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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 Curse of the Captain’s Coat
Hale Farm Bath Ohio August 8-9, 2015 Courtesy Brittany Wellman Heavy rains accompanied every event where Capt Sharp’s new officer’s frock was present, including Spring Drill, Sharon Woods, and Ohio Village. This coincidental harrowing weather left the company to believe that the coat was cursed. The men offered to donate the cost of the coat…
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Unending upon the Day
Hale Farm Bath, Ohio August 9-10, 2014 It was a rough ride to Hale Farm Friday evening. I had gotten lazy and trusted the voice recognition of my smart phone when I spoke the location into the navigation. It was the correct direction out of Columbus, so it must have been correct. But when I…
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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…
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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,…