Henricus Historical Park to host living history event Aug. 17

Henricus Historical Park in Chesterfield County will give visitors a glimpse of what life was like for members of the 124th New York Infantry in the summer of 1864, during a living history event Saturday, Aug. 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

That summer, Union Army regiments under Gen. Benjamin Butler occupied the Dutch Gap Canal and Bermuda Hundred in present-day Chesterfield County. In the weeks following, the battle lines of both Union and Confederate troops found

themselves at multiple stalemates around Aiken’s Landing and Jones Neck in the First and Second Battle of Deep Bottom.​

The Aug. 17 event will help attendees learn about how soldiers lived during the Richmond and Petersburg campaigns from 1864 to April 1865. Camp life, cooking, singing, games, and other duties common to the army when not in

battle with be on display, along with several musket firings throughout the day.

Tickets are $9 for children ages 5-12 and $13 for adults. For details, click here.