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The Endless Hills
Perryville KY October 6-9, 2016 Early morning behind our camp. I made an early start to Perryville, arriving Thursday afternoon. I located our camp by finding the tall bald Cpl Cochran standing next to Capt Sharp smoking his vapor pipe. Capt Sharp had a rather large role in the planning of the event and was…
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The Last
Hartford City IN October 10-11, 2015 I arrived at Hartford City late, around 7 pm and set up my camp in the fair evening weather. With my camp set up, I changed into my major’s uniform, including a new coat tailored by Jim Ruley, and headed to officers’ call at headquarters where we discussed the…
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Touching the Sacred Grounds
Perryville, KY October 3-4, 2015 The muck and mire from a week of rain threatened to swallow our vehicles whole as we arrived in Perryville for the weekend. The air provided a spitting mist that slowly soaked our very being. Golf carts were deployed to haul our gear from the parking lot to our camp.…
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A Changing of the Guard
Hartford City IN October 11-12, 2014 Hartford City was a busy event as usual, with parade at nine and skirmish drills through the afternoon, and pay call of real cash awarded to random individuals (including myself) but it was different from usual. For one thing, the usual Sunday morning tactical was no longer on the…
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Choking in Chaplin Hills
152nd Anniversary, Battle of Perryville Perryville KYOctober 4-5, 2014 We knew the turnout for this off-year event would not be anything like the big anniversary years, but there was still enough to field a battalion on each side, though the 4th Kentucky had to galvanize for the battle each day. I was told that 75…
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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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The Stump
Monroe OH October 20-21, 2012 When I arrived at Monroe, I camped near the same place as the year before. Sgt Nyman arrived about the same time as I and since we were the only ones of the 1st Tennessee to be camping, we chose a spot a little up the hill, where we could…
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Gone with the Windy Shiloh of Indiana
Hartford City IN October 13-14, 2012 Hartford City was always one of my largest events every year, and I had probably attended that last six years there. But going there just a week after Perryville seemed anti-climatic. None of the 1stTennessee joined me to continue recovering from the onslaught experienced at Perryville (or perhaps they…
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The First National
Perryville Battle, 150th Commemoration Perryville KY I grew up in Ohio, and my idea of seafood was something from Red Lobster. It was something passable for supper, but stank fishy. But then I visited Barcelona, Spain, and had fish fresh from the Mediterranean. I realized Ohio does not have seafood—it only serves spoiled fish. Seafood…