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150th Gettysburg Sojourn, Part 35
Indeed, how do you describe such a sojourn as the 150th Gettysburg? I can say it was the most-whirlwind reenactment that I have ever attended. Up until last year, I had always leisurely driven or flown to the 135th, 140th … Continue reading
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150th Gettysburg Sojourn, Part 34
We had all changes clothes…which took away some of the smell we had accumulated over the last four days, but I can imagine what the waitress at the Texas Roadhouse must have thought about us: “Where have these weirdoes with … Continue reading
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150th Gettysburg Sojourn, Part 33
Trying to get out of a parking lot after a reenactment is the same as trying to get out of a parking lot after a big football game. The main traffic lane is full, and the ancillary lanes on both … Continue reading
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150th Gettysburg Sojourn, Part 32
After a few more minutes, I saw some of my Pards who were members of our convoy group of eight. As per our previous plan for assembly and departure from the Reenactment, we all started retiring from the battlefield as … Continue reading
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150th Gettysburg Sojourn, Part 31
Just as I thought we were going to be flanked and all shot down with enfiladed fire, the battalion in front of us wheeled to meet the Yankee unit. We were free to advance to the stone wall against the … Continue reading
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150th Gettysburg Sojourn, Part 30
Now came time for some real maneuvering. Reaching the staging area, our battalion was given the order: “By Battalion, into line…March!” Quickly all three of our companies went into company battle lines, then moved efficiently into a battalion line…three companies … Continue reading
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150th Gettysburg Sojourn, Part 29
It doesn’t matter what Confederate ancestor you portray, or of what Confederate unit you are a member. When you come to a Gettysburg Reenactment, Pickett’s Charge is what you wait for. To be able to march across the long expanse, … Continue reading
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150th Gettysburg Sojourn, Part 28
The buildup of troops for Pickett’s Charge had begun. There must have been at least 1500 troops rapidly occupying the woods in our general area alone. To our south, even more were being mustered. About 1:00pm, a person portraying Gen. … Continue reading
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150th Gettysburg Sojourn, Part 27
We marched down from the battle to our camp site, doused the fire pits with water, and covered them up with the dirt we had originally removed. Then we marched about a mile to the tree line we were in … Continue reading
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150th Gettysburg Sojourn, Part 26
On the return trip, we all felt as light as a feather knowing that we didn’t have to tote our packs around all day. As soon as we got back to camp, we got all our accoutrements on that we … Continue reading
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