the 52^nd Tennessee String Band and the Orphan Brigade Band

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM          
Battle Reenactment – The Fight for the Split Rail Fence.  
19^th Tennessee Inf., CSA vs. 10^th Indiana and 9^th Ohio Inf. Regiments, USA.
Death of General Zollicoffer Vignette.

3:00 PM          
Farewell Battlefield Concerts by the 52^nd Tennessee String Band and the Orphan Brigade Band  

Battle Scenarios
The battle action will be varied and involve all three branches. The scenarios will replicate the action of January 19, 1862, when 4,000 Union troops under General George H. Thomas clashed with 4,000 Confederate troops under Generals George B. Crittenden and Felix K. Zollicoffer near the hamlet of Logan’s Crossroads (now Nancy, KY); in what became known as the Battle of Mill Springs or Fishing Creek. Saturday’s battle plans includes a morning cavalry and artillery action replicating the Battle of Dutton’s Hill; with afternoon action focused on the Fight for the Cornfield where the 2nd Minnesota, 10th Indiana, and 4th Kentucky Infantry (US) were pitted against the 15th Mississippi and 20th and 28th Tennessee Infantry Regiments. At dawn Sunday, the armies will relive the Fight in the Fog with the Sunday afternoon action concluding with the Fight for the Split Rail Fence with the 19th Tennessee’s advance against the 10th Indiana and the 9th Ohio Infantry Regiments. Gen. Zollicoffer was killed at the battle of Mill Springs, becoming the first Confederate General to be killed in the West. We will replicate that historic event as a special vignette for the public. This was the first significant Union victory of the Civil War, and put all of Eastern Kentucky in Union control. Combined with the losses of Forts Henry and Donelson less than a month later, the Confederate evacuation of Kentucky and central Tennessee followed, opening up Tennessee to Federal invasion and setting the stage for the Battle of Shiloh. This will be a unique opportunity, as scripted scenarios replicate the exact troop movements made and on the original ground. Saturday afternoon’s battle will duplicate the original battle and will last approximately 2 hours. During the original battle, both sides ran out of ammunition twice. Bring plenty of ammo.

*Guest coolers will not be permitted*