Shows · Tours · Reenactments · Seminars · Auctions
2026
27 Civil War events in October 2026 — shows, battlefield tours, reenactments, seminars, and auctions across the United States.
Dates: July 26 – Jan. 2
The Museum of the American Revolution's travelling exhibition on Washington, the Continental Army, and the citizen-soldier, on show at the Pritzker in Kenosha.
Dates: July 26 – Jan. 3
A major exhibition on the Declaration of Independence and the independence movements it went on to shape.
Dates: Sept. 26 – Oct. 2
The American Revolution Experience travelling exhibition on show at Chagrin Falls Library in Chagrin Falls, OH.
Dates: Sept. 29 – Oct. 7
The American Revolution Experience travelling exhibition on show at Cabell County Public Library in Huntington, WV.
Dates: Sept. 30 – Oct. 4
A five-day Vicksburg Campaign seminar and field tour led by historian Tim Smith.
Dates: Sept. 30 – Oct. 4
The North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA) will hold its 154th National Competition October 2-4, 2026 at Fort Shenandoah near Winchester, Virginia. Member units compete in live-fire matches with…
Dates: Oct. 1–4
47th Annual Colt Collectors Association All Colt Gun…
Dates: Oct. 2–4
Three-day Civil War conference on the art of command, held in the heart of Mosby's Confederacy in the northern Virginia…
Dates: Oct. 3–4
The tenth annual Civil War collector's show at the Stewart County Visitors Center in Dover, near Fort Donelson.
Dates: Oct. 3–4
Long-running Minnesota Weapons Collectors Association show with antique and collectible arms from member collectors and…
Dates: Oct. 4–17
The American Revolution Experience travelling exhibition on show at Cuyahoga Falls Library in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.
Dates: Oct. 9–10
The Western edition of the BLADE Show family, bringing hundreds of custom knifemakers, production cutlery brands, and knifemaking suppliers to Salt Lake City for a two-day sales sh
Dates: Oct. 10–11
Forks of the Delaware Historical Arms Society,…
Dates: Oct. 10–11
One of the nation's largest gun shows, with a companion J.A.G. Military Gun Show running alongside, drawing antique arms and militaria dealers from across the…
Dates: Oct. 16
A full-day optional field tour of the North Anna battlefield offered with Pamplin Historical Park's 30th Annual Civil War Symposium.
Dates: Oct. 16–18
Pamplin Historical Park's thirtieth annual Civil War symposium, on quick tempers and rash actions in the war.
Dates: Oct. 16–18
Fall Show, Auction, and Display…
Dates: Oct. 17–18
The Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation's 162nd anniversary reenactment on the battlefield at Middletown, with infantry, cavalry, and artillery in action.
Dates: Oct. 17
A San Antonio–area militaria show with 100+ tables of military collectibles and memorabilia from a wide range of wars and countries. One-day format held twice yearly in Schertz, Te
Dates: Oct. 17
Historian Robert M. (Bert) Dunkerly leads a one-day walking and driving exploration of Revolutionary War Williamsburg and Yorktown, from pre-war protests through the final Yorktown campaign,…
Dates: Oct. 19–26
The American Revolution Experience travelling exhibition on show at MAPS Air Museum in Green, OH.
Dates: Oct. 24–25
The autumn Gettysburg show, with over 400 tables of military artifacts from the Revolutionary War through the Second World War.
Dates: Oct. 24–25
A signature autumn reenactment weekend at Fort Ticonderoga.
Dates: Oct. 25–31
The original show of Texas Antiques Week in Round Top, held in the Big Red Barn and Continental Tent — a premier national destination for antiques, Americana, and folk art.
Dates: Oct. 29–31
The Ohio Valley Military Society's autumn Wilmington show at the Roberts Centre.
Dates: Oct. 30 – Nov. 4
The American Revolution Experience travelling exhibition on show at Spencer Armory in Spencer, WV.
Dates: Oct. 30 – Nov. 1
The largest annual insulator show in the country, now in its sixth decade, drawing glass and porcelain insulator collectors nationwide — plus bottles, lightning-rod equipment, and