Post by John Wedeward on Mar 4, 2003 13:09:12 GMT -5
Here is the information on Ft. Snelling, I just got from Steve O. Weed
Hi John,
I want to personally invite the 33rd to our event this August 9-10
at Historic Fort Snelling.
We are doing an invitational, with the focus being the recruit rendezvous of
1864. This function, one of many the fort served, channeled replacments to
existing units in the field. Bill Dalin and his artillery boys (with help
from
the 2nd Minnesota Battery) will be doing "new recruit
training" for a mix of both outside enactors there for the weekend, and for
the general public who sign on for a day.
Our own boys will be providing cadre for the ad-hoc recruit companies, and
for the Veteran Reserve Corps. I would envision your guys pitching in on
this, to help provide an authentic framework for other outside
participants to drop into.
Below is a formal invitation done by Andy Willenbring who chairs the event
committee. Please consider the event, and call or email me with any
questions. All participants must register, with a $10 registration fee.
However the bulk of this fee will be refunded in cash (current $1 coins,
etc. plus some period script) at a paycall skit on Sunday. Of course we
provide the meals, entertainment, housing, etc. Should be a grand event,
and a good chance for we old pards to get together for the weekend.
Regards,
Stephen
Historic Fort Snelling, The First Regiment of Minnesota Volunteer
Infantry, Co. A, and the Living History Society of Minnesota invite you
to participate in one of Fort Snelling's best attended annual events,
Civil War Weekend. Come train on the same ground that the original
First Minnesota trained on 142 years ago!
The year is 1864. The First Minnesota Battalion has headed back to
Virginia to finish the War. News of the debacle at the Battle of the
Crater and of Admiral Farragut's success at Mobile Bay is just
reaching the frontier state of Minnesota. And hundreds of draftees and
volunteers are learning the business of war at Minnesota's Draft
Rendezvous, Fort Snelling.
This year's event is taking place on August 9-10, and is an
invitational. We need armed and accoutered men to fill out the ranks
of the VRC company present at the fort in 1864, small groups of men
from active regiments looking for replacements, or the 1st U.S.
Volunteers (galvanized yankees in Union uniforms), and men without arms
or accouterments in military or civilian clothing to join up as
enlistees and draftees. We also need some men to fill a bed in the
hospital as recovering and recovered patients waiting for orders to
rejoin their units and prisoners accused or convicted of various
crimes. We can always use men to portray civilian contractors to the
Army, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, or teamsters. And the LHS will
host civilian relatives visiting soldiers and concerned gentlemen and
ladies looking after the welfare of the men in uniform or campaigning
for the 1864 elections just a few months away.
The weekend's events will include infantry and artillery drills (all
powder provided, bring your own caps), 5 meals provided, baseball
games, campaign speeches, guard duty, courts martial, personalized
tours of the site for participants, and anything else we can think up
between now and then. The Fort will be open to the public from 10-8 on
Saturday and from 10-5 on Sunday, but when the Fort is closed the
beautifully restored site is ours!
Registration packets will be available soon, and the registration cost
is $10 per person. Please direct any questions you may have to either
myself, or to Steve Osman, the Site Manager. We hope to hear from you
soon, and to see you in August!
Andrew Willenbring
Sergt., Co. A, 1st Minn. Vol. Inf'y
Civil War Weekend Committee Chairman
acwillen@raptor.net
651-687-0681 (Eve)
Hi John,
I want to personally invite the 33rd to our event this August 9-10
at Historic Fort Snelling.
We are doing an invitational, with the focus being the recruit rendezvous of
1864. This function, one of many the fort served, channeled replacments to
existing units in the field. Bill Dalin and his artillery boys (with help
from
the 2nd Minnesota Battery) will be doing "new recruit
training" for a mix of both outside enactors there for the weekend, and for
the general public who sign on for a day.
Our own boys will be providing cadre for the ad-hoc recruit companies, and
for the Veteran Reserve Corps. I would envision your guys pitching in on
this, to help provide an authentic framework for other outside
participants to drop into.
Below is a formal invitation done by Andy Willenbring who chairs the event
committee. Please consider the event, and call or email me with any
questions. All participants must register, with a $10 registration fee.
However the bulk of this fee will be refunded in cash (current $1 coins,
etc. plus some period script) at a paycall skit on Sunday. Of course we
provide the meals, entertainment, housing, etc. Should be a grand event,
and a good chance for we old pards to get together for the weekend.
Regards,
Stephen
Historic Fort Snelling, The First Regiment of Minnesota Volunteer
Infantry, Co. A, and the Living History Society of Minnesota invite you
to participate in one of Fort Snelling's best attended annual events,
Civil War Weekend. Come train on the same ground that the original
First Minnesota trained on 142 years ago!
The year is 1864. The First Minnesota Battalion has headed back to
Virginia to finish the War. News of the debacle at the Battle of the
Crater and of Admiral Farragut's success at Mobile Bay is just
reaching the frontier state of Minnesota. And hundreds of draftees and
volunteers are learning the business of war at Minnesota's Draft
Rendezvous, Fort Snelling.
This year's event is taking place on August 9-10, and is an
invitational. We need armed and accoutered men to fill out the ranks
of the VRC company present at the fort in 1864, small groups of men
from active regiments looking for replacements, or the 1st U.S.
Volunteers (galvanized yankees in Union uniforms), and men without arms
or accouterments in military or civilian clothing to join up as
enlistees and draftees. We also need some men to fill a bed in the
hospital as recovering and recovered patients waiting for orders to
rejoin their units and prisoners accused or convicted of various
crimes. We can always use men to portray civilian contractors to the
Army, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, or teamsters. And the LHS will
host civilian relatives visiting soldiers and concerned gentlemen and
ladies looking after the welfare of the men in uniform or campaigning
for the 1864 elections just a few months away.
The weekend's events will include infantry and artillery drills (all
powder provided, bring your own caps), 5 meals provided, baseball
games, campaign speeches, guard duty, courts martial, personalized
tours of the site for participants, and anything else we can think up
between now and then. The Fort will be open to the public from 10-8 on
Saturday and from 10-5 on Sunday, but when the Fort is closed the
beautifully restored site is ours!
Registration packets will be available soon, and the registration cost
is $10 per person. Please direct any questions you may have to either
myself, or to Steve Osman, the Site Manager. We hope to hear from you
soon, and to see you in August!
Andrew Willenbring
Sergt., Co. A, 1st Minn. Vol. Inf'y
Civil War Weekend Committee Chairman
acwillen@raptor.net
651-687-0681 (Eve)