* Indicates participation with Birney's Division
# Indicates participation with The Army of the Ohio
April 16th - Birney's Division 2d Battalion Drill (Hale Farm, Bath, OH) *
May 28-29 - Century Village Civil War Reenactment (Burton, OH) *
May 30 - Cuyahoga Falls Memorial Day Parade
July 23-24 - 150th Anniversary of Manassas Reenactment (Manassas, VA) #
August 13-14 - Hale Farm Civil War Reenactment (Bath, OH) *
September 17-18 - Zoar Civil War Reenactment (Zoar, OH) #
For more details, check out the Birney's Division website at http://www.birneysdivision.org
or the Army of the Ohio website at http://www.armyoftheohio.com
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Snow storm moves 5th Ohio January meeting to the 27th
Due to the winter weather today in Northeast, Ohio, the January 2011 5th Ohio planning meeting has been mover to next Thursday, January 27th, at 7 pm. The location is still the Northwest Avenue Church of Christ. Corner of Northwest Avenue and North Thomas Road, approximately ¼ mi southeast of the six corners intersection of Brittian Rd, Howe Road, Northwest Ave (Tallmadge) and Tallmadge Ave (Cuy Falls).
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
New 5th Ohio Facebook page
In an effort to keep the stream of information and ideas flowing, the unit has updated the 5th Ohio Facebook page. Included will be information on unit events and other informative posts. Check it out and please feel free to post Civil War and reenacting items of interest.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/5thOVI
http://www.facebook.com/groups/5thOVI
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
150th kick-off events in Pennsylvania
Members of the Division have been invited to participate in a sequence of events through the month of April 2011 to start off the Civil War 150th Anniversary series. These events will take place in Greencastle PA, Chambersburg PA, Fairfield PA, and Gettysburg PA during each weekend through April including activities on the actual Gettysburg battlefield. Lt Col Rohrbaugh from 1st Battalion will be coordinating for those who would like to participate. For more information, go to http://www.gettysburg.travel/150/index.asp
Monday, November 22, 2010
Report from Gettysburg
For all of you who didn't make it to Gettysburg this past weekend for Remembrance Day, you probably missed the best weather this event has ever seen. The temperature was comfortable, sky was clear, and the sun made the colors on the battlefield all that more vivid.
The Annual Birney's Division Meeting was held Friday evening on the East side of town. General Baldwin visited with us and gave us the run-down on a special series of events to kick off the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War all during the month of April, 2011. This will conclude with a special event at Gettysburg with camps, activities and skirmishes on part of the actual battlefield.
The rest of the schedule was discussed and several new units were welcomed to the family.
Saturday morning started with our traditional Masonic ceremony at the Friend to a Friend monument near the National Cemetery. Thank you to Brother Captain Bill Andrews for organizing this.
Later in the day was the Gettysburg Remembrance Day parade ending on Cemetery Ridge. Thank you to all of the organization's members who turned out. Excellent job.
From there it was shopping and exploring the battlefield. Capt Van Meter lead a walk across Pickett's Charge so our folks could understand what the southern troops had to go through to reach the Union lines. I encourage all of you who have not done so, to take the time and make the walk at your next visit.
For your correspondent most exploration would be done on Sunday due to a sore foot encountered the day before. As luck would have it, I ran into Mike and Frank from History Channel's "American Pickers" on the streets of Gettysburg. Friendly guys. They are going to have an upcoming program on Civil War memorabilia.
I did make it out to the 5th OVI monument on Culp's Hill. So much of the woods has been cut away you almost wouldn't recognize it. My father and father-in-law helped me clear away a large branch that had fallen over the stone with the owl badge. I may be writing a letter to our new governor to see what can be done to give our beloved marker a little "love".
I highly recommend that you try and get to Remembrance Day next November. For those of you who have never been, it is a great way to wrap up the season.
For a complete list of Birney's Division 2011 events, go to http://www.birneysdivision.org and visit the EVENTS SCHEDULE page.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Your Servant,
Christopher Smith, Lt. Col
2d Battalion, Birney's Division
5th OVI, Company H
The Annual Birney's Division Meeting was held Friday evening on the East side of town. General Baldwin visited with us and gave us the run-down on a special series of events to kick off the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War all during the month of April, 2011. This will conclude with a special event at Gettysburg with camps, activities and skirmishes on part of the actual battlefield.
The rest of the schedule was discussed and several new units were welcomed to the family.
Saturday morning started with our traditional Masonic ceremony at the Friend to a Friend monument near the National Cemetery. Thank you to Brother Captain Bill Andrews for organizing this.
Later in the day was the Gettysburg Remembrance Day parade ending on Cemetery Ridge. Thank you to all of the organization's members who turned out. Excellent job.
From there it was shopping and exploring the battlefield. Capt Van Meter lead a walk across Pickett's Charge so our folks could understand what the southern troops had to go through to reach the Union lines. I encourage all of you who have not done so, to take the time and make the walk at your next visit.
For your correspondent most exploration would be done on Sunday due to a sore foot encountered the day before. As luck would have it, I ran into Mike and Frank from History Channel's "American Pickers" on the streets of Gettysburg. Friendly guys. They are going to have an upcoming program on Civil War memorabilia.
I did make it out to the 5th OVI monument on Culp's Hill. So much of the woods has been cut away you almost wouldn't recognize it. My father and father-in-law helped me clear away a large branch that had fallen over the stone with the owl badge. I may be writing a letter to our new governor to see what can be done to give our beloved marker a little "love".
I highly recommend that you try and get to Remembrance Day next November. For those of you who have never been, it is a great way to wrap up the season.
For a complete list of Birney's Division 2011 events, go to http://www.birneysdivision.org and visit the EVENTS SCHEDULE page.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Your Servant,
Christopher Smith, Lt. Col
2d Battalion, Birney's Division
5th OVI, Company H
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Birney's Division Annual Meeting
November is here already and the Division will hold it's annual planning meeting in Gettysburg, Remembrance Day weekend on November 19th, 7:30 pm, at Hoss's Steak House (1140 York Road, Gettysburg, PA - Click HERE for a map).
We will be discussing events for 2011 which will be the first year in the Civil War 150th commemorations across the US.
DON'T FORGET, the Division will be marching in the Remembrance Day Parade Saturday through the streets of Gettysburg. We encourage all members and units to attend. We will be forming behind the high school starting around 11 am.
Members of the Division will also hold a Masonic presentation at the "Friend to a Friend" monument near the cemetery at 10 am Saturday morning.
We will be discussing events for 2011 which will be the first year in the Civil War 150th commemorations across the US.
DON'T FORGET, the Division will be marching in the Remembrance Day Parade Saturday through the streets of Gettysburg. We encourage all members and units to attend. We will be forming behind the high school starting around 11 am.
Members of the Division will also hold a Masonic presentation at the "Friend to a Friend" monument near the cemetery at 10 am Saturday morning.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Photos of the 5th from Hale
The following link is a great set of photos from Rodney Johnson taken at Hale Farm this past weekend. Lots of the 5th. Enjoy!
http://picasaweb.google.com/rudyj58/10HaleFarmReenactment
http://picasaweb.google.com/rudyj58/10HaleFarmReenactment