Category: Conner Prairie

  • The New Guard

    Conner Prairie Fishers, Indiana May 16-17, 2015 A threat of rain was of some concern over the projection of warm weather, but it was a weekend I looked forward to as the first battalion event of the season.  This would be the first event with Danny Linkous as colonel of the Independent Guard Battalion.  Duane…

  • Yankees in Gray

    Conner Prairie May 17-18, 2014 Everything written here are my sole opinions and observations and do not represent the opinions or observations of anyone else or any organization.  Conner Prairie gained a reputation for being very strongly favoring of Yankees and not so supportive of Confederates.  In the past, the Yankees placed pickets to prevent…

  • The Rebel Invasion

    May 18-29, 2013 Conner Prairie, Fishers, IN We are a band of brothers I hadn’t been to Conner Prairie since 2006, long before I started getting serious into this hobby.  The 1st Tennessee had a bad experience there a few years back—the same year I started getting heavy into this hobby—and haven’t been back since.…