Registration for Manassas
Hey Orphans, Bob and I need you all to fill out the forms on this page and bring them to us during the meeting or, if you can't make that, mail them to us so we can mail them all in together. We still don't know who we will be falling in with so you can

150th Manassas Reenactment -- Interesting Moments
Before I go ahead and write my review for this event -- something I promise I will do -- I would love to hear what other people thought of it. I would also enjoy seeing some of our more interesting moments posted. For instance, one of my more interestin

Stupid Questions
This was a popular topic on the last forum so let’s start it again. What are some of the stupidest questions you’ve been asked while at a reenactment?

When Reenactors Don’t Know Civil War History
All of us have voiced complaints over how little is known about the Civil War by the American public, but now lets shift focus a bit and talk about those reenactors we have all seen who also don’t know much about the Civil War themselves, reenactors who

lockport going WWII
This is something I just heard about on my WWII forums, the lockport CW event is mixing it up this year, and going half CW, half WWII. no, I'm not making this up, they plan to have a battle from both periods each day. the big question is where the hel

Gettysburg (1993)
People often ask me if I was in the movie Gettysburg, which just goes to show how much of an impact this movie had and still seems to have on the non-Civil War reenacting public. Released in 1993, Gettysburg brought attention to the Civil War reenactment

Minooka Civil War Reenactment, IL - 2009
Well once again Minooka has come and gone thus bringing our beloved hobby to seasonal end, which is why I both love and hate this event. I love it because it is one of the greatest events we do (has been ever since I first attended it in 1997), but hate

150th 1st Manassas Report
1st Manassas Report The 150th Manassas reenactment was an event of a lifetime. I am glad I went. The battles were great and the grounds the reenactment took place on were perfect for the event. What can I say? It was hot. It was 107 on Friday, 10

Why Do Reenactors Have So Much Trouble Doing a Charge?
When it comes to the average person picturing a Civil War bayonet charge I can understand them thinking that everyone would just run as fast as they could toward the enemy, but reenactors themselves should know better. They should know that a charge is a

Wauconda Civil War Days, IL - 2009
Every so often during a season I am forced to wonder why many of the reenactors that go to these events are there? What is their motivation for dressing in the hot wool uniform and sleeping on the ground and running around a dangerous battlefield (even

Know it all Farbs
Don't you hate it when you run into a know it all farb? We were on a movie set for several weeks in June and kept having to battle with a farb who not only was telling us that our impressions were wrong, but would go to the director to try and get him to

Napersettlement Reenactment in Naperville Illinois -- Guilty Pleasure?
Okay, this isn’t so much a review of an event, more of a question based on something Bob and I have witnessed over the last few months when attending different unit events or communicating with units about their 2011 schedules. It seems we all despise th

Joliet Civil War Days 2010
While having already participated in about five events this year, Joliet was the Orphan Boys first real Civil War reenactment where we got to portray our standard mid war western confederate unit, which, naturally, made all of us incredibly excited.

sky blue trousers
do you think that there were a lot of yankee pants being used in the confederate army. and if there were common would they be spread out or would the whole rechiment have the same yankee pants.

Civil War Reenacting News Story CNN
Here is a news story about a Civil War reenacting that was on the CNN website. Nice little story. As always, however, the comments at the end will drive you crazy. Typical 'they only reenact because they can't get over that they lost' and 'when will th