Marmaduke's Raid 1863

[Campjacksonboy]

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We always could use a little 'ligion.
Frank Aufmuth

[DougCooper]

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[QUOTE=huntdaw;72153]The other two company commanders will be Mike Kupsch and Doug Cooper I believe. QUOTE]

Comrades, much to my GREAT regret, I already know I cannot make the event due to it falling on my son's 7th birthday. It will be a good one for sure and my heart will be with you guys.

[Campjacksonboy]

Registration coming soon

Look for registration information in January.
All is well in the Trans-Mississippi
Frank Aufmuth

[Hairy Nation Boys]

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Fderals:

Just a reminder we will be portraying the 32nd Iowa Co.A. We will have only one company. We want to try and have an actual sized company. Not many little ones. Also, I am reworking the federal guidelines. Nothing big, just want to write up something about the 32nd and change some of the guidelines.

Terry Sorchy is our captain and the other postions will be announced later.
If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me. hheadlog@aol.com

On to Outpost!

[Michael Comer]

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Registration will be opening up for this event before too long and I wanted to let folks know that I will be one of the Confederate company commanders. I would like to extend an invitation to please consider joining up with my company when you register.

I will guarantee you plenty of exercise in the clean, fresh air of the Missouri wilds, hearty vittles (I hope) and whatever pie we can steal - I mean acquire - from the other companies that will be with us. Join the "Cracker Company" and all your wildest dreams will come true.

(I'm Michael Comer and I approved of this ad)

[GA_Tarheel]

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My pards and I in the Blue Ridge Mess are really looking forward to this event. As a Trans-Mississippi theater event, it will indeed be something different. Will keep our eyes peeled for the registration information in January. Thanks!

[Coatsy]

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Micheal,

Nice ad.... I'll keep silent about the bounty I am offering for the company I am commanding at Marmaduke's Raid. Something about war roosters, sweets, steak, and lots of marching... I mean not marching but totally taking in the beautiful Missouri scenery. Yeah that's it......

Micheal Comer and his "Crackers" will be a good unit to join up with. :D

But...... The OCN Jeeorgia Texicans (dismounted) are looking for some good folks from the southeast (heck the east as well!) wanting to head west across that Big Muddy for a quality event that pits us agaisnt the Terror of Middle Tennessee!!!! SORCHY!!!!!!!

To get the destination there are rumors of carpools, bad OCN singing, good camraderie, and tales of something somewhat taboo all the way from the Greater Atlanta area up through Tennessee, past Ken-Tuck-EE and finally into Missouri itself. Don't miss out.

(I'm the OCN and I approve this blatant muster advertisement for the OCN Company at Marmaduke's Raid in September of 2007!) :tounge_sm

[Michael Comer]

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Just bring lots of pie Herb. My boys will be needing pie.

(Paid for by the Pie for Crackers political action committee)

[AZReenactor]

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I know the Cannibals and friends will be organizing carpools and caravans heading East from Arizona and California for this gathering. I also sure hope to see a good number of the old Shit A** Platoon from BGR there for an opportunity to support Hollar and again serve under the command of

the Terror of Middle Tennessee!!!! SORCHY!!!!!!!

Good times!

"Texans?!?...tastes like chicken."

[D F Smith Historic]

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Hi All

Man oh man I am looking forward to this event! Working with Terry as the attached US Topog Eng will be a blast as it was at Outpost III!

I'm looking forward to the car pool out from here in the west with my fellow Canabals and pards.....Good Times all the way around:)


Don S

[RJSamp]

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Sorry about the double post, let me try that again. Here are the pics.

Drat, I'm looking at that gorgous 'road' leading into the dense woods and within 5 seconds I spot poison ivy on the right side for the road.....

no scorpions, right?

[Silvana Siddali]

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I spent a couple of days last June helping Frank build that road and I can state positively that there was no poison ivy anywhere near there. Believe me, I know exactly what the plant looks like and would certainly have cautioned future participants about its presence.

[Campjacksonboy]

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I can second Silvana here. You most often find poison ivy at the edge of the woods down there, not in the middle. The picture was taken in July when the undergrowth is at it's thickest. It will look a little tamer come Septemer but just a little. If you saw anything it was most likely sassafrass, may apples, and young trees trying to grow. Otherwise, poison Ivy is pretty easy to avoid. The road will be a little more pronounced come September as well.
Yes there are scorpions but in the 37 years I've been going there I've only seen scorpions twice (Once in 1977 and again in 1987) but those sightings were 5-10 miles away from the event site. I'd be more concerned about copper heads and rattlesnakes personally...Or in your case Mr. Samp, the Confederate Army.:baring_te
Frank Aufmuth

[Terry Sorchy]

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Frank and the Boys are really going all out for this one. It is going to have many surprises, coupled with a longer event (3 days) and an immersion rich environment.
I am greatly honored to be chosen for this spot for such an event. We are working very hard putting this together right down to the smallest details so you all (or Ya'll for my southern bretheren) will have the utmost in historical experiences.
The women and men that are putting together the civilian end of it are really busting tail to. I cant tell you what they are up to because Miss Silvana is keeping that a closely guarded secret. But it is going to be quite a show for the citizens to.
Hope to see you there. You will deffinatly not regret it.
Cheers
Terry Sorchy
"Terror of Tennessee" (I like that):D

[Michael Comer]

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Perhaps Mr. Samp is referring to Virginia Creeper, common throughout Missouri woods and often mistaken for Poison Ivy, but it has 5 leaves as opposed to 3. But you do need to take care and have an open eye if you are allergic to the bad stuff.

Copperheads - no reported deaths from a bite ever recorded in Missouri. They just make you feel so sick you wish you were dead. Hard to see in the leaf litter and they like to lay along the side of downed logs and in downed tree tops etc. Always look where you're gathering firewood before you pick anything up. To give you something to think about when marching: I have heard it is seldom the first person to step over one of these little darlin's that gets bitten. They are not overly aggressive, so the first person to pass gets their attention, the second person gets them frightened and the third person gets nailed. I've known a few people that have been bitten and they've made it just fine after a period of agony and swelling.

Timber rattlers - they are in the area but don't like the commotion that a moving army makes so I would think they would clear out ahead of any large group of people moving. Might wander into your camp at night though

Those snakes are more afraid of you than you are of them though, believe it or not. All they know is that you're going to eat them and they don't want that to happen so they go away.

But, the only thing you'll really have to worry about is the elusive grayback. Known to travel in packs, they move through the woods like the will o' the wisp snapping up their favorite prey, the blue-bellied aggressor, only to disappear as quickly as they come back into the depths of the forest. The grayback is quite vicious when cornered and is extremly aggressive in its hunting technique and can often be identified by its distinctive whistling call.