Friday, May 8th
3:00PM-6:30PM – Winchester Civil War Weekend 2026 Kickoff Programs at The Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum
3:00PM – ‘At Home With Shot & Shell: Rifles of the Civil War in the Valley’ by Cody Boyce
3:30PM – ‘The Civil War Service of Hunter McGuire’ by Nico Dipilla
4:00 PM – ‘The Stonewall Brigade in the Battles of Winchester’ by Michael Gionfriddo
4:30PM – ‘Sheridan Scouts in the Valley’ by Jim Goecker
5:00PM – ‘Overview on the First Battle of Winchester’ by Peter Dalton
5:30PM – ‘Domestic Subversion: Women in the Shenandoah Valley During Civil War’ by Trish Ridgeway
Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum: 20 N. Loudoun St, Winchester VA
7:00PM -9:00PM – Battlefields & Bourbon Podcast Live with Jack Owens & Elijah Filbert
Village Square Restaurant: 103 N. Loudoun St, Winchester, VA
Saturday May 9th
7:00AM – 7:30AM- Sunrise tour of the Stonewall Cemetery led by Kate Schindler & Jim Coots
Meets at Mt. Hebron Cemetery Entrance: 305 E. Boscawen St, Winchester, VA
9:00AM – 9:30AM – Tour of Star Fort led by Michael Gionfriddo
Star Fort: 503 Fortress Dr, Winchester, VA
10AM – 11AM – ‘The Civil War Service of Lt. Col. Lewis T. Moore’
Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters Museum: 415 N. Braddock St, Winchester, VA
11:30AM – 12:45PM – Kernstown Battlefield Programs:
‘Civil War Artillery, Ordnance & Fuses’ led by Larry Turner
‘Civil War Era Medicine, Surgeries & Herbal Remedies’ led by Susi Weston
Kernstown Battlefield: 610 Battle Park Drive, Winchester, VA
1:30PM – 2:30PM – Guided Tours of Fort Collier & Stine House
Fort Collier Civil War Center: 922 Martinsburg Pike, Winchester, VA
3:00PM-4:30PM – Downtown Winchester tour led by Mike Robinson
Meets in front of The Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum: 20 N. Loudoun St, Winchester, VA
5PM – 6PM – Tabletop wargaming night led by Peter Dalton
Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum: 20 N. Loudoun St, Winchester VA
7PM – 8PM – Shenandoah Valley Civil War Trivia Night
Broken Window Brewing: 14 W Bocsawen St, Winchester VA
All Day May 9th – Artillery Demonstrations at the Third Winchester Battlefield Park,
541 Redbud Rd, Winchester VA
Registration and Admission Varies Per Event
https://www.shenandoahatwar.org/event
