I mean, I'm gonna be rocking the civil war garb with a tacticalized musket...

I've already got a Civil War Unifom.

Yankee or reb?

Mainly Yank, I was cavalry. But would occasionally go Reb at some events if we needed to help even the numbers.

I see

I do yankee reenacting as infantry

still working on piecing together my uniform

Yeah, It's not a cheap hobby and I honestly have been hurt more by horses than anything else. So I don't really do it anymore.

I did it as something to do with my dad, but I dislike horses enough to not want to get back into it.

that stinks

I've had a pretty good time doing infantry myself. although I would like to get my hands on a 12 pounder gun for shits and giggles

Hahaha, you know the rule for being an artillery man, right?

Don't stick your dick where the powder goes

You have to weigh as much as the cannon in order to be one.

lmao

I don't know if you've ever even looked at those guys.

But they're some big boys.

I have, and you ain't wrong

Only ever ran into one crew that wasn't obese. Really cool dudes out of Georgia, they were horse-drawn artillery.

it's almost like they picked the most sedentary position in the hobby...

We were doing the Red River Campaign a few years back, week long campaign. It was actually really fucking cool. And there were two crews of horse-drawn arty that we were escorting through the woods.

dude, those long campaign events are the shit. too bad up here we don't really do those

Yeah, I don't imagine there are many guys that do that stuff there.

closest we get are the weekend long tactical events once in a blue moon

Omg, so did you see the 150th Getteysburg a few years back?

not personally, no. but I saw a few clips on youtube

It was amazing. The charge was beautiful to see 10,000 Confederates marching across an open field, tearing down fences and approaching the Union line.

As Cav, I was acting as a courier for that event, and I got a front row seat to it all.

I did see that clip. I bet it was better in person

Yeah, it was pretty awesome. It was a 3 week campaign.

Each week was ran by a different organization. So we had little breaks in between.

I actually almost got Trench Foot during my second week. Had to take some time to let my feet air out. They were burning.

I think my unit is going to try to get a cash pool going so we can go out there sometime as a group and participate

Go during the big anniversaries.

Like the 165th or 170th

Yeah, I think we're shooting for the 175th

Of course, I don't think we'll see numbers like we did with the 150th for a long time.

or something like that

175th might have good turnout.

remains to be seen...

Of course, well it's getting late. And I have a big day planned with my GF tomorrow, so catch ya