Events
Fort Dickerson Living History Weekend
Photos from past Fort Dickerson Living Weekends
2015 Event Schedule
November 13-15,
2015 - The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable and the City of Knoxville
will celebrate the Civil War Sesquicentennial as we present the
KCWRT’s signature
event the 152nd Fort Dickerson Civil War
Weekend, at Fort Dickerson Park. Join with
historians, authors
and local reenacting units as we celebrate veterans, past and
present.
This event commemorates the 152nd Anniversary of the
Siege of Knoxville.
The free event is sponsored by the City of
Knoxville's Parks and Recreation Department and hosted by the
Civil War Roundtable. Fort Dickerson Park is located just off
Chapman
Highway in South Knoxville at 3000 Fort Dickerson Road.
It will run from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Saturday, November 14, and
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Sunday, November 15. Activities will
include living history campsites, infantry
drilling and firing, a
Civil War medical and surgical exhibit, ladies fashions, battle
reenactments and much more. Visitors are invited to park for free at
Disc Exchange,across from Shoney's where they can ride a free
shuttle to Fort Dickerson.
Fort Dickerson was one of sixteen
earthen forts and battery positions surrounding Knoxville that
were built by the United States Army during the Civil War. It was
one of three constructed upon the heights across the Holston (now
Tennessee) River from Knoxville, the other two being Fort Stanley
and Fort Higley.
The middle fort was named for Captain Jonathan
C. Dickerson, 112th Illinois Mounted Infantry, who was killed in
action near Cleveland Tennessee. More information about the Fort
Dickerson Civil War Weekend can also be obtained by
contacting:
Event Coordinators Perry Hill at 865-283-1691
Laura Reagan,
George
Lane
Tentative schedule of activities:
Saturday,
November 14, 2015
10:00 am - Camps Open to Public
10:30 am-
Ladies Fashions by Sandra Augustus
11:00 am – 152ndt Remembrance
11:30 am - Infantry Drill
12:00 pm - History of Fort Dickerson
with Historian Dorothy Kelly
12:30 pm -Medical & Surgical
Demonstration by Ed Archer
1:00 pm – Topographical Engineer
Demonstration
1:30 pm - Civil War Arms
2:00
pm - Battle Of Fort Dickerson
3:00 pm - Pass In Review (Special
Commemoration)
3:30 pm - Civil War Medical Demonstration
4:30
pm - Camps Close to Public
Sunday, November 15, 2015
11:00 am – Camps Open to Public:
Topographical Engineers
12:00 pm - History Siege Of Knoxville
12:30 pm - Infantry Drill
1:00 pm - Civil War Medical
Demonstration
1:30 pm - Civil War Arms
2:00
pm - Civil War Skirmish
3:00 pm - Pass in Review
4:00 pm -
Camps Close to Public
Fort Dickerson Park is located off Chapman Highway, South Knoxville at 3000 Fort Dickerson Road.
Park and Ride Free Shuttle From Parking Lot Across From Shoney's, by the Disc Exchange. No Vehicles allowed beyond the Lower Parking Lot.
Hosted by the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable and The Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department
152nd Anniversary Seige of Knoxville 1863
