Tom Connell, of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry re-enactment group, fires his musket at Confederate troops Saturday during a Civil War re-enactment at Viles Arboretum in Augusta.

Gary Cottrell, a Confederate Civil War re-enactor from Rhode Island, rests during a living history event Saturday at Viles Arboretum in Augusta. Cottrell, of the 3rd Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Army of Northern Virginia, said he began taking part in Civil War re-enactments 15 years ago.

Confederate Civil War re-enactors reload their muskets during skirmish with Union troops Saturday at Viles Arboretum in Augusta.

Playing the role of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Scott Whitney, of Illinois, reads the terms of surrender that were submitted to Gen. Robert E. Lee’s at Appomattox Court House, Va., during a Civil War re-enactment Saturday at Viles Arboretum in Augusta.