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One Weekend–Two Spring Drills
April 13-14 Fort Recovery OH Do two separate spring drills in two separate locations count as two events? I have looked over my schedule and have a total of 21 events lined up for 2013. But if I can count the Independent Guard Battalion spring drill in Fort Recovery and the 1st Tennessee Co B…
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Back into Wool
Hurricane WV March 23-24, 2013 The regimental meeting had brought back the taste of wool and the desire to wear it. Hurricane WV came and offered that chance to get that wool fix. I arrived early on Friday, setting up camp with the 5th KY. It was a cold day—unlike our experience from the year…
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The Regimental Meeting 2013
The Regimental Meeting Heritage CenterSpringfield, Ohio March 2, 2013 Finally, we take a look at the year ahead of us. Capt. Sharp opened the meeting with a review of 2012, going through each of the events that were on the 1st Tennessee’s schedule and bringing up what was remembered about them. Ten events were up…
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Back in the Spring
Well, I’ve tried to publish something every month–even if just one small thing–but this time I’m out of ideas. Nothing is going on concerning Civil War Reenacting at this time. So, for now, I’m going on hiatus. We’ll see in you the spring…
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The Wall
Fredericksburg, VA December 8, 2012 The last event of the season finally arrived and I began my long trek to Fredericksburg, Virginia crammed into a Ford Explorer with three other guys and their gear. I joined Quinn Marcotte, Charles Russ, with Butch Foster in his SUV. It was a long 11-hour trip with Butch arguing…
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Guyandotte and Weenie Dogs
Guyandotte WV 2012 November 3-4, 2012 Sgt Mergle getting carried off the battlefield. He was dropped four times.photo courtesy Toril Lavender For The Herald-Dispatch Cpl Carte and I arrived early on Friday at Guyandotte WV to get settled in and kick back for the rest of the day. It was around 2 when we pulled up…
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Fallen Friend
October 27, 2012 One of our beloved comrades in arms suffered a heart attack. Last week, Gary Shaw, former 1st Sergeant of the 1st Tennessee Company B, was admitted to Mount Carmel East in Columbus, Ohio. A few of us visited him after the Ohio Leadership Conference. He is doing fine, and is expected to…
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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…