Thanks to Dale Leach of the 13th US, here is a great collection of pics from Gettysburg.
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Thursday, August 07, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Camp at Hale Farm
Maj Van Meter and I did a site survey of the 2d Battalion camp at Hale Farm. This set up will be in the same place as last year but configured a bit differently.
Click Here: to download a map of the camp set up: Hale2008Camp.jpg
There is a specific area reserved for families with wall tents and flys. Families can also camp in the main family camp area by the Hale House if they so desire.
MILITARY PERSONNEL: PLEASE see Maj Van Meter when you arrive for your company street assignment. He will arrive at Noon on Friday. Please do not place your tent until you have reported to him.
Company assignments are:
1st Company - 5th OVI (including the 51st OVI and 74th NY)
2nd Company - 4th OVI, Co. E
3rd Company - 4th OVI, Co. B
4th Company - 105th OVI
Have a safe trip and I will see you this weekend.
Your Servant,
C.L. Smith, Lt Col
Click Here: to download a map of the camp set up: Hale2008Camp.jpg
There is a specific area reserved for families with wall tents and flys. Families can also camp in the main family camp area by the Hale House if they so desire.
MILITARY PERSONNEL: PLEASE see Maj Van Meter when you arrive for your company street assignment. He will arrive at Noon on Friday. Please do not place your tent until you have reported to him.
Company assignments are:
1st Company - 5th OVI (including the 51st OVI and 74th NY)
2nd Company - 4th OVI, Co. E
3rd Company - 4th OVI, Co. B
4th Company - 105th OVI
Have a safe trip and I will see you this weekend.
Your Servant,
C.L. Smith, Lt Col
Perryopolis registration
Sorry for the delay everyone. The registration information for our event in Perryopolis, PA is now on-line. Click here. Make sure to talk to Ken Hillegass about signing up.
Just a little teaser for the event... Depending on the weather, for those units who wish to, we will be marching out of camp and sleeping in the trenches Saturday evening. This will give us an opportunity to get an idea of what the soldiers went through late in the war.
Again, this is strictly voluntary and depends on the weather (your battalion commander doesn't like to sleep in the mud any more than you do!).
Your Servant,
C.L. Smith, Lt Col
Just a little teaser for the event... Depending on the weather, for those units who wish to, we will be marching out of camp and sleeping in the trenches Saturday evening. This will give us an opportunity to get an idea of what the soldiers went through late in the war.
Again, this is strictly voluntary and depends on the weather (your battalion commander doesn't like to sleep in the mud any more than you do!).
Your Servant,
C.L. Smith, Lt Col
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Fredericksburg in Zoar
As we have all experienced with the outragious gas prices, events closer to home are looking more and more appealing. Mark Gaynor of the 51st Ohio and I have been in touch regarding a new small event this December in Zoar, Ohio.
The Angel of Marye's Heights - Battle for Fredericksburg will be held on December 6-7, 2008. It will feature a winter encampment and battle in the streets.
I am trying to get three or four companies together who want to participate in this unique event. If you have ever been to Zoar Village in the winter, you can really appreciate what Fredericksburg must have been like in 1862.
Please talk to your pards and drop me an email in the next month. Visit the Zoar web site at http://www.zca.org/. You can download the information flyer at the link below...
Battle_of_Fredericksburg.pdf
Your Servant,
Christopher L. Smith, Lt Col
Birney's Division, 2d Battalion
The Angel of Marye's Heights - Battle for Fredericksburg will be held on December 6-7, 2008. It will feature a winter encampment and battle in the streets.
I am trying to get three or four companies together who want to participate in this unique event. If you have ever been to Zoar Village in the winter, you can really appreciate what Fredericksburg must have been like in 1862.
Please talk to your pards and drop me an email in the next month. Visit the Zoar web site at http://www.zca.org/. You can download the information flyer at the link below...
Battle_of_Fredericksburg.pdf
Your Servant,
Christopher L. Smith, Lt Col
Birney's Division, 2d Battalion
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Gettysburg pics
The 145th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg is now history itself. Click Here to enjoy some of the pics.
Thanks to David Strichko of the 5th Ohio Sharp Shooters, Tom Simich of the 5th Ohio, Vern Woodruff of the 4th Ohio, and Rob Shick of the 66th Ohio.
Thanks to David Strichko of the 5th Ohio Sharp Shooters, Tom Simich of the 5th Ohio, Vern Woodruff of the 4th Ohio, and Rob Shick of the 66th Ohio.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Video from the 145th Gettysburg
We are in the process of putting together an online photo album of Birney's Division at the 145th Gettysburg reenactment. In the meantime, check out this video of Pickett's Charge on Sunday.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Falls Resident Marches with the Boys in Blue... Again.
By Paul Huff
Kate Mosteller will have Civil War reenactors marching in front of her as she rides in the Cuyahoga Falls Memorial Day Parade on Monday. But in 1926 she rode in the parade with a real Civil War soldier beside her.
Then six-years-old, Mosteller rode with her grandfather, Dwight Shumway, one of the city's last surviving Civil War soldiers. Mosteller remembers little of that particular day, but she does remember getting a new dress to wear in the parade. 'I have a picture of me wearing that dress. Back then it was really something when you got a new dress.'
She recalls Grandpa Shumway with fondness. Born in Massachusetts, he came to Cuyahoga Falls in March 1860 to work in farming when he was 22 years old. In August of 1861, he enlisted in Company K of the 19th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
While marching with the 19th, Shumway fought in some of the worst battles of the war including Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh), Stone River, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. During General William T. Shermans's Atlanta Campaign the unit shed blood at Dallas, Dalton, Resaca, Pumpkinvine Creek and Kenesaw Mountain.
Federal records show Shumway's war ended at a place called Pine Knob, Georgia on June 17, 1864. Shumway would spend the rest of his service shuttled from hospital to hospital, starting out at a field station then to Chattanooga and Nashville in Tennessee and then Jeffersonville, Indiana. Coming back to Ohio he went to hospitals in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Camp Dennison and finally mustered out from one in Columbus at the end of the war.
One biography states, 'He was shot through the right arm by a minie-ball, which completely disabled it, the bone being shot out for two inches and shattered from three to four inches.During this time he suffered greatly and many pieces of bone worked out of his arm.'
Mosteller said, 'He was missing two inches of bone between his elbow and shoulder, but once he swung his arm up he could still use it. He built the family house on 2236 3rd street on his own.'
'My brother said he used to scare kids by winding it around like a rubber band and letting it twist back into place.'
Shumway returned to Cuyahoga Falls after the Civil War and spent the rest of his life here. He ran a drug store for fifteen years and then became a farmer. He held a number of public jobs as well. When he died in December of 1928, a Falls Reporter obituary said, 'He was a former postmaster here and a member of the city council and was instrumental in establishing the municipal waterworks system.' Mosteller said, 'He was 88-years-old when I rode in the Memorial Day Parade with him. I'm 88-years-old now.'
She will be riding in Model A Ford sponsored by the General A. C. Voris Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. The Civil War Color Guard to march in front of her belongs to the Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry reenactors. The original Fifth Ohio fought in many of same battles of the Atlanta Campaign as Shumway's regiment.
Following the city's regular Memorial Service in Oakwood Cemetery, the Voris Camp and the Fifth Ohio will dedicate a Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) marker at Shumway's Grave in Oakwood Cemetery.
The GAR was the most popular and powerful of all Civil War Veterans organizations. It provided relief to local veterans, supported state veteran's homes and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in Xenia, Ohio.
It also lobbied Washington for soldier's pensions.
Shumway was active in the local Eadie Post of the GAR, serving in many positions including Commander. When the Eadie Post folded due to age and mortality, Shumway joined Akron's Buckley Post.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War were originally an auxiliary of the GAR. The Voris Camp will perform an original GAR burial Service as part of the dedication ceremony.
Kate Mosteller will have Civil War reenactors marching in front of her as she rides in the Cuyahoga Falls Memorial Day Parade on Monday. But in 1926 she rode in the parade with a real Civil War soldier beside her.
Then six-years-old, Mosteller rode with her grandfather, Dwight Shumway, one of the city's last surviving Civil War soldiers. Mosteller remembers little of that particular day, but she does remember getting a new dress to wear in the parade. 'I have a picture of me wearing that dress. Back then it was really something when you got a new dress.'
She recalls Grandpa Shumway with fondness. Born in Massachusetts, he came to Cuyahoga Falls in March 1860 to work in farming when he was 22 years old. In August of 1861, he enlisted in Company K of the 19th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
While marching with the 19th, Shumway fought in some of the worst battles of the war including Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh), Stone River, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. During General William T. Shermans's Atlanta Campaign the unit shed blood at Dallas, Dalton, Resaca, Pumpkinvine Creek and Kenesaw Mountain.
Federal records show Shumway's war ended at a place called Pine Knob, Georgia on June 17, 1864. Shumway would spend the rest of his service shuttled from hospital to hospital, starting out at a field station then to Chattanooga and Nashville in Tennessee and then Jeffersonville, Indiana. Coming back to Ohio he went to hospitals in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Camp Dennison and finally mustered out from one in Columbus at the end of the war.
One biography states, 'He was shot through the right arm by a minie-ball, which completely disabled it, the bone being shot out for two inches and shattered from three to four inches.During this time he suffered greatly and many pieces of bone worked out of his arm.'
Mosteller said, 'He was missing two inches of bone between his elbow and shoulder, but once he swung his arm up he could still use it. He built the family house on 2236 3rd street on his own.'
'My brother said he used to scare kids by winding it around like a rubber band and letting it twist back into place.'
Shumway returned to Cuyahoga Falls after the Civil War and spent the rest of his life here. He ran a drug store for fifteen years and then became a farmer. He held a number of public jobs as well. When he died in December of 1928, a Falls Reporter obituary said, 'He was a former postmaster here and a member of the city council and was instrumental in establishing the municipal waterworks system.' Mosteller said, 'He was 88-years-old when I rode in the Memorial Day Parade with him. I'm 88-years-old now.'
She will be riding in Model A Ford sponsored by the General A. C. Voris Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. The Civil War Color Guard to march in front of her belongs to the Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry reenactors. The original Fifth Ohio fought in many of same battles of the Atlanta Campaign as Shumway's regiment.
Following the city's regular Memorial Service in Oakwood Cemetery, the Voris Camp and the Fifth Ohio will dedicate a Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) marker at Shumway's Grave in Oakwood Cemetery.
The GAR was the most popular and powerful of all Civil War Veterans organizations. It provided relief to local veterans, supported state veteran's homes and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in Xenia, Ohio.
It also lobbied Washington for soldier's pensions.
Shumway was active in the local Eadie Post of the GAR, serving in many positions including Commander. When the Eadie Post folded due to age and mortality, Shumway joined Akron's Buckley Post.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War were originally an auxiliary of the GAR. The Voris Camp will perform an original GAR burial Service as part of the dedication ceremony.