Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

[ILYankee5]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

Forgot to ask, is registration open for this yet?

[Campjacksonboy]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

Registration will open in January of 2011.
Frank Aufmuth

[Campjacksonboy]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

As the registration opening nears I'm fairly confident that we will have a good showing in the Missouri Militia camp.

However I presently only know of 40 federals attending. So if you are already in the Mid-west and do federal already here's your chance to do a pro-union impression in civilian clothing. What say you Western Brigade boys?
Frank

[Campjacksonboy]

Re: Camp Jackson May 6-8, 2011

Registration is suppposed to open on January 1 but everything is in place and I can start taking them now.
There is no registration fee involved but we do want people to register so we can make proper accomidations for those who are coming and to make sure the ratios are right for the capture of Camp Jackson. This can be done via e-mail by copying and pasting or via USPS.

Sunday's battle will be based on M. Jeff Thompson's activities in S.E. Missouri in 1861. So any Pro-southern men should plan on Militia Finery for Friday (School Day) and Saturday. And Civilian backwoods garb for Sunday.

Here's yet another link to the site and registration:
http://campjacksonboy.googlepages.co...ksonguidelines

While registration is free, donations will help defray costs of Insurance, music, porta-johns, powder for firing demos, and etc. The event committee is working in conjunction with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon's Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, however, we are on our own financing the event. The Camp Jackson committee is a committed group of volunteers who are committed to seeing this essential but often overlooked part of history presented to the public. Any support you can provide (financial or physical presence at the event) will be greatly appreciated. Checks should be made out to the "Jefferson National Parks Association" (JNPA) which will match our funds up to $5000. Checks should also have "Camp Jackson" in the memo box. Donations made to JNPA are tax deductible and can be sent in with registration.

Presently The Missouri U.S. Volunteers are represened by the Holmes Bridage and Turner Brigade.
The Missouri Volunteer Militia is represented by the Tater Mess, ONV, and the MCWRA.
Mike Comer will be commanding the adjunct battalion (1st Reg't M.V.M) with Mike Kupsch (St. Louis Grays) and Eric Fair (Missouri Guard) as company commanders.

If anyone would like to raise companies (most expecially Pro-union) or would like to seek a staff position they can contact me via PM.

This is the first of the Sesquicentennial events and is the "first blood" of the sesquicentennial rotation (if there is another I don't know what it is). If you're planning on Manassas this would be a great place to work the bugs out.

Thank you all for your help.

Sincerely,
Frank Aufmuth
Chairman Camp Jackson: The Tipping Point;
Freedom's Gateway: St. Louis in the Civil War

[Michael Comer]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

Plus, if you are planning on doing anything with Missouri State Guard involved this would be a great starting point. The MSG did not exist until after Camp Jackson - what happened there gave birth to this pro-Southern state army which in turn led to the formation of the Missouri Brigade and other units in the CS forces. Camp Jackson was a watershed moment not only in Missouri Civil War history but in Civil War history as a whole, since it took a state that was trying to stay in the Union and pushed many of those fence-sitters off the top rail and over into the Southern ranks.

Come on out to this event and you will learn something - I promise that.

[Campjacksonboy]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

Here's the web address
http://sites.google.com/site/campjac...ksonguidelines

Frank Aufmuth
Chairman Camp Jackson: The Tipping Point

[Eric Fair]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

Folks,
I'm very happy to be a part of this event. As has been stated here, the Camp Jackson affair was the flash point of four years of blood shed in Missouri. If you have any interest in how the war started west of the Mississippi, then this is the event for you, and I'd love to have you in my company. Feel free to email me or PM with any questions or for any further details. See you at the end of April!

Cheers,
Eric

[Campjacksonboy]

Please register-Its free

The website is posted a half dozen times in the messages above. Please register today
It will help greatly with planning and funding.
Frank Aufmuth

[LibertyHallVols]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

I'll get it done this week!

[Old Cremona]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

As will I. John, it'll be a pleasure to meet you.

[cgoser]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

Frank,

Discussed this event over the weekend. 11th Miss is looking to start registering as the 3rd Vol "Fahnenwacht". We're proud to help out with the feds.

Best,
Clay Goser
11th Miss, Co G
Commanding

[Campjacksonboy]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

Awsome!!!
Frank Aufmuth

[Doug Harding]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

Bob Szabo and I will be setting up our wetplate establishments at Jamp Jackson. Anyone interested in sutlering please send me an E-mail at Douglas_Harding@npc.gov I will send you information and registration form.

Your humble servant
Doug Harding

[MissouriStateGuard]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

Here are three accounts from men in the 3rd Missouri, relating to Camp Jackson:

John T. Beugel (Company A): His company went to the Arsenal on 22 April and were issued "rifles and shells." On the day of Camp Jackson, the men of the 3rd Missouri "... dressed as it suited him. Some wore caps, others straw hats, an still others silk hats, etc."

August Reimers (Company B): On 10 May his company had already been issued "Harpers Ferry" muskets with bayonets fixed, as they had been issued no accouterments, to include bayonet scabbards. He was in "citizen's dress," in his shirt sleeves and vest. He said he was issued 40 rounds, which he carried in his trouser pockets, with percussion caps going in his vest pockets.

Otto Lademann (Company E): On 10 May the men of his company received a packet of ball cartridges. They loaded their guns, and placed the rest of the cartridges in their pockets. He recalled his regiment was "... a very motley looking crowd, each in his citizens clothes as he left his shop, his office, or his store, the only thing uniform about us being a bright shining musket." In his post-war reminiscences he wrote they were .69-caliber muskets, and still later elaborated that they were rifle muskets.

The presence of .69 caliber rifled muskets seems to be supported by BG Thomas Sweeny, who wrote on 12 July 1861 that he needed more ammunition for .69 caliber rifle muskets, "with which the principle part of my command is armed." His command at that point consisted of the 3rd & 5th Missouri, and the 4th USRC. The other portion of his command not so armed may have been the four rifle companies of the 3rd & 5th Missouri. When Rifle Company B, 3rd Missouri (under command of Captain Joseph Conrad) was captured at Neosho on 5 July 1861, they surrendered "rifles with sabre bayonets" to their Confederate captors. Unknown what type of rifles these may have been, but if this description is true, they may have been M1841 rifles modified to take bayonets, M1855 rifles, or the civilian jaeger rifles with saber bayonets shown in the possession of the St. Louis Turnverein in the pre-war lithograph now in the collection of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.

V/R,
kip

[Campjacksonboy]

Re: Camp Jackson, April 29-May 1, 2011

With a name like "Aufmuth" I ought to be joining "Lyon's Fahnenwacht". I recently learned that I may have had a relative with Lyon at Camp Jackson on the side of my family where there were no previously known Civil War connections.
Thanks for the accounts Kip.
Frank Aufmuth