Top Twenty Authentic Events Since 1999

[GenuineInformation]

Re: Top Twenty Authentic Events Since 1999

Outpost 2000: What poor Yankee traded away his brogans for some crappy tobacco?
Pickett's Mill 2001: John Cleaveland's Revenge on the Hobby
Pickett's Mill 2004: Testing the Flash Point of Wool
Marmaduke's Raid: You don't need pants to attack the Yankees
Wauhatchie: The Suck Has Been Embraced
Prelude to Invasion: Fly Tents for Miles
Blakeley 2019: Earth, Logs, and Seafood.

[gjurand]

Re: Top Twenty Authentic Events Since 1999

Averasboro, February 1999
Red River 2, April 1999
Bentonville Preservation March, March 2000
Sailor's Creek, April 2000
Averasboro, March 2001
Pickett's Mill, June 2001
Perryville, October 2001
Harrison's Landing, July 2002
Antietam adjunct preservation march, September 2002
Antietam Living History Columbia Rifles, September 2003
War on the James, October 2003
Lookout Mountain, November 2003
Into the Wilderness, April 2004
Bummers, November 2009
Bermuda Hundred, April 2014
Franklin/Carnton Plantation, November 2014
On to Richmond, June 2017
Warlike on the Rapidan, May 2019

George Jurand

[Strawfoot]

Re: Top Twenty Authentic Events Since 1999

How is it the 2001 Pickett's Mill event is not mentioned anywhere?

[rkg]

Re: Top Twenty Authentic Events Since 1999

Ok, I'll try my hand at this one. Mind you I can only comment on the ones I have been to.
A Fighting Withdrawal.
Ft. Granger LH.
Rich Mt.
BGR
Into The Piney Woods
Bummers
Marmadukes Raid
Shiloh LH
LOST TRIBES!!! Great event, not mentioned yet?
Outpost III (The one where we slept on arms Friday night in a cornfield.)
Backwaters
Crampton's Gap (Chmelar Fest, infact any Chmelar fest ranks!)
Shiloh 150th
Vicksburg LH (it's hot, but not Vicksburg hot.)
I know I'm forgetting some, but that's where I'm at right now.

[Eric Tipton]

Re: Top Twenty Authentic Events Since 1999

Bumping this to the top. We will accept nominations until October 1st, then we will post the top twenty events and see which one garners the most votes.

[TKlas]

Re: Top Twenty Authentic Events Since 1999

Lots of great events and many I missed. Lots of great times with many AC members over the years. In no particular order

The Advance Guard - 2003
A Fighting Withdrawal - 2006
Shiloh NMP LH - Jim Butler Host
Pickett's Mill 2004 & 2008
Port Gibson - 2003
Lost Tribes - 2009
Rich Mountain - 2006
Shiloh 150th Adjunct - 2012
Outpost III - 2007
Athens Battlefield LH - Holler Organizer - 2009/2010?
Stones River NMP LH - Hogg Mess - Steve Acker Organizer - 2005
Franklin (Carter House) LH - Hogg Mess - Steve Acker Organizer - 2004 24th Wisconsin
Antietam NMP LH - ONV - Steve Acker Organizer - 2008 - 6th Wisconsin
Manassas 150th NMP LH - Hard Head Mess - I hosted in full disclosure - 2011 - 2nd Wisconsin in State Gray Uniforms & March. Sherman's Brigade.
Brawner Farm & 2nd Manassas LH - Hard Head Mess - I hosted in full disclosure - 2012. I think people still dislike the 9 mile March.
Southern Guard Brawner Farm LH - 2006 - great time with SG comrades.
Perryville LH - ONV - 2010 - 21st Wisconsin
Gettysburg NMP LH - HHM - 2009 - Andy Roscoe and I organizers. This was the mad rain march and Lance Herdegen battlefield tour on Saturday.
McDowell - 2001
Grant Home LH - ONV - 2008

I am sure I am missing some.

[Eric Tipton]

Re: Top Twenty Authentic Events Since 1999

Bumping this post to the top. Let's hear from you in this thread! What are your favorites from the last twenty years?

[Eric Tipton]

Top Twenty Authentic Events Since 1999



After Compiling Your Nominations All Year on the Forums and Social Media, Here Are the Top Twenty Events Since 1999! Thank You to Everyone Who Nominated an Event:

Top Twenty Events Since 1999:

1. Shiloh 150th, 2012 - 13 Mentions
2. Bummers, 2009 - 12 Mentions
T3. Pickett's Mill, 2004 - 9 Mentions
T3. Bentonville Adjunct, 2015 - 9 Mentions
T3. Wauhatchie, 2017 - 9 Mentions
6. Lost Tribes, 2009 - 8 Mentions
T7. Picket Post, 2016 - 7 Mentions
T7. Athens, 2005 - 7 Mentions
T7. Backwaters 1865, 2010 - 7 Mentions
T7. Prelude to Invasion, 2018 - 7 Mentions
T7. Rich Mountain, 2006 - 7 Mentions
T12. Marmaduke's Raid, 2008 - 6 Mentions
T12. The Advanced Guard, 2003 - 6 Mentions
T12. Banks Grand Retreat, 2007 - 6 Mentions
T12. Outpost III, 2007 - 6 Mentions
T12. Pickett's Mill, 2008 - 6 Mentions
T17. Immortal 600, 2007 - 5 Mentions
T17. Southern Guard Picket Post, 2004 - 5 Mentions
T17. Assault on Fort Blakeley, 2019 - 5 Mentions
T17. A Fighting Withdrawal, 2006 - 5 Mentions
T17. Bermuda Hundred, 2015 - 5 Mentions

Honorable Mention Events Since 1999:

22. Re-Occupation of Fort Sumter, 2005 - 4 Mentions
T23. Chickamauga Living History (WIG), 2007 - 3 Mentions
T23. Life on the Line - Vicksburg, 2007 - 3 Mentions
T23. Fort Granger Living History, 2006 - 3 Mentions
T23. Lookout Mountain, 2003 - 3 Mentions
T23. Pickett's Mill, June 2001 - 3 Mentions
T23. Shiloh Living History, 2007 - 3 Mentions
T23. Bentonville March, 2000 - 3 Mentions
T23. Stones River NMP LH - 2005 - 3 Mentions

Two Nominations (Alphabetical Order):

105th OVI Effort at Perryville, 2002
Antietam Living History, 2003
Brawner Farm & 2nd Manassas LH - 2012
Corinth, 2004
Crampton's Gap, 2010
Duck River Line, 2008
Franklin, 2004 - 2 Mentions
Harrison's Landing, July 2002
Into the Piney Woods
Lookout Mountain NPS Living History, 2017
Manassas Adjunct, 2011
Outpost in North Georgia, 2000
Perilous Times in South Union, Shaker Village, 2011
Pickett’s Mill, 2014
Port Gibson, 2003
Into the Wilderness (Recon III), April 2004
Red River 2, April 1999
War on the James, October 2003
Westville, 2010
Westville, 2013
Winter of '64, 2008

Single Nominations (In Alphabetical Order):

2nd Manassas NPS Living History
105th OVI Efforts at Perryville, 2001
140th Manassas, 2001
145th Franklin, 2009
150-Mile Fort Platte Ride, 2015
150th Firing on Sumter, 2011
150th Fredericksburg, 2012
150th Unison, 2012
150th Vicksburg NPS Living History, 2013
155th A.P. Hill March
Advance on Fort Henry, 2017
Antietam Adjunct Preservation March, September 2002
Antietam NMP LH - ONV - 2008 - 6th Wisconsin
A.P. Hill March, 2012
At 200 Yards Distance
Athens Battlefield LH - 2009/2010?
Avella Picket Post
Averell's Advance, 2018
Averasboro, February 1999
Averasboro, March 2001
Boonesfield Events
Burkittsville, 2001
Camp Jackon, St. Louis
Chmelarfests
Fort Donelson - Pat Landrum's 100 Man Company Event
Ft. Donelson Living History, 2005
Fort Duffield, Kentucky, 2006
Fort Gaines
Fort Granger, 2000 or 2001
Franklin (Carter House) LH - 2004
Franklin Living History, 2009
Franklin/Carnton Plantation, November 2014
Gaines Mill NPS Living History, 2004
Gettysburg NMP LH - HHM - 2009
Gettysburg 150th, 2013
Grant Home LH - ONV - 2008
Hodge March, 2000
Hodges Preservation March, 2001
Home Sweet Home, Minnesota, 2015
In the Van, 2010
Independence Village Events
Manassas 150th NMP LH - 2011
Mansfield Preservation March
McDowell - 2001
McDowell, 2005
MOOCOW Events, 2001-2005
Nashville, 1995
On to Richmond, June 2017
Outpost, 1999
Payne's Farm - Columbia Rifles, 2005
Perryville, October 2001
Perryville LH - ONV - 2010 - 21st Wisconsin
Picket Post in Avella Pennsylvania, 2008
Point Lookout, Maryland, 2008
To Prevent the Effusion of Blood, 2011
Recon II @ Cedar Creek
Rippavilla Picket Post
Sailor's Creek, April 2000
School of the Trooper at Carnton Plantation, 2011
Sixth Corps March, 2008
South Union Event - Nate Petersburg's Pre-War Event
Southern Guard Brawner Farm LH - 2006
Spring Hill Tactical
Stone's River Living History, 2008
Union Pass Wyoming, 2016
Unison Ride, 2008
Vicksburg Living History, 2013
Warlike on the Rapidan, May 2019
WIG Event with over 100 Civilians, Southern Kentucky
Wilderness Living History
Wilson's Creek NPS Living History
Winter of '64, 2006
Winter Quarters, 2019
Withdrawal from Ft. Donelson, 2012