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I wrote an long and detailed post about this event and all it's positives only to lose it having to sign back in...sigh. Anyway, Rivers Bridge is an event located along the Salkahatchie River near Ehrhardt, SC, very near the original battlefield. It has all the elements of the excellent Averasboro events from past years. Some of my best memeories come from those events BTW.
The PLHA and interested parties (insert 'solicitation' here) will be conducting first person scenarios at this great little event on historically similar ground as an 'event within an event'. Other well known members of the board have attended in the past so don't start trying to call me a farb or something! Seriously, the event hosts have literally bent over backwards to accomocate our requests. We'll have a very large portion of the works and will run scenarios for ourselves and the public replicating elements of the Feb 4, 1865 engagement.
Our impression will be Co. C, Bullock Guards, 47th Georgia. The 47th had an illustrious career out West with the AOT and had been transferred back to SC to act as a rail-riding, quick reaction force between Charleston and Savannah. Standards are a mixed bag as the 47th was most likely receiving clothing from Charleston as they arrived in June, 1864 I believe. In the past we've allowed:
Columbus Jackets
Civilian clothing
B/G Kersey, etc.
Taits
If you need to think hard about appropriate impression standards, this event may not be for you. We may very well have an artillery piece to crew also. No rations, ammunition, etc will be provided but digging implements are encouraged. No big formalized registration either. If interested, please email me at: ironscout@truvista.net
I'll be posting more later. This is a great little event on great property. A goodly number of this board will be in attendance; I'll let them chime in.
Regards,
Neill Rose
PLHA
803-309-0122
I wrote an long and detailed post about this event and all it's positives only to lose it having to sign back in...sigh. Anyway, Rivers Bridge is an event located along the Salkahatchie River near Ehrhardt, SC, very near the original battlefield. It has all the elements of the excellent Averasboro events from past years. Some of my best memeories come from those events BTW.
The PLHA and interested parties (insert 'solicitation' here) will be conducting first person scenarios at this great little event on historically similar ground as an 'event within an event'. Other well known members of the board have attended in the past so don't start trying to call me a farb or something! Seriously, the event hosts have literally bent over backwards to accomocate our requests. We'll have a very large portion of the works and will run scenarios for ourselves and the public replicating elements of the Feb 4, 1865 engagement.
Our impression will be Co. C, Bullock Guards, 47th Georgia. The 47th had an illustrious career out West with the AOT and had been transferred back to SC to act as a rail-riding, quick reaction force between Charleston and Savannah. Standards are a mixed bag as the 47th was most likely receiving clothing from Charleston as they arrived in June, 1864 I believe. In the past we've allowed:
Columbus Jackets
Civilian clothing
B/G Kersey, etc.
Taits
If you need to think hard about appropriate impression standards, this event may not be for you. We may very well have an artillery piece to crew also. No rations, ammunition, etc will be provided but digging implements are encouraged. No big formalized registration either. If interested, please email me at: ironscout@truvista.net
I'll be posting more later. This is a great little event on great property. A goodly number of this board will be in attendance; I'll let them chime in.
Regards,
Neill Rose
PLHA
803-309-0122
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