The 16th Alabama Regiment will present a living history weekend at Point Park on Lookout Mountain on Sept. 4-5.
The volunteer re-enactors will conduct infantry demonstrations and programs about the life of soldiers from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Rifle-firing demonstrations will be held at 10 and 11:30 a.m., 1:30, 2:30 and 4 p.m. on Saturday. Sunday's demonstrations will take place at 10 and 11:30 a.m., 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.
The 16th Alabama participated in the 1862 battles of Shiloh, Perryville and Murfreesboro. As part of Sterling A.M. Wood's Brigade, the regiment suffered a 58 percent casualty rate at Chickamauga.
For more information, visit the park's website at www.nps.gov/chch.
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