TO ARMS! TO ARMS! FEDERAL TROOPS ADVANCE ON JEFFERSON
Battle for Jefferson
The $35 Event Pass allows entry into all ticketed events at a discount.
Battle for Jefferson
The $35 Event Pass allows entry into all ticketed events at a discount.
TO ARMS! TO ARMS! FEDERAL TROOPS ADVANCE ON JEFFERSON
The $35 Event Pass allows entry into all ticketed events at a discount.
The $35 Event Pass allows entry into all ticketed events at a discount.
The Event Pass allows entry into each ticketed event. That's Two Battles, the Grand Ball, Ladies Tea, and Secret Codes of the Underground Railroad all for $35!
Be a part of the event.
Details coming soon on registering to become a Military or Civilian Reenactor.
ALL DAY
9AM-1:30PM
Student Living History
7:30-10:00PM
Illumination at Oakwood Cemetery
ALL DAY
10:00AM
Pilgrimage Parade & Town Skirmish
11:15AM
Secret Codes of the Underground Railroad
2:00PM
Ladies Tea
4:00PM
1st Battle for Jefferson Reenactment
8:00-11:00PM
Muskets and Magnolias Grand Ball
9:00AM-CLOSE
Period Sutlers
9:00AM
Period Church Service
10:00AM
Presentation of Colors
1:30PM
2nd Battle for Jefferson Reenactment
Even the most casual of history buffs understands that Jefferson's role in the Civil War was only as a manufacturing and supply depot for the upstart Confederate States of America.
But 150 years later, the historic river port stands front-and-center in what well may be the largest reenactment of that era in Texas.
More than 700 Civil War period reenactors - soldiers and civilians both - are expected to descend upon the town the weekend of May 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 2025 to enact "The Battle for Jefferson," a two-day tilt between Confederate and Federal forces. Infantry, cavalry and artillery all play a part in the scenario battle that gives life to what might have happened in and around Jefferson in 1864 had Union Troops been successful in the Red River Campaign and captured Shreveport.
Coupled with the Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club's annual Pilgrimage, the "Battle" portion of the weekend has succeeded in turning Jefferson's downtown historic district and surrounding neighborhoods into a three-day living history encampment.
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Lions Park, 515 East Jefferson Street
Students will spend approximately 15 minutes at eight interpretive learning stations featuring:
• Civil War Infantry Soldier
• Victorian Era...
Lions Park, 515 East Jefferson Street
Corner of Webster and North Main St.
Returning to the event this year is the "Illumination" at old Oakwood Cemetery where hundreds of Civil War veterans are buried.
This moving ...
Corner of Webster and North Main St.
Downtown Jefferson
The tension mounts in town as Confederate and Federal forces spy one another's presence at the end of the Pilgrimage Parade & Downtown Skirm...
Downtown Jefferson
The Jeffersonian Institute
The Pleasant Hill Quilters are a quilting group from Linden, Texas, and they recreate historical quilts and tell the stories of the enslaved...
The Jeffersonian Institute
The Jeffersonian Institute
Enjoy delicacies of the era during the Ladies' Tea.
This event is open to the public with a $10 admission fee. Registered re-enactors are ad...
The Jeffersonian Institute
Cypress River Ranch, 1552 FM 2208, Jefferson, TX 75657
The sounds of battle will be heard up and down the lazy river that winds through Jefferson – booming artillery with pyrotechnic ground burst...
Cypress River Ranch, 1552 FM 2208, Jefferson, TX 75657
The Jeffersonian Institute
Once the battlefield is cleared of casualties, the troops will return to their camps in Jefferson for a meal and preparations for the formal...
The Jeffersonian Institute
Christ Episcopal Church, 703 South Main Street
We invite you to worship at our period church service.
Christ Episcopal Church, 703 South Main Street
Christ Episcopal Church, 703 South Main Street
This year's (2025) recreation marks the 164th anniversary of Fannie Benners' presentation of a hand-sewn banner to "The Jefferson Guards" a ...
Christ Episcopal Church, 703 South Main Street
Cypress River Ranch, 1552 FM 2208, Jefferson, TX 75657
Sunday's closing battle decides the fate of Jefferson. Confederate and Federal troops again take to the field with more artillery barrages, ...
Cypress River Ranch, 1552 FM 2208, Jefferson, TX 75657
P.O Box 688, Jefferson, Texas 75657
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