Confederate In Blue

Category: September

  • I’m not wearing my glasses

    Sidney Ohio September 17-18, 2016 After setting camp, rain threatened, but never materialized.  We hoped to have as many as 20 rifles show, but arrivals were light.  In the end, the 1st had around ten rifles plus a handful from the 13th VA and 9th KY. The night was comfortable, interrupted by light rain and…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Taking a Hit

    Pioneer VillageCaesar’s CreekWaynesville, OH Courtesy Civil War Sites When I finally crashed on Friday evening at Pioneer Village in Caesar’s Creek, I was reminded of sleeping under the street lights of Grove City. But this time there was no electricity-there were no street lights.  It was the light of the full moon that gave the…

  • Double-Quick Up the Hill

    Fort Recovery, OH Sept 8-9, 2012 The change in perspective from private to major is dramatic.  As a private, all I saw during a battle was the blue target in front of me.  I fired my musket on command.  I right-faced on command.  I marched on command. But now, as major, my job is to…

  • The Federals and the Copperheads

    Durbin Bean Bake Sept 1-3, 2012 The Durbin Bean Bake is a Labor Day only event, but the 1st Tennessee makes its own fun Saturday and Sunday. I arrived early Saturday expecting to be pretty much alone most of that first day, so planned on taking advantage of the time by bringing a bunch of…

  • The Home Event

    Pioneer Village, Caesar’s Creek OH September 24-25, 2011   Pioneer Village holds special meaning to both me and the 1stTennessee.  It was here that I first started into Civil War reenacting, though it was with the 4th OVI at the time, some five or six years ago.  The 1st Tennessee has considered this their home…

  • The Largest Event

    Zoar Ohio, September 17-18, 2011 Large events have their place.  It is always a thrill to go to an event where Yankee numbers match the Rebel numbers, and there are two full battalions on each side.  I am told that Zoar is the largest event in Ohio, and it is the largest I had ever…

  • Assault at the Fort

    Fort Recovery, September 12-11, 2011 I did not get much Euchre in this weekend, but it was an excellent time anyhow.  About the only cards I got in was about half a game before each of the battles. Much of the time spent was with chatting with each other in camp, which was good since…