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BUMMERS FEDERAL STRUCTURE
We Are Proud to Announce the Federal Structure for the Bummers Event November 13-15, 2009!
FROM "THE MARCH TO THE SEA AND BEYOND" By Joseph Glatthaar - "Initially, Sherman hoped to organize foragers for each brigade, but that soon proved unsatisfactory, since too many division commanders sent out only fifty men per brigade, not enough to provide for all the troops. As the brigade organization began to break down, many commanders decentralized the system even more and had each regimental commander assign foraging duties to one or two companies. The forage they gathered no longer went to the brigade commissary; it went directly to the men in each regiment."
GENERAL STRUCTURE - There will be three divisions of the 15th Corps represented at Bummers. Each division will be made up of six foraging parties - from six regiments within that division. Each foraging party will have 25 (registered) soldiers. You will begin this event from the git-go as a "Bummer". We are organizing the foraging parties prior to the event so that everyone will get to forage. We need to think in different terms for this event. These will not be "Companies", but "Foraging Parties" from eighteen different regiments - six from each division. There will not be an overall commander for the event, but a "Ranking Officer" for each division, with the WIG providing the "Ranking Officer" for the overall event.
REGIONAL RECRUITING - To attract the kind of numbers that we want, we have split the recruiting process into three "regions" - The WIG for the Southeast; The Stonewall Brigade for the East; and the ONV for the Midwest. A map is attached to illustrate how we have divided the recruiting. This map is not set in stone, but is meant to show how we would ideally like to draw from three different distinct areas. We recognize that the vast majority of the people who attend the event will be from the southeast, midwest and east so each group's name is shown in their area of concentration.
RANKING STRUCTURE FOR EACH FORAGING PARTY (25 "Bummers"):
1 - Lieutenant
1 - Sergeant
2 - Corporals
20 - Privates
REGISTRATION will open in November, 2008 and Ken Cornett of Mess No. 1 will be in charge of registration. For registration, we ask those who have volunteered to raise "companies" to instead raise "foraging parties". If you are able to raise 25 soldiers for a foraging party, you will be able to select which regiment you will represent. Please work with the ranking officers listed within your region to let them know that you intend to raise a foraging party. For those parties that are unable to raise the full twenty-five (registered), it may become necessary to combine numbers - at the discretion of the organizers.
DIVISION STRUCTURE
1ST DIVISION, XV CORPS - Western Independent Grays - Ranking Officer for the Event - Captain Tripp Corbin
You Will Choose Foraging Parties From Six of the Following Regiments:
1st Brigade
1) 12th Indiana
2) 26th Iowa
3) 27th Missouri
4) 6 Companies, 31st & 32nd Missouri
5) 76th Ohio
2nd Brigade
6) 26th Illinois
7) 40th Illinois
8) 103rd Illinois
9) 97th Indiana
10) 100th Indiana
11) 6th Iowa
12) 46th Ohio
3rd Brigade
13) 4th Iowa
14) 9th Iowa
15) 25th Iowa
16) 30th Iowa
17) 31st Iowa
2ND DIVISION, XV CORPS - Stonewall Brigade - Ranking Officer - Captain Craig Schneider
You Will Choose Foraging Parties From Six of the Following Regiments:
1st Brigade
1) 55th Illinois
2) 116th Illinois
3) 127th Illinois
4) 6th Missouri
5) 30th Ohio
6) 57th Ohio
2nd Brigade
7) 111th Illinois
8) 83rd Indiana
9) 47th Ohio
10) 53rd Ohio
11) 54th Ohio
3rd Brigade
12) 48th Illinois
13) 90th Illinois
14) 99th Indiana
15) 70th Ohio
3RD DIVISION, XV CORPS - Old Northwest Volunteers - Ranking Officer - Captain Terry Sorchy
You Will Choose Foraging Parties From Six of the Following Regiments:
1st Brigade
1) 63rd Illinois
2) 93rd Illinois
3) 48th Indiana
4) 59th Indiana
5) 4th Minnesota
6) 18th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
7) 56th Illinois
8) 10th Iowa
9) 80th Ohio
So, if you are interested in serving as the leader of a foraging party, it will be up to you to raise 25 men in order to represent a regiment. We ask that you contact the ranking officer for each division with your intention to lead a foraging party. Work directly with these division commanders until the division reaches its quota of six foraging parties.
We think that this will be a unique structure and will allow everyone to fully participate. We didn't want to rotate foraging parties and have others standing around. If you have any questions about this structure, please send me an e-mail at etinohio@msn.com. We will make a separate announcement for the Confederate Structure very soon. Thanks for your interest and we look forward to your participation in November of 2009.
For More Information, Please Visit Our Web Site at www.bummers09.com.
We Are Proud to Announce the Federal Structure for the Bummers Event November 13-15, 2009!
FROM "THE MARCH TO THE SEA AND BEYOND" By Joseph Glatthaar - "Initially, Sherman hoped to organize foragers for each brigade, but that soon proved unsatisfactory, since too many division commanders sent out only fifty men per brigade, not enough to provide for all the troops. As the brigade organization began to break down, many commanders decentralized the system even more and had each regimental commander assign foraging duties to one or two companies. The forage they gathered no longer went to the brigade commissary; it went directly to the men in each regiment."
GENERAL STRUCTURE - There will be three divisions of the 15th Corps represented at Bummers. Each division will be made up of six foraging parties - from six regiments within that division. Each foraging party will have 25 (registered) soldiers. You will begin this event from the git-go as a "Bummer". We are organizing the foraging parties prior to the event so that everyone will get to forage. We need to think in different terms for this event. These will not be "Companies", but "Foraging Parties" from eighteen different regiments - six from each division. There will not be an overall commander for the event, but a "Ranking Officer" for each division, with the WIG providing the "Ranking Officer" for the overall event.
REGIONAL RECRUITING - To attract the kind of numbers that we want, we have split the recruiting process into three "regions" - The WIG for the Southeast; The Stonewall Brigade for the East; and the ONV for the Midwest. A map is attached to illustrate how we have divided the recruiting. This map is not set in stone, but is meant to show how we would ideally like to draw from three different distinct areas. We recognize that the vast majority of the people who attend the event will be from the southeast, midwest and east so each group's name is shown in their area of concentration.
RANKING STRUCTURE FOR EACH FORAGING PARTY (25 "Bummers"):
1 - Lieutenant
1 - Sergeant
2 - Corporals
20 - Privates
REGISTRATION will open in November, 2008 and Ken Cornett of Mess No. 1 will be in charge of registration. For registration, we ask those who have volunteered to raise "companies" to instead raise "foraging parties". If you are able to raise 25 soldiers for a foraging party, you will be able to select which regiment you will represent. Please work with the ranking officers listed within your region to let them know that you intend to raise a foraging party. For those parties that are unable to raise the full twenty-five (registered), it may become necessary to combine numbers - at the discretion of the organizers.
DIVISION STRUCTURE
1ST DIVISION, XV CORPS - Western Independent Grays - Ranking Officer for the Event - Captain Tripp Corbin
You Will Choose Foraging Parties From Six of the Following Regiments:
1st Brigade
1) 12th Indiana
2) 26th Iowa
3) 27th Missouri
4) 6 Companies, 31st & 32nd Missouri
5) 76th Ohio
2nd Brigade
6) 26th Illinois
7) 40th Illinois
8) 103rd Illinois
9) 97th Indiana
10) 100th Indiana
11) 6th Iowa
12) 46th Ohio
3rd Brigade
13) 4th Iowa
14) 9th Iowa
15) 25th Iowa
16) 30th Iowa
17) 31st Iowa
2ND DIVISION, XV CORPS - Stonewall Brigade - Ranking Officer - Captain Craig Schneider
You Will Choose Foraging Parties From Six of the Following Regiments:
1st Brigade
1) 55th Illinois
2) 116th Illinois
3) 127th Illinois
4) 6th Missouri
5) 30th Ohio
6) 57th Ohio
2nd Brigade
7) 111th Illinois
8) 83rd Indiana
9) 47th Ohio
10) 53rd Ohio
11) 54th Ohio
3rd Brigade
12) 48th Illinois
13) 90th Illinois
14) 99th Indiana
15) 70th Ohio
3RD DIVISION, XV CORPS - Old Northwest Volunteers - Ranking Officer - Captain Terry Sorchy
You Will Choose Foraging Parties From Six of the Following Regiments:
1st Brigade
1) 63rd Illinois
2) 93rd Illinois
3) 48th Indiana
4) 59th Indiana
5) 4th Minnesota
6) 18th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
7) 56th Illinois
8) 10th Iowa
9) 80th Ohio
So, if you are interested in serving as the leader of a foraging party, it will be up to you to raise 25 men in order to represent a regiment. We ask that you contact the ranking officer for each division with your intention to lead a foraging party. Work directly with these division commanders until the division reaches its quota of six foraging parties.
We think that this will be a unique structure and will allow everyone to fully participate. We didn't want to rotate foraging parties and have others standing around. If you have any questions about this structure, please send me an e-mail at etinohio@msn.com. We will make a separate announcement for the Confederate Structure very soon. Thanks for your interest and we look forward to your participation in November of 2009.
For More Information, Please Visit Our Web Site at www.bummers09.com.
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