Attention to Orders!!!
The next
event for the 2009 Season, (and the season ender) will be
HARTFORD
CITY!
http://www.angelfire.com/in3/34IN/
As this
is the last battle of the season, and elections/board meeting, we would like
for everyone to at least make the Saturday event.
Saturdays
battle will be at 4:00 pm, and we will be sure to give the Yanks, a warm
reception…
There is
scheduled to be a Civil War Era Ball/Dance on Saturday evening.
Sunday
will be a repeat of Saturday with the battle at 2:00 and units breaking camp
around 4 or a little afterwards.
Please let
Cpl Murphy or 1st Sgt. Thomas know if you can/cannot attend this
event so we can get an accurate headcount.
DIRECTIONS
AND EVENT SCHEDULE:
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EVENT
SCHEDULE:
2009 Schedule of Events
15th
Annual Student Discovery Day
Friday
09:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 10
-15 min. presentations or demonstrators
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Lunch
12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Skirmish
12:45 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. 10
-15 min. presentations or demonstrators
20th
Annual Blackford County Civil War Days & Living History:
1861
- 1865
Please note that some of the presentations are subject to change.
Saturday
- Oct. 10, 2009
06:30 a.m. Reveille
& roll call
07:00 a.m. Breakfast
08:30 a.m. Tribute to living
descendants of Civil War soldiers
at the I.O.O.F. Cemeteries in Hartford City, IN and Montpelier, IN
09:00 a.m. Battalion Drill &
/Skirmishing (Pickets)
09:30 a.m. Artillery
Drill & Demonstration
09:30 a.m. Medical
training school & Demonstration
09:45 a.m. The Life and Times o f Gen. George E. Pickett
(tent one)
09:45
a.m.
The Company Singers
10:00 a.m. Side
Saddle Demonstration
10:30 a.m. United
States Colored Troops and Black History Presentation
10:30 a.m. Vintage Baseball game: Champion Hill Toppers
verses Buckeyes of Cincinnati
10:30 a.m. Picket
and Skirmishing (Rotating Companies)
10:30
a.m. Civil War Era Music played by the Mossburg
Strings
11:00 a.n.
Parlor Games for the Ladies
11:15 a.m. Presentation:
***Mysterious Private Frank Thompson ***
11:15 a.m. Presentation:
*** Life of Jefferson Davis ***
12:00
a.m.
Songs of the time by Virginia Wesley and Anna Crider
12:00
a.m.
Presentation: **** Gen. Grant and His Staff ******
12:45 p.m. Ladies
Tea
01:00
p.m.
Presentation: *** Sufficiency's of Lincoln’s Accomplishments in the
White House ***
01:00 p.m. Skirmishing
(Rotating Companies)
01:15 p.m. Lady's Fashion Show
01:30
p.m. Period
Baseball Game: Champion Hill Toppers verses Buckeyes of Cincinnati
01:30 p.m. Side
Saddle Demonstration
02:00 p.m. The
Army Surgeon and his Work
02:00 p.m. Ladies
and Children Fashion Show Competition: Judging in back of Tent
02:00
p.m.
Presentation: *** Frederick Douglass: His Life As a Slave ***
02:45 p.m.
Presentation: ****Samuel Clemens *****
03:00 p.m. Presentation ***United
States Colored Troops and Black History ***
04:00 p.m. Battle
(Followed by Gettysburg Address/Grand Review/News Conference: Lincoln,
Grants, & his Generals)
04:45 p.m. Songs of the time by Virginia Wesley and Anna
Crider
05:15 p.m. Supper
(for re-enactors)
06:00
p.m. Civil
War Period by the Tri-County Revelers
06:00
p.m.
Presentation: *** The Life of Frederick Douglass During and After the War***
06:00
p.m.
Speed Firing Competition
06:45 p.m. Presentation: *** Storytelling by Pres.
Lincoln ***
07:45 p.m. Artillery
Night Firing
20th Anniversary of Hartford City Civil War Days. Indiana's largest
artillery event. ***
08:00
p.m. Ladies
Ball Gown Competition: Judging at the 4H Building
08:30 p.m. Civil War Grande Ball: Tri-County Revelers at
the 4H Building
Gown Competition Winners (During the Ball at the 4H Building)
20th
Annual Blackford County Civil War Days & Living History :
1861
- 1865
Sunday
- Oct. 11, 2009
07:15 a.m. Breakfast
08:15 a.m. Tactical
09:30 a.m. Church
Service - Presentation tent #1
09:45
a.m.
Presentation: *** Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, First U.S. Female
Surgeon*****
10:30
a.m.
Battalion Drill
10:30 a.m. Side
Saddle Demonstration
10:30
a.m.
Presentation: *** Samuel Clemens****
11:00
a.m.
Picketing/Skirmishing: (Rotating Companies)
11:15
a.m.
Presentation: *** United States Colored Troops and Black History
***
11:15 a.m. Presentation:
Pres. Lincoln ***Pres. Lincoln
Talks on the Subject of Slavery ***
11:30 a.m. Pay
Call
12:00 noon Lunch
12:15
p.m.
Presentation: *** Life of Jefferson Davis ***
12:15
p.m.
Side Saddle Demonstration
12:15 a.m.
Meet and Greet the Generals: Gen. Grant, Gen. Sherman, and Gen. Custer
01:00 p.m. Presentation:
*** Lincoln / Douglass Historical Reading" narrated by Teddy
Roosevelt
and based on a program developed by the Civil War Museum in Philadelphia ***
01:00
p.m. Presentation:****The Army Surgeon and his Work
****
02:00 p.m. Battle
(Followed by Gettysburg Address/Grand Review)
Other
Attractions:
Demonstrators: Blacksmiths/Photographers/Rope Maker/ Wood
Crafter/Irish Linen Worker/Refugee/Telegraph
/Rug Maker/Spinner/ Field Hospital/ Muncie Town/Candy Maker/ and more
Other Things to See: Sutlers/ Camps/Saloon( Ice Cold Root
Beer)/ Stockade/and more
Modern Day Location: Year 2009
Food vendors in Modern area and Period area.
The Marion Salvation Army Brass Band will be performing two
concerts on Saturday, one at 11:00 a.m. and
the other at 2:00 p.m. They will be playing Civil War
music from the period.
Last updated: 30 September 2009