A Civil War Tour
of Albany Rural Cemetery.
 Saturday, May 26 at 10 a.m.
Mark Bodnar, tour guide
No Charge,
Call 463-7017
 
Visit the gravesites of people who played important roles during the war.   Visit Gen. Adolph Von Steinwehr who set the Union defenses at Gettysburg, President Chester Arthur, Medal of Honor Awardee  Robert Henry King, Senator Ira Harris whose daughter Clara was in the box with Lincoln when he was shot and many others.
 
 
South Ridge Tour
Saturday, June 9 at 10 a.m.
Peter Hess, tour guide
No Charge,
Call 463-7017
 
Visit the gravesite of the family of authors William and Henry James; visit Minnie Temple, Henry’s inspiration for Isabel Archer in Portrait of a Lady.   Visit the family of author Herman Melville, the Van Rensselaers, Cornings, Schuylers, Stanfords, survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, and others. Tour about 1 1/2 hrs.
 
 
 

Civil War Heritage Day
Reception and Parade for President Lincoln!
Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York
Saturday, September 29, 2007, 10 am - 5 pm, No Charge—$5 parking fee


The schedule for the day will include:

All Day: Civil War Military Camps.
Civil War Tours, both walking tours and horse drawn (there will be a charge for the horse drawn tours).
The 77th NY Regimental Balladeers will perform.
The Excelsior Cornet Band - New York State’s only authentic Civil War brass band will perform with authentic instruments of the 1860 period.
The 2nd Vermont Light Artillery will fire their Civil War cannon.
The 6th NY Cavalry will be on horseback.
Civil War drill, military tactics and weapon firing demonstrations will be given by several participating Civil War Groups including the 5th NYVI (Duryee’s Zouaves) and the 123rd NYVI (Champlain Rifles).

Reception and Parade to welcome President Abraham Lincoln.
Memorial Service.


All Day Displays

The Capital District Civil War Round Table
George L. Willard Camp 154 of the Sons of Union Veterans
Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
79th Regiment NYS Volunteers (Cameron Highlanders)
Civil War Period wagons and carriages
Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region
The Capital District Blacksmith’s Association
“A Lady in Mourning”
Working model of Burden’s horseshoe-making machine
Commemorative U.S. Postal Service cancellation and cachets
State Capitol Tours from the Civil War
Display of Civil War Weaponry
Historical Society of the Town of Colonie
Albany County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau
Civil War era horse drawn hearse from DeMarco Funeral Home
Civil War era funeral wagon from Albany Rural Cemetery
117th NYV Co. B, Medical Corps
Display highlighting the history of (Ulysses S.) Grant Cottage
U.S. Naval Landing Party
U.S. Colored Troops