Birney's Division training this weekend

Birney’s Division School of Instruction
Harry Sampey Park
Perryopolis, PA
May 2-4, 2014

DIRECTIONS: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harry+Sampey+Park/@40.086903,-79.744904,17z

Get ready for another season with one of the most important events the organization conducts all hear. This will be held at the Civil War facility in Perryopolis, PA which features heated period barracks. All units should take advantage of the years of experience provided by the weekend's instructors. Learn to do it right and take that knowledge back to your units. It is highly recommended that company officers and NCOs attend.

The following is the training schedule for the weekend.


Saturday, May 3, 2014

9:00 - Welcome and opening remarks [Gen. Maffei]

9:20 - School of the Company: Company officers will have soldiers run through the evolutions of the schools of the soldier and school of the company. [Co. officers and NCO’s]

10:30 - Duties of the NCO and company officer: A lecture / discussion will be held on the re-enactor appropriate duties and role of the NCO and company officer. [Col. Baltzer]

11:30 - Battalion Evolutions: [Col. Freeman]
- Formation of the Battalion
- Dress Parade [Col. Freeman and Major Murphy]
- Color Guard and Guidons
- Weapons Inspection

12:00 - Lunch

1:00 - Camp operations of Birney’s Division [Maj. Murphy]

1:30 - Battalion Evolutions: [Col Freeman]
- Basic Bugle Calls [Col. Rorhbaugh]
- From Line to Columns of Companies
- From Line to Marching by the Flank
- From Line to Double Columns
- To maneuver any of the above

2:00 - Safety: [Col. Baltzer]
- Small Arms and Artillery

2:30 - Medical Emergencies [Gen. Maffei]
- Heat
- Hydration
- Man down

3:00 - Battalion Evolutions: [Col. Freeman]
- Deployments from Columns, Double Columns and By the Flank
- Advancing in Line and use of guides
- Battalion Firings

4:00 - Closing thoughts and debrief of days activities


Sunday, May 4, 2014

7:00 - Reveille

8:30 - Dress Parade [Col. Freeman and Major Murphy]
- Formation of the battalion
- Weapons Inspection

9:40 - School of the Company: Company officers will have soldiers run through the evolutions of the schools of the soldier and school of the company. [Co. officers and NCO’s]

10:30 - Skirmish Drill [Col. Freeman]
- Deployments
- Maneuver
- Firings
- Assembly of Skirmishers

11:00 - Overview of Battalion Evolutions [Gen. Maffei]

Hale Farm Civil War promo makes its debut

Western Reserve Historical Society has created a series of short videos to promote the Civil War reenactment at Hale Farm and Village. In the next couple of months we will be rolling out the videos on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, on our website, and sharing it with others to generate additional buzz about Hale and the largest annual Civil War Reenactment in the state.
Here is the link: http://bit.ly/1qFHM1a.

We will be in contact with community partners in the Akron and Cleveland areas, the reenactor community, and others to help us share the video. We will also be providing the link to reporters who covered the event last year. Additionally, we’ll have it available for viewing at this year’s Legacy Award Benefit on May 17.

If you use social media, we encourage you to include the link in your preferred channels. And, feel free to share with friends and colleagues via email, as well!

We want to thank our good friends at Lost Tribe Media who shot the video and who edited it so beautifully. Additionally, we want to thank the Akron-Summit CVB who provided a grant to support additional promotional of the Civil War event at Hale; a portion of the grant was used in the production of the video.

If you are like I am, you’ll just want to watch it over and over!

Jane Mason
VP Communications & Marketing, CMO
Western Reserve Historical Society