Atlanta Antique Gun and International Military Show
Gun ShowPast event
Carolina Trader Promotions’ long-running antique gun and international military collectibles show at the IAMAW Union Hall in…
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2026 Civil War Events
The 2026 calendar of Civil War shows, militaria shows, reenactments, battlefield tours, seminars, and auctions — 91 events nationwide.
January 2026
4 events →Florida Military Antique Collectors Show
Gun ShowPast event
Florida Military Antique Collectors, Inc.…
February 2026
8 events →Chickamauga (Dalton) Civil War Show
Civil War ShowPast event
MK Shows presents over 450 sale and display tables for collectors and history…
BGES Tour — The Wilmington Campaign: “Last Rays of Departing Hope”
Battlefield TourPast event
Dr. Chris Fonvielle leads this field university program on the 1865 Wilmington Campaign, the fall of Fort Fisher, and the closing of the Confederacy’s last major…
49th Annual Battle of Olustee Reenactment
ReenactmentPast event
Weekend-long reenactment commemorating the 161st anniversary of the Battle of Olustee. More than 1,500 living historians give presentations of civilian and military life. Educational exhibits, battle…
Antique & Modern Arms Show
Gun ShowPast event
Sponsored by the Forks of the Delaware Historical Arms Society, Inc. Mailing: 1350 Uhler Rd, PMB 138, Easton, PA…
7th Annual Vicksburg Civil War and Old West Show & Sale
Civil War ShowPast event
Civil War and Old West militaria show with vendor tables and period…
BGES Tour — Forrest and the Streight Raid
Battlefield TourPast event
Norman Dasinger leads this program tracing Abel Streight’s 1863 raid across northern Alabama and Nathan Bedford Forrest’s pursuit and capture of the Federal…
32nd Anniversary Battle of Aiken Living History Festival
ReenactmentPast event
South Carolina's largest battle reenactment. Visitors can interact with historians dressed in authentic uniforms from all American military war periods at the Military Timeline Presentation honoring…
8th Annual Civil War & Military Collectors Show
Civil War ShowPast event
Regional Civil War and military collectors…
March 2026
5 events →59th Annual Mid-South Military History and Civil War Show
Military Antique ShowPast event
The oldest Military History and Civil War show in the Mid-South, now in its 59th year and…
Fredericksburg Relic Hunters Association 45th Annual Civil War Relic Show
Civil War ShowPast event
One of the original central Virginia Civil War relic shows. Featuring guns, knives, relics, and artifacts offered by dealers and local diggers. Raffle for many great…
BGES Tour — The War of 1812 on the Gulf Coast
Battlefield TourPast event
Mike Bunn leads this field university program covering Pensacola, Mobile, Fort Mims, Fort Sinquefield, and New Orleans in the War of 1812 on the Gulf…
Maryland Antique Arms Show and Sale
Gun ShowPast event
Sponsored by the Maryland Arms Collectors Association. Over 1,000 tables of the finest in collectible rifles, revolvers (pre-1898), and sporting shotguns. Attracts thousands of serious collectors…
BGES Tour — Sherman’s Spring 1865 North Carolina Campaign
Battlefield TourPast event
Wade Sokolosky leads this program on Sherman’s final campaign through North Carolina, including Averasboro and…
April 2026
12 events →Tennessee Military Collectors Association Show
Military Antique ShowPast event
Two shows a year since 1976 — over 325 tables of militaria from all periods, mostly WWI and WWII with some Civil War and Gulf War. Tables always sell out. Open to the public. Non-profit club with…
162nd Anniversary Battle of Pleasant Hill Reenactment & Festival
ReenactmentPast event
Reenactment of the original battle fought April 9, 1864, during the Red River campaign of the Civil…
Tulsa Arms Collectors Association Show
Gun ShowPast event
More than 4,200 tables of antique and modern…
BGES Tour — The Atlanta Campaign, Part 2: New Hope to Kennesaw Mountain
Battlefield TourPast event
David A. Powell leads this field university program on the middle phase of the Atlanta Campaign, from New Hope Church through the fighting at Kennesaw…
17th Annual Corinth Militaria Show
Military Antique ShowPast event
Sponsored by Col. W. P. Rogers Camp SCV #321. Vendors will have all kinds of military items including those from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, and…
Florida Military Antique Collectors Show
Gun ShowPast event
Florida Military Antique Collectors, Inc.…
Minnesota Weapons Collectors Association Show
Gun ShowPast event
Long-running Minnesota Weapons Collectors Association show with antique and collectible arms from member collectors and…
National Civil War Collectors Spring Show & Sale
Civil War ShowPast event
Zurko Promotions presents The National Civil War Collectors Show and…
BGES Tour — The Siege of Suffolk, April 11–May 4, 1863
Battlefield TourPast event
Brian Steel Wills leads this program on Longstreet’s 1863 Siege of Suffolk and the operations in southeastern…
Atlanta Antique Gun and International Military Show
Gun ShowPast event
Carolina Trader Promotions’ long-running antique gun and international military collectibles show at the IAMAW Union Hall in…
National Gun Day “The Money Show”
Gun ShowPast event
National Gun Day Productions’ spring show at the Roberts Centre with antique and modern arms…
May 2026
8 events →BGES Tour — George Washington’s Alexandria and Mt. Vernon
Battlefield TourPast event
A weekend program on George Washington’s Alexandria and Mount Vernon, including the Carlyle…
Ohio Civil War & WWI/II Show Historical Event
Civil War ShowPast event
Civil War and WWI & II memorabilia from 1775 through 1945 for buy, sell, and trade. Features a unique artillery show with full-scale cannon on display and daily cannon firing demonstrations. Special…
BGES Tour — Petersburg to Appomattox: From the Trenches to Surrender
Battlefield TourPast event
Phillip S. Greenwalt leads this field university program from the Petersburg trenches through the retreat to Appomattox Court House and the…
Antique & Modern Arms Show
Gun ShowPast event
Sponsored by the Forks of the Delaware Historical Arms Society,…
N-SSA Spring National Competition
Other Civil War EventFreePast event
Over 3,000 uniformed competitors in 200 member units compete in live-fire matches with muskets, carbines, revolvers, mortars, and cannon, plus costume competitions and historical lectures. The…
Battle of Resaca Reenactment & Living History
ReenactmentPast event
Reenactor-friendly event with main camps located near the original US and CS lines. Campaigners are welcome to camp in or near the breastworks. Amenities include straw, hay, and firewood. Modern food…
60th Annual Colorado Gun Collectors Association Show
Gun ShowPast event
From Medieval to Revolutionary War, Civil War, Wild West, WWI, and WWII — it's all here. Antique, C&R, and militaria…
Central Florida Gun Show
Gun ShowPast event
Central Florida gun show hosted by the Lakeland Rifle & Pistol Club at the Sun ’n Fun Expo…
June 2026
6 events →165th Anniversary Battle of Carthage Reenactment
ReenactmentPast event
The Battle of Carthage was the first full-scale battle of the Civil War. Saturday opens with a ceremony at 9 a.m., camp life, drills, ladies' tea at 10:30, arms inspection at 12:30, reenactment at 1…
Action at Wilson's Wharf Reenactment
ReenactmentPast event
Site of the May 24, 1864 Action in which United States Colored Troops defended the fort they built against an assault by Fitzhugh Lee's Confederate Cavalry. Battle reenactments both days, Civil War…
Old North State Antique Gun and Military Antiques Show
Gun ShowPast event
The 95th Old North State show — antique guns and military antiques in the Scott Building at the North Carolina State…
BGES Tour — The Continental Army’s Iroquois Campaign
Battlefield TourPast event
A field university program on the Continental Army’s 1779 Sullivan–Clinton Campaign against the Iroquois Confederacy in upstate New…
Annual Gettysburg Civil War Artifact Show
Civil War ShowPast event
The nation's premier Civil War relic and collectors show. 300+ tables — a great way to view and even purchase authentic Civil War artifacts. Browse the tables and speak with vendors who are well…
July 2026
6 events →American Battlefield Trust National Teacher Institute
ConferencePast event
The annual National Teacher Institute brings educators to Gettysburg for four days of breakout sessions and battlefield-based learning focused on teaching the Civil War and America's…
Atlanta Antique Gun and International Military Show
Gun ShowPast event
Carolina Trader Promotions’ long-running antique gun and international military collectibles show at the IAMAW Union Hall in…
American Digger Chattanooga Civil War & Artifact Show
Civil War Show
American Digger® Civil War & Artifact…
Missouri Valley Arms Collectors Association 55th National Summer Arms Show
Gun Show
The Missouri Valley Arms Collectors Association’s 55th National Summer Arms Show, a major Midwest gathering of antique arms collectors and…
August 2026
9 events →BGES Chickamauga One-Day Driving Tour
Battlefield Tour
Historian Quinton Kirk leads a twelve-stop driving tour of the September 1863 Battle of Chickamauga, examining troop movements, leadership, and the experience of the soldiers across the three-day…
Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge
Seminar
Annual symposium themed "Partnerships & Rivalries," with keynote speakers Harold Holzer on the dueling print images of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis and Craig Symonds on Admirals Farragut and…
48th Annual Southeastern Civil War & Antique Gun Show
Civil War Show
Hosted by the North Georgia Relic Hunters…
Hale Farm & Village Civil War Reenactment
Reenactment
One of Ohio's largest Civil War living history events, with Federal and Confederate camps, battle reenactments, first-person interpretation, and Hale Farm's glassblowing, blacksmithing, and pottery…
BGES Tour — The Philadelphia Campaign, Part 2: An Active and Bloody October
Battlefield Tour
Historians Michael C. Harris and Gary Ecelbarger lead this field university on the October 1777 fighting around Philadelphia, with battlefield tours, historic house visits, and off-the-beaten-path…
BGES Tour — The Maryland Campaign of September 1862
Battlefield Tour
Historian Kevin Pawlak leads this four-day Civil War Field University program on Lee’s 1862 Maryland Campaign, from Leesburg through Harpers Ferry and South Mountain to Antietam, concluding with…
Jackson Civil War Muster
Reenactment
Michigan's largest Civil War living history event, held at Cascades Falls Park since the 1980s, with hundreds of reenactors, period camps, and full-scale battle…
BGES Tour — Hood’s 1864 Tennessee Campaign, Part II: Nashville, Lyon’s Raid & Retreat
Battlefield Tour
Historian Hal Litchford leads this four-day program on the collapse of Hood’s Tennessee Campaign — Lyon’s Kentucky Raid, both days of the Battle of Nashville, and the Confederate retreat to the…
Old North State Antique Gun and Military Antiques Show
Gun Show
The 96th Old North State show — antique guns and military antiques in the Scott Building at the North Carolina State…
September 2026
8 events →Huntington Beach Civil War Days
ReenactmentFree
Labor Day weekend living history event with hundreds of reenactors, Union and Confederate camps, the civilian town of "Reedsburg," and two battles daily in Huntington Central…
BGES Tour — Cradle of the Revolution: Boston to Lexington and Concord
Battlefield Tour
Historians Rob Orrison and Mark Maloy trace the Revolution’s opening from the streets and wharves of Boston through Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, with visits to founding-era historic…
OVMS MAX Show (Military Antiques Xtravaganza)
Military Antique Show
The Ohio Valley Military Society's Military Antiques Xtravaganza, one of the largest militaria shows in the eastern United States, moves to the York Expo Center for 2026. Public days are Friday and…
Northwest Civil War Council Living History Weekend
Living History
Annual encampment and living history weekend with Union and Confederate camps, demonstrations, and battle scenarios by one of the Pacific Northwest's longest-running reenacting…
Central Florida Gun Show
Gun Show
Central Florida gun show hosted by the Lakeland Rifle & Pistol Club at the Sun ’n Fun Expo…
National Civil War Collectors Fall Show & Sale
Civil War Show
Zurko Promotions presents The National Civil War Collectors Fall…
New England Antique Arms Society Show
Gun Show
Antique arms and military history show of about 50 tables hosted by the New England Antique Arms Society. Pre-1898 antique arms are the focus; no modern…
Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours — Vicksburg Campaign with Tim Smith
Battlefield Tour
Five-day seminar and battlefield tour of the Vicksburg Campaign led by historian Tim Smith — classroom lectures Wednesday followed by four days of bus tours of campaign battlefields and…
October 2026
11 events →47th Annual Colt Collectors Association All Colt Gun Show
Gun Show
47th Annual Colt Collectors Association All Colt Gun…
Annual Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War
Conference
Three-day Civil War conference on the art of command, held in the heart of Mosby's Confederacy in the northern Virginia…
North-South Skirmish Association 154th National Competition
Other Civil War EventFree
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…
10th Annual Civil War Collectors Show
Civil War Show
Our 10th Annual Military Collectors Show & Sale !! Stewart County Visitors Center 117 Visitors Center Lane Dover, Tn 37058 Saturday, October 3rd: 9am - 4pm Sunday, October 4th: 9am - 2pm $5.00…
Minnesota Weapons Collectors Association Show
Gun Show
Long-running Minnesota Weapons Collectors Association show with antique and collectible arms from member collectors and…
National Gun Day & J.A.G. Military Gun Show
Gun Show
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…
162nd Anniversary Battle of Cedar Creek Reenactment
Reenactment
More than a thousand reenactors recreate the October 19, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, the last major battle in the Shenandoah Valley, on the original fields. Confederate morning assault staged…
BGES Tour — Revolutionary Williamsburg and Yorktown
Battlefield Tour
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,…
OVMS Wilmington Show
Military Antique Show
The Ohio Valley Military Society's fall Wilmington military collectibles show, a regional gathering for collectors of military antiques from all…
November 2026
10 events →BGES Tour — Washington’s Final Battle: Monmouth Courthouse and the Jersey Campaign
Battlefield Tour
Historians Gary Ecelbarger and Scott Patchan follow Washington’s 85-mile pursuit of the British across New Jersey in June 1778, culminating in the Battle of Monmouth — Washington’s final field…
Annual Battle of Fort Branch Reenactment
Reenactment
Held at the original Confederate earthen fort overlooking the Roanoke River since 1987, with battle reenactments both afternoons, camp life demonstrations, night cannon firing, and period music. Held…
BGES Tour — The Vicksburg Campaign
Battlefield Tour
Dr. Timothy B. Smith leads this four-day program on the climactic operations around Vicksburg — Chickasaw Bayou, Grant’s Canal, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, and Raymond — concluding with the assaults and…
22nd Annual President's Remembrance Day Dinner & Ball
Other Civil War Event
Period attire is required for both…
Atlanta Antique Gun and International Military Show
Gun Show
Carolina Trader Promotions’ long-running antique gun and international military collectibles show at the IAMAW Union Hall in…
45th Annual Central Virginia Military Antique Show
Civil War Show
The 2025 Central Virginia Military Antique Show on November 14th is put on by BulletAndShell.com in conjunction with the Central Virginia Civil War Collectors Association. Show has setup on Friday…
Annual Gettysburg Remembrance Day Events
Living History
Sponsored by the Sons of Veterans Reserve, Military Department of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Includes the Albert Woolson GAR Monument ceremony, Remembrance Day parade with units…
The Lincoln Forum XXXI Annual Symposium
Seminar
The 31st annual Lincoln Forum symposium, themed "Lincoln and the Founders," gathers leading Lincoln and Civil War scholars for panels, a battlefield tour, and a book sale with author…
Tennessee Military Collectors Association Show
Military Antique Show
Two shows a year since 1976 — over 325 tables of militaria from all periods. Held the Friday and Saturday just after Thanksgiving Day. Probably the friendliest show you will ever attend. Non-profit…
December 2026
4 events →39th Annual Middle Tennessee Civil War Show & Sale
Civil War Show
MK Shows presents the nation's largest Civil War show, featuring 750 tables of antique weapons, artifacts, and memorabilia from top dealers and collectors around the country. Encompasses all eras of…
Antietam Memorial Illumination
Living HistoryFree
The largest memorial illumination in North America — 23,000 luminaries, one for each casualty of the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam, line a five-mile driving tour through the…
Battle of Prairie Grove Reenactment
ReenactmentFree
Arkansas's largest Civil War reenactment, held every other year on the ground where the December 7, 1862 battle was fought — battle reenactments both days, camp tours, drill demonstrations, period…