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Just wanted to make people aware of this event:
http://www.redrivercampaign.com/
Yes, it is hosted and organized by a mainstream organization and will be attended by mainstreamers. But, if you want a real campaign experience - marching everyday, skirmishing most days, living out of your haversack and knapsack for a full week in the field - then you should consider this event.
I attended all the major 125ths under Jack King's command and never had a bad event. Jack is a great organizer and logistics guy. He was very late putting the website up, but to his credit he was waiting to make sure he had every inch of land he needed. (Anyone with any event organizing history can appreciate that level of commitment.)
I attended Jack's Red River 2 event in 1999 and experienced an epiphany about reenacting and campaigning, even though I'd already been in the hobby for 22 years at the time and thought I'd done or seen it all. My experiences at RR2 almost haunt me to this day.
I have no part in organizing this event and am not even certain I will attend (medical limitations) but I think we have many young reenactors and/or guys new to the hobby that would greatly benefit from the experience. I encourage everyone to consider it.
I would really like to see one of our CPH leaders step up and create/provide a home for the authentically minded to rally around. Our end of the hobby tends to need a person they can latch on to and follow. The way this event registration is set up will dissuade many individuals from signing up unless they have a company to call home on the front end.
If you weren't around for Jack's RR1 and RR2, or you missed the Texas Ground Hornets BGR and IPW, or you fell off the wagon for In the Van, or you've just been wishing there was a week long event where you could really experience Civil War life, don't let this one pass by without you. Who knows when the next one will come up?
respectfully,
http://www.redrivercampaign.com/
Yes, it is hosted and organized by a mainstream organization and will be attended by mainstreamers. But, if you want a real campaign experience - marching everyday, skirmishing most days, living out of your haversack and knapsack for a full week in the field - then you should consider this event.
I attended all the major 125ths under Jack King's command and never had a bad event. Jack is a great organizer and logistics guy. He was very late putting the website up, but to his credit he was waiting to make sure he had every inch of land he needed. (Anyone with any event organizing history can appreciate that level of commitment.)
I attended Jack's Red River 2 event in 1999 and experienced an epiphany about reenacting and campaigning, even though I'd already been in the hobby for 22 years at the time and thought I'd done or seen it all. My experiences at RR2 almost haunt me to this day.
I have no part in organizing this event and am not even certain I will attend (medical limitations) but I think we have many young reenactors and/or guys new to the hobby that would greatly benefit from the experience. I encourage everyone to consider it.
I would really like to see one of our CPH leaders step up and create/provide a home for the authentically minded to rally around. Our end of the hobby tends to need a person they can latch on to and follow. The way this event registration is set up will dissuade many individuals from signing up unless they have a company to call home on the front end.
If you weren't around for Jack's RR1 and RR2, or you missed the Texas Ground Hornets BGR and IPW, or you fell off the wagon for In the Van, or you've just been wishing there was a week long event where you could really experience Civil War life, don't let this one pass by without you. Who knows when the next one will come up?
respectfully,
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