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The Battle of Townsend's Plantation
Civil War Festival January 30 & 31, 2010
A Celebration of American History

Festival Schedule
Saturday
10:00 Am - Gates Open, Civil War Camps Open
2:00 PM - Pre Battle Concert
3:00 PM - The Battle of Townsend's Plantation
8:00 PM - Dress ball

Sunday
10:00 AM - Gates Open, Camps Open, , Folk Music
11:30 AM - Old Time Chapel Service
1:00 PM - Pre Battle Concert
2:00 PM - The Battle of Townsend's Plantation

More than 800 participants
-- representing units of the Union
and the Confederacy -- re-enact
a Civil War battle over two days
in February.

Troopers and camp
followers, dressed in period
homespun, pitch tents and settle
in. Tethered horses, nervous
with excitement, snort, and shift
restlessly, while their masters
check and re-check their
cap-and-ball weapons in
anticipation of the battle to come.

A single shot rings out, and
40 acres of 20th century Florida
Live Oak country are
transformed into an 1860's battle
field -- quickly awash in clouds of
black-powder smoke, as cannons
boom and belch, punctuated by
the dull pop of small arms fire
and the galloping tattoo of
horses' hooves stirring up dust
that mingles with gunsmoke.

Before the battle,
Renninger's visitors wander
around the encampment,
taking in the sights, smells
and sounds -- perhaps a
snatch of "Dixie", or "The
Bonnie Blue Flag."

Afterward, re-enactors and
their families often stroll
through the Antique Center
and the Farmers & Flea
Market, before breaking
camp and returning to
present day Central Florida

Highlights of Activities

Civil War battle - Saturday 3:00 PM & Sunday 2:00 PM
Civil War Dress Ball - Saturday 8:00 PM located in
Renningers Pavilion
97th Regimental String band

General Gate Admission
Adults $5.00
Children 12 & Under $2.00

Click Here to see what it was
like at Townsend's Plantation
during previous reenactments.