Reenactment Discussion

[Newkirk]

Why does buying all this gear have to be so dang expensive? I'm poor here

[König]

Did you guys remember to get a new wallet-fire-extinguisher after we used up the previous one last time a new guy came by?

[Mr T]

Why does buying all this gear have to be so dang expensive? I'm poor here

Fand a jeeerb!

[Newkirk]

Why does buying all this gear have to be so dang expensive? I'm poor here

Fand a jeeerb!

Werking on it.

[Millander]

Are you going federal or confederate? I can help

[Newkirk]

Primarily Confederate, but the unit I decided to go with also does a 24th Michigan impression, so eventually I'll have to do both.

[Duuring]

24th? Why not 25th...Company I, to be exact...

[DeoVindice61]

24th Michigan is a really awesome regiment. Good thing about reenacting, no one expect you to complete your kit in a month. My unit gives members 2 years to get on their own foot. Focus on your main impression and build it slowly by high quality. It'll pay off at the end. Don't be afraid to ask question to your other unit members. They could save your time and money!

[Newkirk]

I appreciate it, and I think one reason they chose the 24th Michigan is because they were called to assault that specific regiment at Gettysburg, apparently it was quite ferocious.

[DeoVindice61]

The 24th belonged to the famed Iron Brigade. I believe the brigade smashed into North Carolina brigade at McPherson Ridge. The iron brigade also suffered heavy fighting on culps hill that lasted more than 5 hours.

[Newkirk]

This is the excerpt about it from the website.

On this first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the regiment was called upon to assault Federal troops of the Iron Brigade (specifically the 24th Michigan) posted in Herbst's woods on McPherson's Ridge. After brutal fighting, which saw the 26th break through three separate lines of resistance, the regiment forced Union troops to withdraw from the position of strength which they had held. Though the 26th achieved its goal, it was at a tremendous cost. The regimental colors were shot down fourteen times; the regimental commander Colonel Henry King Burgwyn, Jr., was killed; and his second-in-command, Lt. Col. John R. Lane, was seriously wounded. Out of 800 muskets taken into the fight by the 26th on that bloody day, 588 men were killed, wounded, or missing. Sidelined to regroup and tend their significant number of wounded, the regiment rested on July 2nd on the slopes of Seminary Ridge.

[Millander]

Bassicle Iron brigade are bad-asses. Deo would the feathers have been worn by the time of thr battle? It seems they would have been pretty easy to loose.

[DeoVindice61]

Feathers were noted to near faded by the time of Antietam. So that heavy rain before Gettysburg surely would had it goner but then. However brass were heavily noted to exist more than a few. Some would had hat cord as well.

[Duuring]

Speaking as a Napoleonicer, cords were taken off in case of bad weather. They were actually reserved for parade, though men tended to wear them in battles as well.

That's of course speaking about shakocords. The cords on the bicorn which had a practice function (Keeping the bloody thing in shape) were left on, but in bad weather the entire bicorne was covered in oilskin.

[Mr T]

So Zac, how many AUS 21e are coming over to Leipzig?