New European-based Union ACW group.

[Ted]

I think it would be an great idea to talk to members/officers of the German Mess. Maybe an alliance would be possible? So we can participate in their trainings and fight in battles together. I think we would have to join their regiment of course, but maybe it's possible to stay together with them, but also to do own events? This makes it easier to learn all the drill and so on. I think if there are 6 people who want to join together, they also accept people who don't speak german. Also there would be one big european alliance, which makes the reenactment more interesting in general.

[Vincenzo]

I have looked at German Mess their rules and it's a bit insane, defiantly not a group I would like to participate with... Elitism just drips from it Also it seems all their members are 30+ which is a bit less fun.

Thankfully there are a bunch of other German groups That are very open to people. Were getting in contact with them to participate a few events as enlisted men using our own uniforms.


You don't have to buy anything right now, right now its simply gathering interest for starting a new group.

[Ted]

I have looked at German Mess their rules and it's a bit insane, defiantly not a group I would like to participate with... Elitism just drips from it Also it seems all their members are 30+ which is a bit less fun.

You are right with that, true 

[DeoVindice61]

hahahaha elitism and insane rules.     

awkward when the rules are common in US and personally meeting the German Mess at Gettysburg went well and they were super friendly. 


as for the age thing, time to get used to it. That is the common age in ACW reenacting.  Now you get why i have growing boredom of ACW lately.

[Landrik]

I don't know of a single unit that are under 30 as the majority members for ACW. Unless they're a Boy Scout troop or Military Academy guys.

[DeoVindice61]

I don't know of a single unit that are under 30 as the majority members for ACW. Unless they're a Boy Scout troop or Military Academy guys.

Same here, the youngest members of my battalion are 15th Wisconsin, because the boy scouts fell in.  Disregarding the boy scouts, its back to 40+ and such.  I'm currently the only active 18 years old member of 1st Illinois battalion. We have one 16 years old and rest are over 30. Quite a good numbers over 50 i must say.

[Vincenzo]

Interesting, in Napoleonic here in Europe there are a lot more young people aged under 26.


Anyway there are other Civil War groups here that we can join for a few events so no worries there.

[munky-wunky]

In my Soivet group there is at least 6 guys in the group who are between 17-20

and In my ACW group there are also 5 guys in the gorup who are between 16-19

Man there are plenty of younger guys in both or at least I have noticed. That has been my experience.

[DeoVindice61]

And they're farb-mainstream.   

[Wolff]

be southrons and I am with you

[joer5835]

In my unit we have 6 people under 18, that includes me. Then we have roughly 4-5 people between 18-35 and a couple of 50+ (That includes both our officers)

[DeoVindice61]

In my WW2 unit, everyone is 16-19    Unit Commander : 35

[joer5835]

Our youngest active member (Some guy occasionally brings his kids along, but they don't go onto the battlefield) is 14.

Luckily I'm turning 18 in 3 months, cause gunz gunz gunz.

[munky-wunky]

And they're farb-mainstream.

bla bla bla bla  nobody gives a shit, oh wait except  you....   stitch Nazi.

[Duuring]

And they're farb-mainstream.

bla bla bla bla  nobody gives a shit, oh wait except  you....   stitch Nazi.

I hereby bestow upon Ethan the honour this armband

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Heil!