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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.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC*

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. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to see the past come alive on the mountain.

*Saturday night Specialty Tour is a ticketed event. Learn More Here.

Thanks to the following participants:

  • 118th New York Volunteer Infantry

  • 125th New York Volunteer Infantry

  • 60th New York Volunteer Infantry

  • 12th New York Light Artillery

  • Civil War Medical Coalition

  • Civil War Civilians

  • Glens Falls Art - Tintype Photography

  • Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

  • Capital District Civil War Roundtable

  • Author Louis Picone

  • Musician Kevin O’Brien

  • Artifact Exhibitors Randall G. and Bruce B.











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.