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Event Date: Mar. 12 to Mar. 14, 2010
Location: Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (Located between the sites of Historic For Donelson and Fort Henry on the Tn/Ky border.)
Sponsor/Host: Independence Mess
Capacity: Max 300 participants
POC: Josh Fieldhouse, Brian Hicks or Bill Little
Email: joshef@gmail.com, brian_hicks@usa.net, william.littleii@us.army.mil
Website: http://www.intextlighting.com/Backwa...5/Welcome.html
Forum: A/C Forum Subfolder
Registration: Registration will open on August 1st 2009, and will close on January 20, 2010. Cost will be $15.00 by Check Cash or Money Order. $16.50 if paying by PayPal.
Confederate Commander: Patrick Craddock
Federal Commander: Skip Owens
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Following Sherman’s 1864 Christmas Gift of Savannah, Ga. to Pres. Lincoln, his command began to push North through the backwaters of the Carolinas, culminating in the Battle of Bentonville, on March 19, 20, & 21.
To counter the Federal movement, Lee summoned Gen Joseph E. Johnston out of his short-lived retirement, to take command of the Army of Tennessee in order to stop Sherman’s movement. At this time the AOT was widely scattered through the Carolinas, and were being pressed not only by Sherman’s advance from the South, but also from movements of the combined forces of Gen. Alfred H. Terry's Provisional Corps and Gen. John Schofield's XXIII Corps .
As the Army of Tennessee maneuvered to mass forces, there were numerous small engagements in the backwaters of North Carolina.
Backwater - 1865 event at Land Between the Lakes Recreational Area replicates these settings for those engagements taking place in March of 1865.
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1. Registration will open commencing 1 August, and will close on 20 January.
2. Each individual will contacted via e-mail (or by phone if no e-mail available) to confirm receipt of the registration form, and payment. Payment must be received with registration. If sending PayPal, also e-mail the registration form, annotating the date that paypal was used.
3. We will not post the registration lists. Each Commander will be provided with the separate Command Rosters as registrations are received (Updated weekly… hopefully on Sunday afternoon). The Commander will also receive updated E-mail lists from the registrations. The Commanders will then be responsible for communicating directly to the men in their commands.
4. The areas to be used are designated by the U.S. Forrestry Service as Non-Equestrian. Horses are restricted from these areas, therefore there will be no mounted participants for this event.
5. This is a Military only event . We have no plans for any civilian participants.
6. This will be a Controlled Maneuver Event. The Commanding Officer of each command will have Friday night to issue rations and organize/drill there men. Pre-dawn on Saturday, each commander will receive written orders from this higher command which will require him to maneuver his subordinate commands and accomplish his assigned missions. The Commanders have no prior knowledge pertaining to their march routes, or what their objectives will be. Nor will they know where their opposition is starting from, or what his objectives are. As the event develops, the event coordinators will provide supplemental orders to the commanders as needed.
7. March at the LBL site can be harsh, wet and cold. The terrain is challenging with the trails having numerous short, but at times steep peeks and valleys. Be prepared for both the climate, and the terrain.
There are two earlier discussion threads about this event here on the A/C forums. Each of these earlier threads have great information, and can be found here:
and
Location: Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (Located between the sites of Historic For Donelson and Fort Henry on the Tn/Ky border.)
Sponsor/Host: Independence Mess
Capacity: Max 300 participants
POC: Josh Fieldhouse, Brian Hicks or Bill Little
Email: joshef@gmail.com, brian_hicks@usa.net, william.littleii@us.army.mil
Website: http://www.intextlighting.com/Backwa...5/Welcome.html
Forum: A/C Forum Subfolder
Registration: Registration will open on August 1st 2009, and will close on January 20, 2010. Cost will be $15.00 by Check Cash or Money Order. $16.50 if paying by PayPal.
Confederate Commander: Patrick Craddock
Federal Commander: Skip Owens
______________________________________________
Following Sherman’s 1864 Christmas Gift of Savannah, Ga. to Pres. Lincoln, his command began to push North through the backwaters of the Carolinas, culminating in the Battle of Bentonville, on March 19, 20, & 21.
To counter the Federal movement, Lee summoned Gen Joseph E. Johnston out of his short-lived retirement, to take command of the Army of Tennessee in order to stop Sherman’s movement. At this time the AOT was widely scattered through the Carolinas, and were being pressed not only by Sherman’s advance from the South, but also from movements of the combined forces of Gen. Alfred H. Terry's Provisional Corps and Gen. John Schofield's XXIII Corps .
As the Army of Tennessee maneuvered to mass forces, there were numerous small engagements in the backwaters of North Carolina.
Backwater - 1865 event at Land Between the Lakes Recreational Area replicates these settings for those engagements taking place in March of 1865.
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1. Registration will open commencing 1 August, and will close on 20 January.
2. Each individual will contacted via e-mail (or by phone if no e-mail available) to confirm receipt of the registration form, and payment. Payment must be received with registration. If sending PayPal, also e-mail the registration form, annotating the date that paypal was used.
3. We will not post the registration lists. Each Commander will be provided with the separate Command Rosters as registrations are received (Updated weekly… hopefully on Sunday afternoon). The Commander will also receive updated E-mail lists from the registrations. The Commanders will then be responsible for communicating directly to the men in their commands.
4. The areas to be used are designated by the U.S. Forrestry Service as Non-Equestrian. Horses are restricted from these areas, therefore there will be no mounted participants for this event.
5. This is a Military only event . We have no plans for any civilian participants.
6. This will be a Controlled Maneuver Event. The Commanding Officer of each command will have Friday night to issue rations and organize/drill there men. Pre-dawn on Saturday, each commander will receive written orders from this higher command which will require him to maneuver his subordinate commands and accomplish his assigned missions. The Commanders have no prior knowledge pertaining to their march routes, or what their objectives will be. Nor will they know where their opposition is starting from, or what his objectives are. As the event develops, the event coordinators will provide supplemental orders to the commanders as needed.
7. March at the LBL site can be harsh, wet and cold. The terrain is challenging with the trails having numerous short, but at times steep peeks and valleys. Be prepared for both the climate, and the terrain.
There are two earlier discussion threads about this event here on the A/C forums. Each of these earlier threads have great information, and can be found here:
and
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