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Event Headquarters:
The Jeffersonian Institute,
120 East Austin Street, Jefferson, TX 75657
Be a part of the Battle for Jefferson!
Military and Civilian Re-enactors welcome. Please view the Registration Info page for complete details.
ALL DAY
9AM-3:00PM
Student Living History
7:00-10:00PM
Illumination at Oakwood Cemetery
ALL DAY
10:00AM
Pilgrimage Parade & Town Skirmish
11:15AM
Secret Codes of the Underground Railroad
2:00PM
Ladies Tea
4:00PM
1st Battle for Jefferson Re-enactment
8:00-11:00PM
Muskets and Magnolias Grand Ball
9:00AM-CLOSE
Period Sutlers
9:00AM
Period Church Service
10:00AM
Presentation of Colors
1:30PM
2nd Battle for Jefferson Re-enactment
Even the most casual of history buffs understands that Jefferson's role in the Civil War was only as a manufacturing and supply depot for the upstart Confederate States of America.
But 150 years later, the historic river port stands front-and-center in what well may be the largest reenactment of that era in Texas.
Hundreds of Civil War period re-enactors - soldiers and civilians both - are expected to descend upon the town the weekend of May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 2026 to enact "The Battle for Jefferson," a two-day tilt between Confederate and Federal forces. Infantry, cavalry and artillery all play a part in the scenario battle that gives life to what might have happened in and around Jefferson in 1864 had Union Troops been successful in the Red River Campaign and captured Shreveport.
Coupled with the Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club's annual Pilgrimage, the "Battle" portion of the weekend has succeeded in turning Jefferson's downtown historic district and surrounding neighborhoods into a three-day living history encampment.
