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Date(s): 20-24 February 2008 (Wednesday evening to Sunday midday)
Event Name: "Winter 1864" 2008
Location: Newfane Historical Society, West Creek Road/Ide Road site, northeastern Niagara County, New York
Host (Site Owner): Town of Newfane Historical Society
Sponsor: 151st New York Memorial Regiment of the Potomac Legion
Discussion Format: Event website/Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/w64/
Contact, Federal: Scott Schotz of the 151st at hurrah_without_the_h@yahoo.com, (716) 795-9577. Alternate Contact: Kevin O'Beirne, kobeirne@roadrunner.com
Contact, Confederate: N/A. This is “Federal, infantry-only” event.
Civilian: Limited numbers of civilian portrayals available. All slots are full.
Website: Event website/Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/w64/
Comments: See below.
Event Point of Contact: See Federal POC, above.
Event Type: Semi-immersion winter quarters event.
Impression(s): 151st New York Cos. H and K, in winter quarters at John Minor Bott's Farm near Brandy Station, Virginia, February 18-22, 1864.
Preservation: None.
Registration: Registration is open! Registration fee: $25 dollars plus a $10 security deposit which be refunded to each registrant immediately upon completion of the event; deposit refunded to everyone who arrives by 7:00 p.m. Wednesday and stays to the end of the event. Total fee: $35, which includes cooked meals from Thursday breakfast through Sunday breakfast.
Notes: This semi-immersion winter quarters event provides truly unique living history experience. W64 2008 will be a FOUR-DAY event, from Wednesday PM (arrive onsite as early as noon) through Sunday morning. This event provides a slice-of-winter-quarters life for approximately 80 participants all quartered in reproduction winter hutments, including auxiliary buildings such as a guard house, cookhouse, commissioned officer quarters, and other structures. Participants are organized into two infantry companies, plus limited civilian participation portraying laundresses and possibly other impressions.
Event Name: "Winter 1864" 2008
Location: Newfane Historical Society, West Creek Road/Ide Road site, northeastern Niagara County, New York
Host (Site Owner): Town of Newfane Historical Society
Sponsor: 151st New York Memorial Regiment of the Potomac Legion
Discussion Format: Event website/Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/w64/
Contact, Federal: Scott Schotz of the 151st at hurrah_without_the_h@yahoo.com, (716) 795-9577. Alternate Contact: Kevin O'Beirne, kobeirne@roadrunner.com
Contact, Confederate: N/A. This is “Federal, infantry-only” event.
Civilian: Limited numbers of civilian portrayals available. All slots are full.
Website: Event website/Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/w64/
Comments: See below.
Event Point of Contact: See Federal POC, above.
Event Type: Semi-immersion winter quarters event.
Impression(s): 151st New York Cos. H and K, in winter quarters at John Minor Bott's Farm near Brandy Station, Virginia, February 18-22, 1864.
Preservation: None.
Registration: Registration is open! Registration fee: $25 dollars plus a $10 security deposit which be refunded to each registrant immediately upon completion of the event; deposit refunded to everyone who arrives by 7:00 p.m. Wednesday and stays to the end of the event. Total fee: $35, which includes cooked meals from Thursday breakfast through Sunday breakfast.
Notes: This semi-immersion winter quarters event provides truly unique living history experience. W64 2008 will be a FOUR-DAY event, from Wednesday PM (arrive onsite as early as noon) through Sunday morning. This event provides a slice-of-winter-quarters life for approximately 80 participants all quartered in reproduction winter hutments, including auxiliary buildings such as a guard house, cookhouse, commissioned officer quarters, and other structures. Participants are organized into two infantry companies, plus limited civilian participation portraying laundresses and possibly other impressions.
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