Navy Re-enacting

[ANDY DANISH]

Are there any other Navy, Union or Confederate, re-enactors out there ?

[Spinster]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

Contact BrienMcW@aol.com for information on naval reenacting in the Deep South. He's not on this board, so you'll have to write him direct, but he does have a fine naval event coming up in May.

[ANDY DANISH]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

Contact BrienMcW@aol.com for information on naval reenacting in the Deep South. He's not on this board, so you'll have to write him direct, but he does have a fine naval event coming up in May.

Thanks, I'll drop him a note.

[Marc]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

Are there any other Navy, Union or Confederate, re-enactors out there ?

Here is the web site for the Constellation Crew in Baltimore Maryland...serve on a real ship.... :D

http://www.shipscompany.org/

[ANDY DANISH]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

We're headed there this summer, Baltimore.

Personaly, I prefer the "Landing Party" senario. There's only so much you can do if your tied to a ship. As part of a landing party, you get to take part in any battle senario, when there is one. And if it's living history, you get to tell the public about a side of the war that usually ignored.

[Vuhginyuh]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

We're headed there this summer, Baltimore.

Personaly, I prefer the "Landing Party" senario. There's only so much you can do if your tied to a ship. As part of a landing party, you get to take part in any battle senario, when there is one. And if it's living history, you get to tell the public about a side of the war that usually ignored.

Spot on.
Pistols and cutlasses against the parapets!

[Frenchie]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

Spot on.
Pistols and cutlasses against the parapets!

"'Bye, boys!"
"Have fun storming the castle!"
(aside) "Think they'll make it?"
(aside) "It'll take a miracle."

[ANDY DANISH]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

We'd have taken Ft. Fisher if the Jar Heads had done there job.

What are you guys talking about? Certainly not the Civil War....... Mike Chapman

[marine05]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

Here's a link I found. http://www.navyandmarine.org/ There is a number of hyperlinks on the page such as this one that points to specific units and eras http://www.navyandmarine.org/NavyUnits/ByTimePeriod.htm

Hope you find what you're looking for.

[hireddutchcutthroat]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

There have been some high quality Mex War and WW2 USN USCG and USMC living history functions on board the WW2 period ships here in the Bay area. I have never seen anything from our period though.

[ANDY DANISH]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

Dan / Marine05,
Thanks,
That's how I found my unit 4 years ago.
My Lt is president of the N.M.L.H.A. & I'm a member of the
US Naval Landing Party, #192.


I was just wondering if there were any other squids on this forum.

[County Militia]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

If you're at all interested in Napoleonic Naval tactics, of which Civil War naval tactics were based off of, I suggest you read the Aubrey-Maturin canon by Patrick O'Brian.

The first book is Master and Commander. It's a great book, and gives you a ton of information on tactics that were used. The series has a little romance and personal lives in it, but it is only a very small fraction of it. The series is chok-full of information on ship construction, armaments, tactics and daily conditions. The main characters, who are Brits, even go off and face American ships in the War of 1812 later on in the series.

If you get angered by the smallest amount of anti-Americanism, I don't suggest you read them. While the series is full of information, it's also full of American prejudice, with many cracks at American fighting styles, American ship construction, and Americans in general. It's not at all the dominating factor, but there is a hint of it throughout.





Does anyone know of any units who put on events on rivers? I sure would like to do one on the Mississippi on one of those city-class boats.

[ANDY DANISH]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

Here's a link I found. http://www.navyandmarine.org/ There is a number of hyperlinks on the page such as this one that points to specific units and eras http://www.navyandmarine.org/NavyUnits/ByTimePeriod.htm

Hope you find what you're looking for.

Dan,
This link is to my unit.

I'm just interested in knowing if there are any other Navy re-enactors
here.

[Cracker Line]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

I know it's not Civil War, but I do colonial naval Living History.

If anyone wishes to check it out our website is here: http://provincialnavy.50megs.com/

There are some people who do naval impressions down here in Florida. However, most of them haven't "come to the dark side" yet if you know what I'm saying. There are a few quality impressions down here but they are rare.

Cheers,
Adam Cripps

[ANDY DANISH]

Re: Navy Re-enacting

We'd have taken Ft. Fisher if the Jar Heads had done there job.

What are you guys talking about? Certainly not the Civil War....... Mike Chapman

You need to read your history and the official reports on the second attack at Ft Fisher for January 1865.

It has alot to do with the Civil War.

Must have been the 1940's reference to Marines that got me wonderin'

Jarhead: For roughly 50 years, sailors had little luck in their effort to insult Marines by calling them Gyrenes. So, during World War II sailors began referring to Marines as Jarheads. Presumably the high collar on the Marine Dress Blues uniform made a Marine's head look like it was sticking out of the top of a Mason jar. Marines were not insulted. Instead, they embraced the new moniker as a term of utmost respect. - Mike Chapman

Thanks Curt......