Event at Pickett's Mill 2008

[John Legg]

Re: Event at Pickett's Mill 2008

Tripp,

Ill be there. I might be moved down to georgia before the event. Ill let you know.
Cheers,

John

[trippcor]

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Kevin,
Our research shows the scorpions actually came from the Augusta arsenal as part the CS weapons of mass destruction research program. We are still researching the exact source for the poison ivy. Though surviving examples all to be grown from the same pattern.

[Justin Runyon]

Re: Event at Pickett's Mill 2008

Tripp,

That reminds me, we never finished that conversation we started a few weeks ago, I tried to call back but you had left work. We can pick up where we left off sometime, like this weekend.

Oh, since everyone else is doing it, I'm in.

[boozie]

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Andy:

That was my favorite humorous event moment until the notorious Donelson Pie Theft of 2006. We still make fun of Liechty for running up and down the line at PM in '04 yelling for the Mintons. Has anyone seen the Mintons?

Pickett's Mill? Again? Red Georgia clay, scorpions, hills, humidity, heat.

HELL YEAH. SOUNDS GREAT.

Whats the inside joke about this Donelson pie deal? I must have missed something there.

Put me down for Picketts Mill, whats the chance of doing the 15th O.V.I.? I know a Hoosier wanting to be a Buckeye, what is the world coming to!

[Charles Heath]

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Whats the inside joke about this Donelson pie deal? I must have missed something there.

The Feast of the Pie Brigade
Apple, Lard Turnover

Half a pie, half a pie
Half a pie onward,
All in the valley of Dessert,
Rode the half hundred.
"Forward, the Pie Brigade!
"Charge for the sideboard!" he said:
Into the valley of Pie
Rode the half hundred.

"Forward, the Pie Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Their's not to make a pie,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to eat the pie:
Into the valley of Pie
Rode the half hundred.

Canoli to right of them,
Crullers to left of them,
Cobblers in front of them
Fill'd and glaz'd;
Storm'd at with fork and finger,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the depths of fruit filling,
Into the mouth of Hoosiers
Rode the half hundred.

Flash'd all their utensils bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Spooning the center there,
Charging a groaning board while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the peach filling,
Right thro' the crust they broke;
Apple and Berry,
Reel'd from the spoon's stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the half hundred.

Canoli to right of them,
Cobbler to left of them,
Cobbler behind them
Fill'd and glaz'd;
Storm'd at with fork and spoon,
While cup and napkin fell,
They that had eaten so well
Came thro' the depths of Pie,
Back from the mouth of Hoosiers
All that was left of them,
Left of half hundred.

When can their tummy settle?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the feast they made,
Honor the Pie Brigade,
Noble half hundred.

[ley74]

Re: Event at Pickett's Mill 2008

I need to visit my fence rail.

[BenjaminLDavis]

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Hey all,

2004 was possibly the best event I have attended my entire time in the hobby. I will have
to start getting ready for the hills NOW! Tripp, how are them scorpions packed? Arsenal
packs, or just loose in yer haver?
I can hear Capt. Acker still - - C'mon, boys, there's shaved ice and lemonaide just over this
hill, and this is the last one, I mean it this time. (And when we got really tired, he would
add whores to the list!)
God willing, I am there for 08. To charge up that last hill!

[Kevin O'Beirne]

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Tripp,

Thanks for clearing that up--documentation is saving the hobby... :)


About James's post, I think the CS WMD program did indeed include chiggers. I had my first run-in with those nasty beasts at Rich Mountian--got eaten alive, I did. Then in my very next event, Second Bull Run 2006, I got eaten even worse by chiggers, plus my first tick (after 13 years of reenacting). Those events were in WVa and Va. I suspect that chiggers in Georgia are about an inch long, clapping jaws, and sometimes ride scorpions.

No wonder why the Yanks of 1864 called it "The Hell Hole". I used to think it was because of the Rebs, but now I believe it was because of the flora and fauna around Dallas, Ga.

[LWhite64]

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Heh, Chiggers, if you want Chiggers go out to Wilson's Creek, we went out there for the 140th Anv at the Battlefield back in 01, and were eaten alive by those things, I have lived in Georgia my whole life and never had anything happen like it did out there, I think I counted over 200 bites from my knees to feet. I dont think I have ever gotten more than 10 at the Mill.

Lee

[TKlas]

Re: Event at Pickett's Mill 2008

Hey all,

2004 was possibly the best event I have attended my entire time in the hobby. I will have
to start getting ready for the hills NOW!

Hi Jim,

Yes I am looking forward to going back as well. If you need help with those hills, we can always plan another kettle moriane march in early May like we did for Rich Mountain. :)

Thanks for the information Tripp. The 2004 event rates as one of the best living history experiences I have had. Would love to attend in 2008!

Hope to see some of you at Shiloh next weekend.

Thanks,

[Coatsy]

Flora (Poison Ivy) & Fauna (Red Bugs)

In Jeoorgia they actually let some of the chiggers aka red bugs have drivers licenses. I do know for a fact that former comrades of mine have been lost to the man eating poison ivy around the Mill. Scotty McKay and Jeff Grantham. I think I saw them last near Keys' Battery.

And take note of the people talking the hills around the park. It is all true. They are challenging (understatement).

[Alamo Guard]

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The redbugs and chiggers cannot be bigger than the ones here in Texas :) . Therefore since you must have dwarf variety, count me in for the event.

[NewHopeChurch]

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Count me in for this.

As a frequent visitor to the site, I'll also vouch for the terrain difficulties. Never tried them in brogans though!

[BenjaminLDavis]

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Count me in for this.

As a frequent visitor to the site, I'll also vouch for the terrain difficulties. Never tried them in brogans though!

Brogans, boots, bare feet - everybody has tired and aching feet after the hills (although
that last would be very painful, what with the rocks and the scorpions!) The thing to avoid
is streams: though the water is cool and comforting, we soon found that after fording any
stream, you are at the very lowest point the terrain has to offer, and you then have to climb
back up out of there!
I remember reading a period observation on the hills: the officer had scouted the area, and
it was his conclusion that it was not feasible for large groups to march or fight here. It will be
memorable, to put it mildly.

[Bill Cross]

Re: Event at Pickett's Mill 2008

Certainly one of the top events in my experience (2001 version).

It's good to see this team organizing things again, though I seem to remember Coley telling me "John said if he ever volunteers to put on another event to hit him upside the head.":p