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How to Become a Reenactor Part 2
Everything written here are my sole opinions and observations and do not represent the opinions or observations of anyone else or any organization Before reenacting, my life was average–even dull. I was raised United Methodist, attended a private Christian school, majored in journalism for two years at a Christian college in Kentucky, graduated with a…
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How to Become a Reenactor Part 1
Everything written here are my sole opinions and observations and do not represent the opinions or observations of anyone else or any organization With the reenacting season now over, I thought it a good idea to find something to keep this blog going for the off-season. Here and there I’ve been asked the question, “How…
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Closing the Year
Monroe, Ohio October 26-27, 2013 It was a long year of reenacting, with Monroe making number 18 for 2013 for me. I arrived Friday evening, but no one else from the 1st Tennessee was going to be there that night. The weather was also going to get cold. Jim Kletzli was going to come…
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Gettysburg in Indiana
Hartford City, IN October 12-13, 2013 Everything written here are my sole opinions and observations and do not represent the opinions or observations of anyone else or any organization. The weekend started at Hartford City with the annual wooden State of Indiana plaque deposited in my car to be added to my Indiana mosaic now plastering…
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Ambush in the Village
As I go into my experience at Pioneer Village, I would just like to say that many seem to treat my writings as after-action reports. They really aren’t. They are merely my observations, sometimes opinions, of the sequence of events that occur. They are my perspective on things–and nothing more. When I go to an…
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Chickamudda and Camp Farbie
150th Commemoration, Battle of Chickamauga Chickamauga, GA September 19-21, 2013 We arrived and set up camp on this farm located between Pigeon and Lookout Mountains south of the city of Chicamauga. The views were spectacular. We found the Pigeon Mountain Grill about twenty minutes away to eat our first night, on Thursday. Unless Perryville last…
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History and Politics
Zoar OHSeptember 7-8, 2013 Tim Ellifrit and I rode together to Zoar for their bi-annual event. The number of the 1st Tennessee Company B attending were small, so we fell in with the 5th Kentucky Company B. After our experience at the last Zoar event with the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV), Capt Steiner sought…
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A Decline in Numbers
Jackson, MI August 24-25, 2013 Jackson, Michigan has been one of my annual staples since 2010, when I went all-out for Civil War reenacting. For the number of reenactors that attended–normally several hundred–the battlefield is rather small, but forces those in command to think quickly and maneuver in tight quarters. This was my second year…
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The Confederate Commander
Jackson OH August 17-18, 2013 Courtesy Keisha Waley Jackson, Ohio, so I was told, was intended to be for this one time only, in commemoration for John Hunt Morgan’s 150th year of invasion into Ohio. The event went well, and talk was that it may be brought back next year. The huge battlefield had space…
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The Farm in Blue
Hale Farm Bath OH August 10-11, 2013 With only Tim Ellifrit from the 1st Tennessee joining me, we decided we would try something different at Hale Farm this year. We enjoyed ourselves last year falling in with the 5th Texas, but my old unit–the one that got me started with Civil War reenacting was also…