We´re losing something in event-based reenacting, too. In this hobby, people should be able to follow their interests, not be contrained by market forces. Say I´m a c/p/h/a reenactor who is interested in zouaves. I put together a complete, museum quality 114th PA impression. Where am I going to go to use it? I don´t mean wear it like a clothes tree standing in the yard of a house museum; I mean use it. March in it. Sweat in it. Sneak through the woods in it. So let´s change that to VRC. In this instance we have one reenactor who is interested in VRC. By and large what did they do? Paperwork. Guard duty. Rear eschelon stuff mostly. So what you need is a rear eschelon venue where this side of the war can be portrayed. For instance: a historic fort location where you can set up an administrative display and show other reenactors how they would have mustered out? Or counted their gear? (I´m just pulling stuff off the top of my head here, so if these aren´t part of the VRC mission, forgive me.) Were prisoners handled there? How? Is there a gate, wall or doorway where you can stand a turn of guard walking your post? (I did a single day as a VRC a couple years ago at a very high-end prison camp event. I talked with more people that day than in 5 years previous, including one of the best firper interactions I´ve ever had.) One guy with an interest, and the internet, may just find another. But in the meantime, you have to work with what you have. If VRC is your thing, then do it. It might be helpful to find another unit which will allow you to do this impression as an adjunct to their main thing. If they primarily do Federal infantry, for example, they can probably fit your side impression into what they do at certain venues a couple times a year. Once you build relationships, you can branch out as you wish. Steve Jackson said in his GURPS rpg system that ¨no one wants to play a blind, hunchbacked dwarf eunuch with one leg shorter than the other. Or, they´ll have so much fun doing it that it doesn´t matter.¨ I think that applies to reenacting, too.