The Coventry Town Museum Association and the Coventry town historian will present the fourth annual Commemorative Event for a Civil War Veteran starting at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The program will be held in Coventry at the United Methodist Church and the Coventry Union Cemetery and Burial Ground on state Highway 206.
Coventry native Hezekiah Knickerbocker of the 8th Cavalry, Company C, was born March 19, 1831. He fought at the Battle of Cedar Creek and was imprisoned at Salisbury Confederate Prison in North Carolina. He died from his injuries in 1865, at the age of 34. He is buried in the Coventry Union Cemetery.
The program will include Civil War music and songs, period readings, excerpts from Knickerbocker's letters home to Coventry and commentary by family members. At the cemetery, a prayer will be offered, followed by a flag ceremony by marching troops, gunfire salute, taps and the tolling of the church bell in memory of the fallen soldier.
Participants in the event will include Civil War re-enactors, local musicians and vocalists, a Civil War nurse, Coventry firefighters, veterans, Coventry government officials, church members, Coventry residents and invited guests (some in period costume or uniform).
Light refreshments will be served following the cemetery ceremony, at the Methodist Church Chapel. All are welcome.
This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Chenango County Council of the Arts.
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