How Many Battlefields Have You Slept On?

[AzTrooper]

Re: How Many Battlefields Have You Slept On?

I hope to be able to add to this in time but for now I have only slept at,

Gettysburg (Culps Hill, lots and lots of ticks)
Kellys Ford
South Mountain
Antietam

Man, I have a LONG way to go!At least it gives me something to look forward to! :)
Sincerely,
John Rogers

[springkeeper]

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Hubby has slept on many battlefields but then he has been reenacting for a long, long, long, long, time. :p

[BenjaminLDavis]

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I think these are in order for me -

Antietam
McDowell
Pickett's Mill
Fort Donelson
Fort Duffield (no battle)
Fort Granger
Rich Mountain
Gettysburg
Fort Pulaski
Shiloh

(and very soon Vicksburg, but I cannot count that until it is done!)
Thanks for this post; as Mr. Acker said, it takes you back
to a whole lot of good memories!

[rick atwood]

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Gettysburg
Cold Harbor
Malvern Hill
Gaines Mill
Todds Tavern
Manassass
McDowell
Ashlawn
Trevillian's Station
Cedar Creek
New Market
Ft. Harrison
Harpers Ferry
Vicksburg
Champions Hill
Glorietta
Olustee
Ft. McAllister
Picketts Mill

All I could think of.

Rick Atwood

[Vuhginyuh]

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One, but almost every night.

[Jake Nott]

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Gettysburg PA
Harpers Ferry WV
Bentonville NC
Mcdowell VA
Rich Mtn WV
Bulltown WV
Droop MTN WV
Phillipi WV
Guyandote WV
New Market VA
Ceder Creek VA
Paynes Farm VA
Port Republic/Cross Keys VA
Johnson's Island OH (POW Camp)

[DOC1861]

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I have slept on several battlefields and historic places not just limited to WBTS. Since we are talking our era here I go.

Ft. Morgan
Ft. Gains
Ft. Blakely
Perryville
Shiloh
Belmont/Columbus
Melvirn Hill
Petersburg
Chimberazo Hospital Site
Parker's Crossroads
Britton Lane
Camp Boone
Vicksburg
Sacramento Ky
Ft. Defiance
Gettysburg
Franklin

[BobbyHughes]

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1. Andersonville, GA
2. Resaca, Ga
3. Tunnel Hill/Ringgold, GA
4. Selma, AL
5. Lookout Mtn, Chattanooga TN
6. Blue Springs, TN
7. Sweetwater Creek GA, (not a battle but a little known part of the ATL Campaign)
8. Kennesaw Mtn, GA
9. Bridgeport, AL
10. Olustee, FL

[Malingerer]

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One of the great joys of doing living history and reenactments is the opportunity to bivouac where the Boys of '61 slept. So I put to you gentlemen: upon which battlefields have you slept? For me the list is pathetically small:
1. Fort Donelson
2. Stones River
3. Chickamauga
4. Perryville
5. Saylors Creek
6. Petersburg -Hatchers Run
7. Payne's Farm
8. Fort MacAlister
9. Gettysburg
10 Fort Fisher, NC

Update:
11. Resaca, GA

[BenjaminLDavis]

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I think these are in order for me -

Antietam
McDowell
Pickett's Mill
Fort Donelson
Fort Duffield (no battle)
Fort Granger
Rich Mountain
Gettysburg
Fort Pulaski
Shiloh

(and very soon Vicksburg, but I cannot count that until it is done!)
Thanks for this post; as Mr. Acker said, it takes you back
to a whole lot of good memories!

I forgot Stone's River, how is that possible: spending an entire night with my neck
twisted up against a tree root, my right arm in the rain, reflections next morning
in the quiet of the Slaughter Pen! And I made the acquaintance of the soldier that
posted this thread! Knew I would forget at least one.

[Darrell Cochran]

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Funkstown
Harpers Ferry
Cedar Creek
New Market
Manassas
Brandy Station
Cedar Mountain
Sayler's Creek
Jonesboro, Georgia
Olustee

plus a handful of forts where there wasn't any shooting:

Fort Clinch, Florida
Fort Delaware
Fort Washington, MD
Fort Ward (Alexandria, VA)

[CeeBeeRebel]

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Philippi
Rich Mountain
Cheat Summit
Top of Allegheny
Bartow
Droop Mountain
South Mountain (Turner's & Fox's Gaps)
Manassas
Port Republic/Cross Keys
Funkstown
Cedar Creek
Bulltown
Gainesville/New Baltimore/Buckland
Fairmont (Does attending a party at a house sleeping there count?)
And a whole lot more if you consider hotels built on battlefields and places I have forgot at the moment.

[Malingerer]

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Update:
12. Picketts Mill

[MercyAngel62]

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1. Perryville, KY
2. Fort Pulaski, GA
3. Spring Hill, TN
4. Chickamauga, GA -- And ON Snodgrass Hill by the cabin...the CREEPIEST place to ever camp.
5. Resaca, GA
6. Selma, AL
7. Pilot Knob, MO
8. Mill Springs, KY
9. Gettysburg, PA
10. Corinth, MS
11. Cumberland Gap, KY
12. Sacramento, KY
13. Fort Snelling, MN
14. Munfordville, KY
15. Guyandotte, WV
16. Camp Nelson, KY
17. Jefferson Barracks, MO


still thinking...I know I have missed some. For a girl my age....I've done pretty darn good.

[Rough_and_Regular]

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The battlefields i have called home was:
1. Harpers Ferry
2. New Market
3. Bull run
4. Balls Bluff
5. Saylors Creek
6. Cedar Creek
7. Gettysburg
8. Sharpsburg
9. Funkstown
10. South Mountain
11. Bentonville
12. McDowell
13. Cold Harbor
14. Petersburg
15. Andersonville (Prison)
16. Shiloh
17. Fredricksburg
18. Franklin
There are probably a few more but i do not recall all of them.