younger reenactors

[utahreenactor]

Re: younger reenactors

Thank you kris! Kris is the 2nd LT. of the utcwa and he is a great guy! I have learned so much from him. Thank you all for your feed back

Chase pinkham

[I. Hogg]

Re: younger reenactors

Riley,

First off, I'm glad you run in such enlightened circles. But the fact of the matter is that your friends at 14 are the exception rather than the rule, as are your examples of 14 year olds in the ranks. There are examples of women in the ranks as well.

When your event world view consists of Wauconda and Billie Creek, i'm sure it doesn't matter how old you are. However when you start attending events like Picketts Mill, you need to be older.

Steve Parrish
Hogg Mess

[theknapsack]

Re: younger reenactors

First off, I'm glad you run in such enlightened circles. But the fact of the matter is that your friends at 14 are the exception rather than the rule, as are your examples of 14 year olds in the ranks. There are examples of women in the ranks as well.

When your event world view consists of Wauconda and Billie Creek, i'm sure it doesn't matter how old you are. However when you start attending events like Picketts Mill, you need to be older.

Exception? I think not. While I do completely understand your arguement that many modern 14 year olds are not responsible, look at it this way: Is not a 16 year old then an incorrect age? Or 17? According to the revised 1861 Enlistment Regulations (June 9, 1863) no person under the age of 18 should carry a rifle-musket. Ages 14-17 with Parental consent were allowed to be enlisted as Musicians. 1864 was when many more younger recruits enlisted, therefore either the recruiting officer was desperate enough to lie for them or they lied about their ages. The reason so many recruits on musters are not listed is because they did lie about their age.
Now what I am saying it is an underrepresented part of the hobby, but should not be taken to heavily. You are correct that it is not the Rule, but it was much more common than women in the ranks. All that I wish to say is that if a 14 year old is acceptable, 1 or 2 or 3 (they need to be able to pull off a very good impression however) in the ranks would not be incorrect.

With your comment on Pickett's Mill, I would say that it would not be incorrect to be of a younger age, but it makes perfect sense that it is a safety problem. If I am not mistaken however, Charlie Gerkin (a reliable 15 year old that I met at Billie Creek) attended Pickett's Mill this year, so I wouldn't make assumptions that you need to be a couple years older.

[ney]

Re: younger reenactors

If any one knows of of a hardcore/progressive group in utah let me know. Well chase you'll be sixteen in now time.
Jake Beckstrand

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: younger reenactors

Hallo Kameraden und Kameradinnen!

In the interest of the spirit of the original question, and some of the fine replies that helped it, I editing out some of the "Farb Content" and closing it but leaving it up for the time being.

Curt-Heinrich Schmidt