One of the individuals to be portrayed during the re-enactment will be Annah Snapp.
An upcoming event at the Museums of Tusculum College will offer an opportunity to the public to hear some of the incredible stories of those who lived and died in Greene County during the Civil War.
The museums on the Tusculum College campus will host a lantern tour, “Hard Times on the Home Front,” that will share some of the inspiring and sometimes harrowing stories of the lives of Greene Countians. The tours will be offered on Friday and Saturday, September 23 and 24.
“Our local history is steeped in the politics and policies that were prominent during the Civil War,” said Leah Walker, Doak House Museum site manager. “The Civil War in Greene County affected everyone, from the brothers who had to face each other across the battlefields, to those left behind to deal with the day-to-day chaos of a region in crisis. These stories will open your eyes.”
Dairies, correspondence and first-person accounts tell of the experiences of those who lived in East Tennessee during some of the hardest economic and social times in America’s history.
Students in the Museum Studies program, members of the 1860s Living History and Dance Society and volunteers will reenact some of these events that took place in Greene County during the Civil War. Costumed re-enactors will portray Annah Snapp, Dr. A.S. Newton Dobson, Prof. William Stephenson Doak, Prof. W. B. Rankin and others who witnessed history first hand.
Space was limited for the tours and spaces for both evening were filled by Wednesday, Sept. 21.
The Doak House Museum and the President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library are operated by the Department of Museum Program and Studies of Tusculum College. In addition to the museums, the department is responsible for the College Archives and offers one of the few undergraduate Museum Studies degree programs in the country. The two museums are also part of the National Historic District on the Tusculum College campus. Follow the museums on Facebook and Twitter to learn the latest news and upcoming events or visit its Web site at www.tusculum.edu/museums to learn more about the variety of programs offered at the museums.