Sun, Aug 25
|Watkins Museum of History
The Life of a Civil War Soldier
Join us in-person and online as historian Will Haynes tells stories of the adventures and harsh realities of soldier’s lives in the Civil War.
Time & Location
Aug 25, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA
About the event
Over three million Americans served in the Civil War, including twenty thousand Kansans. Join us in-person and online as historian Will Haynes tells stories of the adventures and harsh realities of soldier’s lives.
This presentation will quote from soldiers’ eyewitness accounts and also feature original Civil War artifacts from the Watkins collection.
This event is part of Civil War on the Border, Douglas County's largest annual heritage event for 29 years. Visit our website here for more information.