Registration for Summer Camp 2025 will be February 10-14, 2025 Soldiers and DioramasACW Petersburg, 1864 Grades 6 to 9 5 sessions from July 7 to 11, 2025 Upcoming Session: Monday, July 7, 2025 - 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET View all session dates Session Dates 1 July 7, 20259:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET 2 July 8, 20259:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET 3 July 9, 20259:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET 4 July 10, 20259:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET 5 July 11, 20259:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Code: 3A0E41 Select your Registration $425 Member $495 Non-Member Resize text The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a series of Civil War battles fought around Petersburg, Virginia, from June 1864 to March 1865. More popularly known as the Siege of Petersburg, it was not a classic military siege, but rather nine months of trench warfare waged by Union forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Campers explore the battle through discussions and historical simulations using information from maps, timelines, and museum visits. They create dioramas and fight battles with miniature soldiers, as well as engage in group-strategy games using large geographical maps. Fictional and nonfiction accounts, graphic novels, reference books, and related films and documentaries give campers a grounding in the period’s history.
