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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…
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Drill, Drill, Drill
Spring Drill, April 21-22, 2012 Durbin Bean Bake site I did not really expect much for this weekend, but I was at least hoping the weather would be as nice as Hurricane. The weekend was a lot of drilling, but the weather could have been better. Hurricane had a lot better weather. Most of us…
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The Hills and the Wind
Hurricane WV March 24-25, 2012 West Virginia—a state that resulted from a rebellion of a rebellion—is a hilly state. Cpl. Carte and I arrived at Hurricane Friday and set our tents where we were told. Since we knew no one else, we stumbled up to the Confederate Commander, who we had served under at Guyandotte…
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The Regimental Meeting
March 10, 2012 Finally getting started back into the season, we met at our usual place at the Springfield, OH Heritage Center to review 2011 and plan for 2012. Gas was a concern, and because of it, distant events were dropped. Jackson, MIwas dropped from the list due to the far distant, but already a…
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Something for the Off-Season
The winter months are always slow for the reenactor. Unless you are hard-core, you really don’t have much to do. The hard-core can always freeze at events such as Fredericksburg and other winter events, but for those of us who are semi-normal, indoors will have to do. So, about the best I can do for…
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Restoring the Camp Chairs
It was at Nelsonville 2011 that I first tried to use my new camp chairs, pictured above. I found out in a hurry that the fabric was questionable at best—the fabric on three of the chairs quickly tore after only a few minutes of sitting in them. When I originally purchased them a couple of…
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The Season Summary
The season is now over. No more wool until April. Well, there’s always that occasional winter event—but I would rather stay clear of frostbite. This season is my personal record for number of events. With the season begun with the regimental meeting in March and battalion drill in April, I’ve hit 16 events this year,…
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The End of the Season
Guyandotte, Huntington WV, November 5-6, 2011 The 1st Tennessee had a contingent of five, larger than last year, although Winston went civilian this time, dressing as Jefferson Davis. We fell in with the 5thKentucky, rather cramped up into a little corner. It was a good weekend. Even though all battles were street fights, it seemed…
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Another Successful First-year Event
October 22-23, 2011 I was impressed with the effort Monroe put forward. Reenactor turnout was rather weak, but Monroe has a lot of potential if they can keep up the community support. They had plenty of sponsorship, plus they had an impressive five sutlers—which is more than Fort Recovery had for their second year. One…