Author To Lead Tour At New Market Site

The Virginia Museum of the Civil War at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park will present a special guided tour led by author Sarah Kay Bierle on May 6.

This walking tour will focus on the events of May 13 and 14, 1864, the lead-up to the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864, and how Union and Confederate armies came to clash near the small crossroads town.

The tour will run from 2:30 to 4 p.m. and start at the museum at 8895 George Collins Parkway, New Market.

The cost is $20 per person, and the event is limited to 30 participants. Preregistration is required. To register or for more information, call 866515-1864 or email [email protected].

Bierle is the managing editor at Emerging Civil War and works in the Education Department at American Battlefield Trust. Bierle is the author of “Call Out The Cadets: The Battle of New Market.”