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Civil War Encampment Weekend


  • Grant Cottage Historic Site 1000 Mount McGregor Road Wilton, NY, 12831 United States (map)
Civil War soldiers will camp on the D.A. Collins property near Northway Exit 16.

Experience the sights and sounds of the Civil War this October at Grant Cottage! As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, take the opportunity to immerse yourself in a pivotal era of American history with military, civilian, and medical demonstrations as well as historical presentations and period music. Visitors will have an opportunity to win a raffle for actual Civil War artifacts. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to see the past come alive on the mountain.

(Education Day Friday – Interested educators, please contact colette@grantcottage.org)

MORE INFORMATION & SCHEDULE COMING SOON! 

August 11th & 12th a hundred authentic living historians will engage in mock battle scenarios with cannons, cavalry horses and realistic illustrations of life during the Civil War.

Civil War Weekend Schedule
COMING SOON!

Earlier Event: September 26
Historical Encounters Tours
Later Event: October 3
Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire
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A visit to Grant’s Cottage

“Excellent guides who enrich the experience and help you to learn and understand what President /General Grant was going through in the weeks before his passing. History is ever present in our day to day life and it is more so when we get a chance to see it up close and personal. Grant's Cottage is one such place. Beautiful day on the mountain, JFK said" A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers". Grant is a man to honor and remember. So much history to explore and see in up state New York, stop by and experience Grant's Cottage.”

-Catherine F, TripAdvisor Sep 2025

Ulysses S. Grant Cottage
1000 Mt. McGregor Rd.
Wilton, NY 12831

Mailing Address:
Ulysses S. Grant Cottage
PO Box 2294
Wilton, NY 12831
(518) 584-4353     info@grantcottage.org
 

The Friends of the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage is the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which manages the daily operations & programming at Grant Cottage. Your generous support helps us keep history alive as we tell the story of Ulysses S. Grant's time on Mt. McGregor.