Posted on 04/22/2010 6:25:12 AM PDT by jay1949
The grounds of Tazewell's Crab Orchard Museum hosted the sixth annual Skirmish at Jeffersonville this past Saturday. I stopped by during a lull in the fighting and took a few pictures. Actually, the re-enactors seem to spend considerable time socializing and very little in actual hostilities -- probably for the best, considering that the age of many of the re-enactors is close to mine, i.e., getting along in years. [Pictures of brass cannons, caissons, muskets, camp cookery and such]
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Typo. That should read “Civil War Skirmish at Jeffersonville 2010.” Sorry.
Thanks, Jay!
You all look so much cleaner than the old Civil War black-and-white fotos. And a bit more well-fleshed.
So many of the soliders in Civil War fotos look emaciated, which I am sure they were. Some of them never recovered their health or well-being after they returned, north or south.
I always go to the Oulestee here in north FL but my ambition is to go to Gettysburg for the 150th .
My sons and I , I’’ve just turned 40 are looking into doing this reencatment , My sons would lie to be the drummers boys and me cavalry but where do we go here in north FL .
anyone with any answer [please contact me
I’d guess that the re-enactors outweigh real Civil War soldiers by an average of 60 pounds. The typical Confederate soldier was about five-six and 140 pounds, and didn’t gain weight on a diet of salt pork, corn mush, and hardtack.
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thanks jay
I’m looking through it now
We'd checked into our motel and a brochure directed us to a Civil War battlefield known as Salem Cemetery....being as I'd brought the metal detector along for just such an eventuality, I was thrilled and we headed off using the brochure's map.
Nothing there! We found out days later that the spot depicted was the home of somebody connected with running the place.
Was Al Sharpton and Acorn there to reenact slavery? Just so we don’t forget what it was all about.
Very cool photos!
I have some from the Kennesaw historic battleground site and a small band we came upon doing drills on private property last summer.
Thanks for sharing you photos.
What THIS is all about is a bunch of middle aged guys — and a few geezers — who really like cranking off cannons and muskets. Let’s face it — do you own your own working brass cannon?
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