Frederick14Va
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2013
- Location
- Virginia
A few pics of the events of the Cross Keys (Va) annual Civil War Kids Camp... This is held on a private farm that is the original ground of the Battle of Cross Keys in 1862. Approx 40 kids ages 8-12 years old participate each year...
Checked in... Brief into... approved by the "surgeon" (me)... Mustered in... Quartermaster issue of caps, jackets, haversacks.. Ordinance issue of a musket (toy one).....
Video of the history of the local battle...
Drill, Drill.. and more Drill....
Demonstrations and displays of what the soldiers wore.. weapons, flags, medical, knapsacks,.... how they camped.. how they lived in the field... and how the soldier cooked his ration in this case it was bacon and corn meal....
A visit to the nearby battlefield... to see the hallowed ground....
This particular section of the battle is where the 8th New York Regiment on the advance in line of battle was caught off guard and effectively ambushed by a larger force of Confederates laying in wait concealed behind a worm fence directly in their path... at the last moment when the two forces less than 50 yards apart the Cs forces rose up and delivered a horrific volley at close range... The 8th New York had about 550 men... in less than 15 minutes it lost around 250.....
The kids went to the other side of the now recreated worm fence and placed flags in the field that so many of the 8th New York had lost their lives....
One flag for each that were lost.... on the original spot this event occurred...
At the end of the day the kids get to demonstrate what they have learned.... pass in review (past their parents) on the way to the "battlefield"..... engage in battle assisted by reenactors
The battle is on....
Its a Route... run....
At the end of the day they received their "discharge" papers.... soldiers pay.... a small bag of authentic civil war bullets... and a commemorative t-shirt...
The kids get to see and experience a little deeper of history hand on... they get to go do it too.... taught how the soldiers lived and fought.... an appreciation and respect for the soldiers that originally fought and died... understanding why these sites need to be preserved and why.... There is no " us v/s they" mentality nor bias... all the soldiers are presented and treated equally with balance...... Many of these kids come back again and again each year...... a great time was had by all.... These may become some of those that teach history and become our historians and scholars in the future....
Checked in... Brief into... approved by the "surgeon" (me)... Mustered in... Quartermaster issue of caps, jackets, haversacks.. Ordinance issue of a musket (toy one).....
Video of the history of the local battle...
Drill, Drill.. and more Drill....
Demonstrations and displays of what the soldiers wore.. weapons, flags, medical, knapsacks,.... how they camped.. how they lived in the field... and how the soldier cooked his ration in this case it was bacon and corn meal....
A visit to the nearby battlefield... to see the hallowed ground....
This particular section of the battle is where the 8th New York Regiment on the advance in line of battle was caught off guard and effectively ambushed by a larger force of Confederates laying in wait concealed behind a worm fence directly in their path... at the last moment when the two forces less than 50 yards apart the Cs forces rose up and delivered a horrific volley at close range... The 8th New York had about 550 men... in less than 15 minutes it lost around 250.....
The kids went to the other side of the now recreated worm fence and placed flags in the field that so many of the 8th New York had lost their lives....
One flag for each that were lost.... on the original spot this event occurred...
At the end of the day the kids get to demonstrate what they have learned.... pass in review (past their parents) on the way to the "battlefield"..... engage in battle assisted by reenactors
The battle is on....
Its a Route... run....
At the end of the day they received their "discharge" papers.... soldiers pay.... a small bag of authentic civil war bullets... and a commemorative t-shirt...
The kids get to see and experience a little deeper of history hand on... they get to go do it too.... taught how the soldiers lived and fought.... an appreciation and respect for the soldiers that originally fought and died... understanding why these sites need to be preserved and why.... There is no " us v/s they" mentality nor bias... all the soldiers are presented and treated equally with balance...... Many of these kids come back again and again each year...... a great time was had by all.... These may become some of those that teach history and become our historians and scholars in the future....