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This event will be one of the first of the 150th rotation. The actual Camp Jackson affair had deep consequences for Missouri during the Civil War. Presently it appears that it will be held at Jefferson Barracks. It will be Living History in nature and will begin Friday so that we can interpret to the local schools.
The cost or registration fee is presently $0. Yes there are event costs but the plan at present is to get corporate sponsorships. There are some very talented people in my town that are working on this. So, assuming they do their job don't expect to pay anyting. Anyone wising to attend needs only fill out a registration form so that we can better organize companies and get head counts. Rations are not presently part of the plan. Unless someone at a later date wants to set up a commissary the committee just wasn't interested. Bring your own food but this may change.
There will be a variety of impressions to be filled. We will need lots of U.S. Homeguards or U.S. Volunteers they outnumbered the Militia 10:1.
There were two regiments of Missouri State Militia. Both regiments had different uniforms. There was also, of course, civilians. Civilians came from the City to see the Milita and what would happen when Lyon's pro-union forces showed up and civilians who were recruited into the militia. In fact the U.S. Volunteers didn't have uniforms yet and looked like German-speaking civilians with no accutrements besides the white mexwar belts and shiney new muskets they were issued at the St. Louis Arsenal.
Civilian guidelines for women will be posted soon.
The crowd will be mixed with varing levels of authenticity because there are many reenactors in Missouri who have not learned of our dark ways but are devoted to the local history.
It is expected that all involved will make an effort to follow the guidelines for their particular impression. At the present we invite anyone who is willing to follow the guidelines. The link below still needs some tweaking but the event is still almost two years off and anyone that has been reenacting for any length of time at all can meet any of various impressions if they want to . At the very least anyone can look at them and get the gist.
Company commanders will be announced soon.
For those of you that have not heard of Jefferson Barracks it was a military post going back to 1826. If they had fame and served in the Civil War chances are they served at Jefferson Barracks some time during their career. Just to name a few: Davis, Longstreet, Grant.....
Since some of you from the St. Louis area showed interest I'll give my full report below.
First this event will not be held on the original ground where Camp Jackson happened. The reason why is because the original site is now called Frost Campus or A.K.A. St. Louis University. There isn't much period about the site and not much room for 200 participants. We could have done it there but the grounds are a maze of underground irrigation pipes and I didn't think there would be much interest camping on a Soccer field surrounded my moder-day inner city St. Louis.
There were other places we could have had the event that would have had some historical significance and were related to Camp Jackson however when the city heard about the 150 year rotation the City parks got dollar signs in their eyes. We were quoted prices that ranged between $14,000 and $24,000 at least one of those parks had problems with things like: Tent stakes, horses, wagons, firing demonstrations, and my favorite, the portrayal of actual historic events. They also couldn't get over the point that for logistical reasons we would need the site for three days. One of these parks wanted our money but objected to anything resembeling a reenactment of the Camp Jackson massacre But it is ok to have a clothing optional bike race during Pridefest. They wanted us to pay for everything from porta johns to dumpsters and renting the police protection my tax dollars already pay for. I guess I woundn't have minded any of this much but the $24,000 park actually invited us then decided that they could make money renting us the park. Then we could only rent certain parts of it. It was apparent that the people related to the City had no concept of Civil War reenacting and had no idea what they had gotten themselves into. If the city wanted to have any part in this part of the 150th rotation they had a funny way of showing it.
Jefferson Barracks is a County Park as in not part of the city. They are used to reenactors and seem to want us there. After we approached them they waived all fees and already have the things in place that the other parks wanted us to pay for. Bottom line, the event isn't going to cost nearly as much as it would have in the city.
Frank Aufmuth
The cost or registration fee is presently $0. Yes there are event costs but the plan at present is to get corporate sponsorships. There are some very talented people in my town that are working on this. So, assuming they do their job don't expect to pay anyting. Anyone wising to attend needs only fill out a registration form so that we can better organize companies and get head counts. Rations are not presently part of the plan. Unless someone at a later date wants to set up a commissary the committee just wasn't interested. Bring your own food but this may change.
There will be a variety of impressions to be filled. We will need lots of U.S. Homeguards or U.S. Volunteers they outnumbered the Militia 10:1.
There were two regiments of Missouri State Militia. Both regiments had different uniforms. There was also, of course, civilians. Civilians came from the City to see the Milita and what would happen when Lyon's pro-union forces showed up and civilians who were recruited into the militia. In fact the U.S. Volunteers didn't have uniforms yet and looked like German-speaking civilians with no accutrements besides the white mexwar belts and shiney new muskets they were issued at the St. Louis Arsenal.
Civilian guidelines for women will be posted soon.
The crowd will be mixed with varing levels of authenticity because there are many reenactors in Missouri who have not learned of our dark ways but are devoted to the local history.
It is expected that all involved will make an effort to follow the guidelines for their particular impression. At the present we invite anyone who is willing to follow the guidelines. The link below still needs some tweaking but the event is still almost two years off and anyone that has been reenacting for any length of time at all can meet any of various impressions if they want to . At the very least anyone can look at them and get the gist.
Company commanders will be announced soon.
For those of you that have not heard of Jefferson Barracks it was a military post going back to 1826. If they had fame and served in the Civil War chances are they served at Jefferson Barracks some time during their career. Just to name a few: Davis, Longstreet, Grant.....
Since some of you from the St. Louis area showed interest I'll give my full report below.
First this event will not be held on the original ground where Camp Jackson happened. The reason why is because the original site is now called Frost Campus or A.K.A. St. Louis University. There isn't much period about the site and not much room for 200 participants. We could have done it there but the grounds are a maze of underground irrigation pipes and I didn't think there would be much interest camping on a Soccer field surrounded my moder-day inner city St. Louis.
There were other places we could have had the event that would have had some historical significance and were related to Camp Jackson however when the city heard about the 150 year rotation the City parks got dollar signs in their eyes. We were quoted prices that ranged between $14,000 and $24,000 at least one of those parks had problems with things like: Tent stakes, horses, wagons, firing demonstrations, and my favorite, the portrayal of actual historic events. They also couldn't get over the point that for logistical reasons we would need the site for three days. One of these parks wanted our money but objected to anything resembeling a reenactment of the Camp Jackson massacre But it is ok to have a clothing optional bike race during Pridefest. They wanted us to pay for everything from porta johns to dumpsters and renting the police protection my tax dollars already pay for. I guess I woundn't have minded any of this much but the $24,000 park actually invited us then decided that they could make money renting us the park. Then we could only rent certain parts of it. It was apparent that the people related to the City had no concept of Civil War reenacting and had no idea what they had gotten themselves into. If the city wanted to have any part in this part of the 150th rotation they had a funny way of showing it.
Jefferson Barracks is a County Park as in not part of the city. They are used to reenactors and seem to want us there. After we approached them they waived all fees and already have the things in place that the other parks wanted us to pay for. Bottom line, the event isn't going to cost nearly as much as it would have in the city.
Frank Aufmuth
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