SACRAMENTO, Ky. (WFIE) – If you are going to be driving through Sacramento, Kentucky this weekend, you’ll take a trip through time.
That’s because the 28th annual ‘Battle for Sacramento’ Civil War reenactment will be in town.
The Battle of Sacramento happened on December 28, 1861 in Sacramento, KY.
In 1861, Mollie Morehead, a women loyal to the Confederacy alerted the confederates that Union soldiers were in the area.
The Confederates ambushed the Union soldiers, starting the battle, and later causing the Union to retreat.
Each year in May, the Battle of Sacramento and the city and citizens of Sacramento put on a reenactment.
And they’ve been doing it for nearly 30 years.
“I joined because I had some friends that asked me to get involved,” says Jim Hank, a Civil War reenactor. “I really enjoy the mid-19th century and the history of the United States during that period.”
At the event, there will be reenactors, booths selling food and Civil War accurate items, and members of the 52nd Regimental String Band will be performing.
Reenactors came from all across the country to perform.
They say they try to keep things as accurate as they can to the time period.
“This is modern day America, so there’s going to be things that’s not historically accurate, but we try to do our best to make the experience is as historically accurate as can be,” says Tony Merrick, a Civil War reenactor.
Reenactors say they encourage visitors to come and learn all about the historic battle.
“A lot of times they’re apprehensive when they walk into your campsite, they don’t know what to say or do. We want them here. We want them to come in and ask questions and say ‘why you’re doing this or what happened here.’ We love to explain and just because we’ve read up on this stuff, so we kind of know it. And I’ve been reading up on the American Civil War for 20 years,” Hank said.
The event will be happening all day Saturday and Sunday.
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