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The New Adventure
I have run this blog for nearly seven years now, posting my experiences of every Civil War reenactment I attended, plus more. If you have been following my blog from the beginning, you watched my rise through the ranks from private, to major, and now lieutenant colonel. You read my stories, and hopefully laughed with…
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My Heritage
As a young man, Miles P. Clark moved to Van Wert, Ohio from his home in New York to make a life for himself in the west. There, he met his wife Mary and became one of the managers of the St. Charles Hotel, hosting Cotillon Parties until the 1850s. Around 1857, he was given…
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The Endless Hills
Perryville KY October 6-9, 2016 Early morning behind our camp. I made an early start to Perryville, arriving Thursday afternoon. I located our camp by finding the tall bald Cpl Cochran standing next to Capt Sharp smoking his vapor pipe. Capt Sharp had a rather large role in the planning of the event and was…
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I’m not wearing my glasses
Sidney Ohio September 17-18, 2016 After setting camp, rain threatened, but never materialized. We hoped to have as many as 20 rifles show, but arrivals were light. In the end, the 1st had around ten rifles plus a handful from the 13th VA and 9th KY. The night was comfortable, interrupted by light rain and…
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Outnumbered at Shawshank
Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield, OH August 27, 2016 With a significant number of promises from the men of meeting Capt Sharp at the Ohio Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, we planned to spend a good portion of the day in drill, fine-tuning our skills for the next couple of events. But much of that number went…
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Preparing for Battle
Perryville Cleanup Day August 20th 2016 Perryville, KY Saturday morning on August 20–just after 9 am–we met with the park officials at Perryville Battlefield. They gave us some tools, and we headed for the hill next to Starkweather Hill. The job before us was to remove a modern wire fence that had put up after…
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Rain
I was the first of the company to arrive at Hale Farm, and found we were assigned our usual location in the woods. I started to drive my car down the trail into the woods, but rains had been pummeling the area, leaving rutted mud paths where the wheels of my car would only spin,…
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The Bold and the Beautiful
Gathering at GarstGreenville OH July 30-31, 2016 I arrived late Friday to living history area at the Garst Museum in Greenville, OH for the Gathering at Garst event. Greenville was a quiet event, with numbers down from previous years. We set camp with four tents in a corner of the park and relaxed the night.…
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Through the Woods
Sharon Woods Heritage VillageSharonville, Ohio Photo courtesy Cincinnati Enquirer July 9-10, 2016 Arriving Friday at Sharon Woods Heritage Village was unremarkable. I was the first of the company to arrive, so I found our designated campsite and pitched my tent. A steady stream arrived, and by nightfall most of the 1st Tennessee was present. The…
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Anybody want a gun?
Thunder in the Valley Battle of Cross Keys Port Republic, Virginia June 11-12, 2016 With the long drive to Virginia, J.R. Sharp, Chad Cochran, Jeff Carte, Rick Compton, Mark Nichols, and I stopped in Lexington for a tour of Lee’s Chapel at Washington and Lee University, and a tour of the museum at VMI. Aftward,…