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  • #1

    Banks' Grand Retreat

    Greetings all,

    It is my pleasure to announce the completion and opening of the new event website for Banks' Grand Retreat. Direct your browsers to www.banksgrandretreat.com

    This will now serve as the official event website. I want to publicly thank Mr. Bill Treadway, a forum member and west-coast campaigner, for heading up the development of the new website. Thank you Bill!

    Additionally, registration is open!

    Feel free to post on the event buletin board (linked on the new webpage) and be sure to get your registration in promptly!

    A few things of note-

    All participants will need to arrive with 2 days of proper rations. We WILL inspect for this. We will field-issue rations mid-way through the event but you'll need food sufficient to tide you through until that point.

    A high Federal-to-Confederate ratio will be maintained. As this event is about the experience of soldiering, I urge you to come in Blue. Those of you who have served with or under John Duffer know that he will be an outstanding Federal commander.

    More details as well as images of the event site will be posted here and on the event website in the coming weeks.

    What we need presently are fighting men, fellows able to march 6-8 miles a day and live a soldier's life. We'll be in the piney woods of Louisiana, near Natchitoches, virtually removed from any and all modern intrusion.

    Respectfully,
    Fred Baker

    "You may call a Texian anything but a gentleman or a coward." Zachary Taylor
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    Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

    My pleasure Fred.

    I must take this time to thank my dear friend and webmaster Jackie Smith for all of her help on the website. She did an awesome job all in her "spare" time. Thank you Jackie for helping get this event started on the right path.

    I am really looking forward to this event and working with some new pards. If there is anyone in California planning on attending BGR and needs any help with logistics, etc. please feel free to contact me at Bill@newsensations.com
    There are about eight of us so far who are planning on making the trip. Take care and I look forward to seeing you all soon.

    Best regards, Bill.
    Bill Treadway
    Co. A First Texas Infantry
    Co. A Forty-Fifth Mississippi Infantry
    Co. D Eighth Missouri Infantry (CS)

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    • #3
      Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

      The website looks great and thanks for the fine contribution to what should be an oustanding event. I look forward to seeing the hardy western folks in Louisiana next March. I look forward to seeing the hardy eastern folks also. Didn't want to leave anyone out.
      Tom Yearby
      Texas Ground Hornets

      "I'd rather shoot a man than a snake." Robert Stumbling Bear

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      • #4
        Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

        And the civilian portion of this event is shaping up nicely as well.

        Looking Forward
        Terre Hood Biederman
        Yassir, I used to be Mrs. Lawson. I still run period dyepots, knit stuff, and cause trouble.
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        Wearing Grossly Out of Fashion Clothing Since 1958.

        ADVENTURE CALLS. Can you hear it? Come ON.

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        • #5
          Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

          Please allow me to support what Fred has said about this exceptional event. Having crossed the Atlantic to march with the Ground Hornets and CHAPS at Mansfield, Franklin and Corinth there was no way we would miss this one!!! To date 14 of us are coming which is the largest contingent we've ever mustered and it will include three of our close French friends who regularly cross The Channel to join us for UK events. We're delighted they've joined us for this one as we then shall have "genuine" French speaking Cajuns in our ranks for a Louisiana event. We're counting the days; great if you joined us.
          Kind regards,
          Patrick Reardon, Lazy Jack Mess, UK

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          • #6
            Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

            We're sending a contingent as well!

            The Taters will be supporting the Ground Hornets. This will be the Ultimate Campaigner event of 2007, from the sound of it.

            Start getting in shape now!!!

            Best Regards,
            Jay Stevens
            Tater Mess
            Independent Volunteers
            Iron Man Mess
            Reenactor Preservation Coalition
            Friends of Historic Lone Jack
            Wyandotte Lodge # 03, AF&AM

            Into The Piney Woods, March 2009
            Lost Tribes, October 2009
            Bummers, November 2009
            Backwaters, March 12-14 2010
            The Fight For Crampton's Gap July 2010
            In the Van, August 2010
            Before The Breakout Sept 2010

            "If You Want To Call Yourself A Campaigner, You Attend True Campaign Events" -B. Johnson

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            • #7
              Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

              Just to help balance things out there should be a few of us Federals from the far west there as well.
              Troy Groves "AZReenactor"
              1st California Infantry Volunteers, Co. C

              So, you think that scrap in the East is rough, do you?
              Ever consider what it means to be captured by Apaches?

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              • #8
                Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

                The CHAPs are coming from the Pacific Northwest and will likely join the other west coast campaigners with Bill Treadway and So Cal boys in gray.

                For all boys in blue - remember to the check the website reading list and pick up a copy of the 81st Illinois Regt History. At only $10, it is a steal and great reading.
                Soli Deo Gloria
                Doug Cooper

                "The past is never dead. It's not even past." William Faulkner

                Please support the CWT at www.civilwar.org

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                • #9
                  Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

                  Originally posted by AZReenactor
                  Just to help balance things out there should be a few of us Federals from the far west there as well.
                  And hopefully one more if I get some nice professors next semester.
                  - Pvt. S. Martin Aksentowitz
                  1st California Co. F
                  Carleton's Cannibals

                  [CENTER][COLOR="Red"]Angst kommt; da werden sie Heil suchen, aber es wird nicht zu finden sein.- HESEKIEL 7.25[/COLOR][/CENTER]

                  [CENTER]"To day we. . . stopped a few minutes to examine the crumbling ruins the walls were defaced with Texians traitors names and Texican Braggodocia but nary a Texican thare to answer to his name or make good his writing on the wall."
                  -Eli W. Hazen, 1st California Vol. Inf.[/CENTER]

                  [RIGHT][COLOR="Silver"]"Credo Quio Absurdum" - ECV[/COLOR][/RIGHT]

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                  • #10
                    Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

                    I know It just wouldnt be the "Red River Campain" without a few of the Red River battalion thrown in somewhere?
                    Dusty Lind
                    Running Discharge Mess
                    Texas Rifles
                    BGR Survivor


                    Texans did this. Texans Can Do It Again. Gen J.B. Hood

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                    • #11
                      Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

                      Originally posted by Alamo Guard
                      I know It just wouldnt be the "Red River Campain" without a few of the Red River battalion thrown in somewhere?
                      I don't know if the RRB's will be present in any size; however, I spoke to Fred Y while the tent flys were being struck at Perryville. Said he'll be there - as a private. He'll be letting someone else have all the glory and the headaches that come with command. I can relate and appreciate that. My intent is to be private in the ranks harassing officers in a period manner as much as I can get away with. Seems only fair to spread the misery.
                      Silas Tackitt,
                      one of the moderators.

                      Click here for a link to forum rules - or don't at your own peril.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

                        All,

                        As the event grows steadily closer, we are rolling out the preservation raffle. View the new thread in the "Approved Vendors" section for more details.

                        Items already volunteered for the effort include a custom-carved Randy Ubben pipe and goods from Cody Mobley (The Company Tailor) and myself.

                        Additionally, look for a few updates, including a "what's new/announements" section on the Banks' Grand Retreat website within the next few days.

                        Images of the site will be making an appearance in the very near future as well.

                        Get registered and get ready!

                        Cordially,
                        Fred Baker

                        "You may call a Texian anything but a gentleman or a coward." Zachary Taylor

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                        • #13
                          Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

                          I'm really looking forward to this. Just to set your minds at ease don't be easy, be afraid be very afraid John Duffer and myself will be doing what it takes to make this one of the top 10 events on your list.

                          For my CS compatriots. When registering there are three commanders raising compaines. They are Chuck Tucker, Phil Graf, and Brian Harmon.
                          See you there.
                          Frank Aufmuth
                          Frank Aufmuth
                          When you hear my whistle, Hell will be upon you.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

                            All,

                            Just a quick note to inform you of a new feature on the event website. A "News and Updates" section has been added. That page will serve as the best point for new and breaking news. The event bulletin board is another excellent point to head for news and discussion.

                            https://www.banksgrandretreat.com


                            Tom and I are conducting a site-walk in the next few days and images should be making their way up very soon.

                            Get walking, get a comrade, and get registered.

                            Kindest regards,
                            Fred Baker

                            "You may call a Texian anything but a gentleman or a coward." Zachary Taylor

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                            • #15
                              Re: Banks' Grand Retreat

                              Frank,
                              I don't have ten events on my list. How do I handle such?
                              Tom Yearby
                              Texas Ground Hornets

                              "I'd rather shoot a man than a snake." Robert Stumbling Bear

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