Vicksburg needs volunteers

[kepi]

Vicksburg NMP needs living history volunteers

http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2015/05/27/call-to-arms/

 

[scarter92]

If only i were some place else than New Mexico.

 

[scarter92]

Looks like they're providing uniforms.

 

[Union_Buff]

It is a pity that I'm all the way over here in New Zealand...

 

[Championhilz]

Having watched the summer volunteers doing their living history programs over the course of many years, I can say with certainty that a high tolerance for heat is a necessity in this job. As we natives like to say,

"Mississippi - It's A Moist Heat"

 

[airlinkdiva]

Can't get the article to pull up, only seeing the photo

 

[kepi]

Having watched the summer volunteers doing their living history programs over the course of many years, I can say with certainty that a high tolerance for heat is a necessity in this job. As we natives like to say,

"Mississippi - It's A Moist Heat"

I can remember going there in July many years ago and watching a group of Confederate artillery playing cards outside their bunker. It had to be 98 in the shade.

 

[Championhilz]

I can remember going there in July many years ago and watching a group of Confederate artillery playing cards outside their bunker. It had to be 98 in the shade.

Many years ago I took part in a reenactment of the surrender of Vicksburg in the National Military Park on July 4th. We were out in the middle of an open field near the Louisiana Monument for 2 hours, and that day it was about 100 degrees, and the heat index was about 116 degrees. I had weighed myself before I left the house, and when I got back, I was five pounds lighter. I had sweated so much that my uniform was wringing wet.