Iowa Reenactors

[SharpShooter]

Any Iowa Reenactors on here?

 

[sargebill]

Are there any reenactors in IOWA??

 

[Union_Buff]

Are there any reenactors in IOWA??

Yeah. I'm friends with a couple of reenactors with Company D, 3rd Iowa Volunteer Cavalry.

 

[johan_steele]

Yes there are Iowa re-enactors as well as LIving History. 24th & 32nd IA Inf, 3rd IA Lt Arty some hardcores in the Des Moines area have their own unit. 12th US is out west Sioux City to Sioux Falls area. There are some good CS units, Scott's Battery is out of the Quad Cities area along with the old 17th TN whichhas renumbered if it's still around. There are 3 -4 other CS units as well as some more US units that I don't know anything about or will refuse to comment on.

I do at least one event every year in NE Iowa.

http://www.thirdminnesota.com/Motor-Mill-Iowa.html

 

[johan_steele]

There are more monuments in Iowa honoring ACW soldiers than in Florida. Which is wholly understandable as Iowa put more men forward than Florida.

Are there any reenactors in IOWA??

 

[sargebill]

Most likely because there weren't as many people in florida at the time...lol

 

[William Parker]

I am with the 6th louisanna com b 1st iowa govenors greys out of dubuqua iowa but i live in wisconsin

 

[SharpShooter]

@johan_steele....did you ever participate in hopkinton, Iowa or boscobel, wisconsin? Im 18 and somehow grew a deep interest in the Civil War collecting books and memorabilia as a child and often went to these reenactments. I lived 15 minutes from Hopkinton and they discontinued that event.

 

[sargebill]

Are there any reenactors in IOWA??

I was Kidding in this post,yes i know there were soldiers from IOWA and im sure there are reenactors from Iowa as well

 

[ole]

It doesn't seem to make much difference what state you live in ... the reenaction is the point. In that regard, Iowans are not all that different than Pennsylvanians. In that community you will find admiration and respect for portrayal. One of the best Confederate artillery portrayals is a NW Illinois group.

All of which goes to show that most reenactors live to show something that has nothing to do with which side is important or right.

 

[johan_steele]

I never attended Hopkinton but was a regular at Bascobel though more often as a shooter at the ACWSA side of it. I also run an annual event at Motor Mill which is just outside of Elkader.

@johan_steele....did you ever participate in hopkinton, Iowa or boscobel, wisconsin? Im 18 and somehow grew a deep interest in the Civil War collecting books and memorabilia as a child and often went to these reenactments. I lived 15 minutes from Hopkinton and they discontinued that event.

 

[johan_steele]

Well said Ole, thanks.

It doesn't seem to make much difference what state you live in ... the reenaction is the point. In that regard, Iowans are not all that different than Pennsylvanians. In that community you will find admiration and respect for portrayal. One of the best Confederate artillery portrayals is a NW Illinois group.

All of which goes to show that most reenactors live to show something that has nothing to do with which side is important or right.