- Joined
- Apr 8, 2018
- Location
- Coffeeville, TX
Last weekend I went to the newest reenactment to compete in the Mortal Kombat of reenactments in Jefferson, TX (Third one to form!), and I must say I was pleasantly surprised. The property is one that contain a brick Confederate Powder Magazine, is thoroughly wooded, and my good friend in Jefferson has been turning up incredible finds of the Confederate, and apparently post-war Union camp there.
The landowner and originator of the enterprise strikes me as a good man, and is working to bring peace in the town of no battle but many reenactments, and after the rainy event he asked if anyone had any ideas to improve it. Besides the saloon the cavalry has asked for and may get.
Being local-ish and sharing mutual friends, my suggestion was to build earthworks on the field because Jefferson was an inland port, and inland ports in danger of attack had earthworks has got traction and we may start building at the end of the summer. Though some of the officers resist the idea, claiming that it limits the number of scenarios and will become stale, which raised my eyebrows and tilt my head in confusion as they literally do the exact same scenario at every single freaking event out here and have for decades.
I'm inspired by the hard work at Fort Blakely, but am thinking rifle pits and one earthen fort with shebangs, and I really want to do a scenario with digging and a sap rolling forward, something I think the authentics that come out will be eager to do and have already said they'd love, (but a lot of mainstreamers may not). I've already had the hairbrained idea of going to Vicksburg and taking measurements of Fort Garrott for this.
Any ideas or advice?
The landowner and originator of the enterprise strikes me as a good man, and is working to bring peace in the town of no battle but many reenactments, and after the rainy event he asked if anyone had any ideas to improve it. Besides the saloon the cavalry has asked for and may get.
Being local-ish and sharing mutual friends, my suggestion was to build earthworks on the field because Jefferson was an inland port, and inland ports in danger of attack had earthworks has got traction and we may start building at the end of the summer. Though some of the officers resist the idea, claiming that it limits the number of scenarios and will become stale, which raised my eyebrows and tilt my head in confusion as they literally do the exact same scenario at every single freaking event out here and have for decades.
I'm inspired by the hard work at Fort Blakely, but am thinking rifle pits and one earthen fort with shebangs, and I really want to do a scenario with digging and a sap rolling forward, something I think the authentics that come out will be eager to do and have already said they'd love, (but a lot of mainstreamers may not). I've already had the hairbrained idea of going to Vicksburg and taking measurements of Fort Garrott for this.
Any ideas or advice?
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