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The Wall
Fredericksburg, VA December 8, 2012 The last event of the season finally arrived and I began my long trek to Fredericksburg, Virginia crammed into a Ford Explorer with three other guys and their gear. I joined Quinn Marcotte, Charles Russ, with Butch Foster in his SUV. It was a long 11-hour trip with Butch arguing…
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Guyandotte and Weenie Dogs
Guyandotte WV 2012 November 3-4, 2012 Sgt Mergle getting carried off the battlefield. He was dropped four times.photo courtesy Toril Lavender For The Herald-Dispatch Cpl Carte and I arrived early on Friday at Guyandotte WV to get settled in and kick back for the rest of the day. It was around 2 when we pulled up…
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Fallen Friend
October 27, 2012 One of our beloved comrades in arms suffered a heart attack. Last week, Gary Shaw, former 1st Sergeant of the 1st Tennessee Company B, was admitted to Mount Carmel East in Columbus, Ohio. A few of us visited him after the Ohio Leadership Conference. He is doing fine, and is expected to…
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The Stump
Monroe OH October 20-21, 2012 When I arrived at Monroe, I camped near the same place as the year before. Sgt Nyman arrived about the same time as I and since we were the only ones of the 1st Tennessee to be camping, we chose a spot a little up the hill, where we could…
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Gone with the Windy Shiloh of Indiana
Hartford City IN October 13-14, 2012 Hartford City was always one of my largest events every year, and I had probably attended that last six years there. But going there just a week after Perryville seemed anti-climatic. None of the 1stTennessee joined me to continue recovering from the onslaught experienced at Perryville (or perhaps they…
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The First National
Perryville Battle, 150th Commemoration Perryville KY I grew up in Ohio, and my idea of seafood was something from Red Lobster. It was something passable for supper, but stank fishy. But then I visited Barcelona, Spain, and had fish fresh from the Mediterranean. I realized Ohio does not have seafood—it only serves spoiled fish. Seafood…
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Taking a Hit
Pioneer VillageCaesar’s CreekWaynesville, OH Courtesy Civil War Sites When I finally crashed on Friday evening at Pioneer Village in Caesar’s Creek, I was reminded of sleeping under the street lights of Grove City. But this time there was no electricity-there were no street lights. It was the light of the full moon that gave the…
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Double-Quick Up the Hill
Fort Recovery, OH Sept 8-9, 2012 The change in perspective from private to major is dramatic. As a private, all I saw during a battle was the blue target in front of me. I fired my musket on command. I right-faced on command. I marched on command. But now, as major, my job is to…
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The Federals and the Copperheads
Durbin Bean Bake Sept 1-3, 2012 The Durbin Bean Bake is a Labor Day only event, but the 1st Tennessee makes its own fun Saturday and Sunday. I arrived early Saturday expecting to be pretty much alone most of that first day, so planned on taking advantage of the time by bringing a bunch of…
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Rising through the Ranks
Jackson, Michigan August 25-26, 2012 Jackson usually is an event that the 1st Tennessee shows in force, but for some reason was not voted for at the Regimental meeting. I had debated about whether going to Jackson, or to Richmond, Kentucky, which also had a large event this same weekend. In the end I decided…