Dr. Mike Stevens will lead a discussion of the actions of Union Gen. Philip Sheridan during the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign at the monthly meeting of the Rappahannock Valley Civil War Round Table, which is open to the public. Arthur Candenquist, a supervisor with Amtrak, will present the October program for the Rappahannock Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Free and open to the public. Melissa Wilson will speak about the book, which she edited, that contains previously unpublished letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians.
Tours depart from the depot visitors center.
Participants should arrive 15 minutes early to purchase tickets. Proceeds benefit the Museum of Culpeper History. Civil war period music, dinner, dancing. Period clothing preferred, but modern black-tie accepted. Proceeds benefit the foundation.