Confederate In Blue

Category: 2012

  • The Yankee Hoards

    Hale FarmBath Ohio August 11-12, 2012 Most of the events we, the 1st Tennessee, go to seem to have a lack of jackets dyed in indigo.  We’ve been to events where a few of us have to change our gray over to blue so that we can have someone to shoot at.  I have wondered,…

  • Can I Pet the Horse?

    Greenville, OHJuly 28-29,2012 The horse was called Norman. I arrived at my usual time Friday evening at the Garst Museum in Greenville, Ohio.  Being the first to arrive and the contact for the unit with the event coordinators, I met with the blacksmith, who (with one other) was the living history organizer for the event.…

  • Where’s the Park?

    Fort Wayne, IN July 14-15, 2012 We had never been to this event in Fort Wayne, known as the Camp Allen Muster.  I stumbled across this one by accident looking for alternative events last year.  It was scheduled the same time as our usual event at McConnelsville, OH, but when it came up for a…

  • The Battle of Blacklick Creek

    Reynoldsburg, OHJune 23-24, 2012 Someone is calling this Ohio’s largest Civil War reenactment, but I’m not sure where they get that.  It is large,  and definitely in the running for the largest, but the Confederate side only had three companies to form the single battalion.  There were something like four artillery pieces per side, and perhaps…

  • Sitting By the Roadside

    Grove City, OH June 2-3, 2012 Arriving late afternoon on Friday, I was surprised at how cool the weather had come, especially after suffering from 90 degrees plus last weekend.  I was the first one of the Confederates to arrive, so I looked around for someone to tells us where the Confederate camp was supposed…

  • Living History in Middle School

    May 25, 2012 Heritage Middle School Hilliard OH Setting up camp Thursday evening for a school day on a field at Heritage Middle School in Hilliard OH we saw promise as a handful of kids came to watch us set up.  We have seen many times where kids seem to know nothing about the Civil…

  • The Season Begins

    Sharon Woods, Sharonville OHMay 19-20, 2012 Arriving Friday evening, we set up camp in rather cramped quarters.  Expecting to have sufficient space reserved for us, the camp organizers decided we didn’t need all that space, so gave half our space to the Confederate Marines.  We somehow managed to make it work, though we occupied every…

  • Drill, Drill, Drill

    Spring Drill, April 21-22, 2012 Durbin Bean Bake site I did not really expect much for this weekend, but I was at least hoping the weather would be as nice as Hurricane.  The weekend was a lot of drilling, but the weather could have been better.  Hurricane had a lot better weather. Most of us…

  • The Hills and the Wind

    Hurricane WV March 24-25, 2012 West Virginia—a state that resulted from a rebellion of a rebellion—is a hilly state.  Cpl. Carte and I arrived at Hurricane Friday and set our tents where we were told.  Since we knew no one else, we stumbled up to the Confederate Commander, who we had served under at Guyandotte…

  • The Regimental Meeting

    March 10, 2012 Finally getting started back into the season, we met at our usual place at the Springfield, OH Heritage Center to review 2011 and plan for 2012. Gas was a concern, and because of it, distant events were dropped.  Jackson, MIwas dropped from the list due to the far distant, but already a…