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It rained lightly, off-and-on, Friday night and Saturday dawned cool and wet at the camp of the 1st Maine near Philomont Virginia.
The bugle sounded at 6 o'clock and we gathered ourselves to muster for roll-call.
Watered and grained the horses, got some breakfast, then boots-and-saddles. Very soon we were engaging the Confederate cavalry in a nearly constant series of charges and skirmishing from Beaverdam Creek to beyond Unison.
Sunday morning we broke camp just west of Unison and found ourselves crossing sabres with the Confederates again from Beverdamn Creek west of town to Welborne Manor, and on as far as Pantherskin Creek, almost to Goose Creek!
Having pushed 7 miles ahead, fighting nearly the whole way, 1st Maine turned and marched back to Philomont.
This is how we spent the weekend of October 9-11th, 2009 in the beautiful rolling country of Loudon County Virginia. Living out of the saddle - hard riding and hard fighting on the actual ground Pleasonton and Stuart contested in the Fall of 1862.
1st Maine ~ 50 years as an active reenacting organization!
The bugle sounded at 6 o'clock and we gathered ourselves to muster for roll-call.
Watered and grained the horses, got some breakfast, then boots-and-saddles. Very soon we were engaging the Confederate cavalry in a nearly constant series of charges and skirmishing from Beaverdam Creek to beyond Unison.
Sunday morning we broke camp just west of Unison and found ourselves crossing sabres with the Confederates again from Beverdamn Creek west of town to Welborne Manor, and on as far as Pantherskin Creek, almost to Goose Creek!
Having pushed 7 miles ahead, fighting nearly the whole way, 1st Maine turned and marched back to Philomont.
This is how we spent the weekend of October 9-11th, 2009 in the beautiful rolling country of Loudon County Virginia. Living out of the saddle - hard riding and hard fighting on the actual ground Pleasonton and Stuart contested in the Fall of 1862.
1st Maine ~ 50 years as an active reenacting organization!
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