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The Cycle Begins Again
Hartford City, IN May 14-15, 2016 The sun Friday as I arrived gave a false promise of good weather for the weekend at Hartford City. I was able to keep warm through the night, almost too warm, even. But as I rose Saturday morning to wind and occasional cold spit from the skies we struggled…
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Preserving the Battlefield
Perryville Cleanup Day Perryville, KY May 23, 2015 We arrived at the Perryville Battlefield early ready to work. It was their cleanup day, and we hoped we could avoid the hazards we encountered from last year. Ten of us from the 1st Tennessee were ready to work. Chad Greene assigned us to work on a…
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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…
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On the Lake in Blue
Painesville OH May 24-25, 2014 Capt Trent Boham of the 4th OVI contacted me about an event up on Lake Erie in Painesville, Ohio. He was going up with a few of the 4th to consolidate with the 25th OVI and the 83rd PVI to form a decent-sized Yankee unit, and invited me to tag…
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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…
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The Wilderness
150th Battle of the Wilderness Spotsylvania, VA May 3-4, 2014 The trip was long. I set my tent in a tight corner by the Colonel’s tent. The Independent Guard had two of the their companies—the 50th Virginia and the 5th Kentucky—in attendance, and the 2nd Florida joined us. The morning was early. I woke to…
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The Village
Ohio Village Columbus, OH May 25-26, 2013 Having been raised in Columbus, I spent many a time at the Village and Historical Society building. As the destination of school field trips and a museum for a quiet afternoon, I have visited every exhibit. I have been to the Ohio Village on numerous occasions, always in…
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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.…
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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…
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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…