Picketts Mill Fence Rail Drive

[Cleaveland]

Along with the other efforts for this years Pickett's mill event we are having a rail drive. A single 9-foot rail will cost us about 5 dollars to buy and ship. To fence the field we will be fighting on this year, like it was 140 years ago would take around 2500 rails. I don't expect to hit that target but would like to attempt it. The Park Personnel Had asked me to hold a drive and is excited by the prospects to fence this field. Last Rail drive I posted names and donations, This time around I will be posting only donors names without any amounts, instead I will be keep a running tally of the total donations and number of rails. I think doing it this way will bring the best results.

Make checks out to "Pickett's Mill Rail Drive"

Mail them to,

John Cleaveland
POB 772
Farmington, GA
30638

The drive will run through the end of April in order that we can get the rails delivered a good ways ahead of time. The delivery and placement won't be as "easy" as at perryville due to the nature of the site.
Many thanks for your consideration.
john cleaveland


Donations received from the follow people:
Total collected: $

Glenn Milner
Charles Heath
Keith Bartsch
Doug Cooper
Joe Bordonaro
Tim Prince
Barbara Hartman
Dennis Blue
Lisa Pace
Eric Tipton
Mark Riddel
Dom Dabello federal commander
Boyd Miles
Greg Deese
Boyd Miles

[Jersey Devil]

John,

Anything to support a fine National event like this one!

2500? Come on get off you wallets and give till it hurts.

[DougCooper]

Cool - Perryville's fence drive was an inspired idea John - and with nearly 6 months to go, this will be even better. Put me down for an infantry company front worth of rails - figure 20 files long = 50 ft x 3 rails high/9' per rail x $5 per rail = $83.

How's that for preservation math?

more fun with math: 20 man platoon = $40, one file = 1 rail or $5, one fence section (3 rails) = $15

Where do we send the checks?

[Strawfoot]

John,

I presume that we'll send the checks to your address, just like the Perryville drives?

Oh, is there any word on the command structure for the Federal battalion yet? All I'm hearing is rumors...

Mike Phineas
Arlington, TX

[dusty27]

Folks,

In John's original post, it has who to make the check out to and where to send it. Please read the entire post before replying.

Happy New Year

[Matt Caldwell]

John,
Anyway you could swing a paypal account? I know that you could really up the numbers if you set up an account for donations. Its easy, quick, and painless... plus people can pay with credit cards. Just a thought.

[DougCooper]

Matt - I need to set up just such a thing for the Mansfield Preservation raffle for Chris Daley's Tait or Fed uniform. I have a regular pay pal account but want this one to be segregated obviously. How do I do that? Getting those folks on the phone is a pain.

thanks!

[Strawfoot]

Dusty,

Sorry... Your job as a moderator is hard enough without people not paying attention to the posts.

I should've just asked what was really on my mind. What's known about the Federal command structure, ie. company commanders etc.?

Some of us are ready to register now... I'm leaving for Iraq in three weeks and won't be back till around the first of April.

Thanks,

Mike Phineas
Arlington, TX

[trippcor]

We can now accept donations for the fence drive via PayPal. Per John's request I have set-up my paypal account to accept those payments. Here is the link to make a donation:
Fence Rail Donation (https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=tcorbin%40keckwood.com&item_name=Fence+Rail+Drive&item_number=FenceDrive_PM140&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD)
I should note that PayPal does charge us to use this service. The charge is about $1.05 per $25.00. So please take that in to account when you make your donation.

[Cleaveland]

The first donations are coming in, I will be adding names as they do the pay pal donations will be tallied weekly.

So far we have 185 dollars. Thank you for the support

[Cleaveland]

Volunteers read "critters and associates", will be putting the fence up Before this years event, The rails are of black locust from South Carolina.
They will be placed on THE cornfield where Lowery's men of Cleburnes division repulsed men from William Hazens Brigade. After the battle the rails we be left on the field as an visual enhancement to an already beautiful and hallowed place.

[Matt Caldwell]

$50.00 comin your way via PayPal. Its a good cause folks.

[dusty27]

Sent my donation today. Didn't hurt a bit.......

[Dignann]

A few more rails paid for.

Eric

[DougCooper]

Tripp - as promised, payment number two went in today. Thanks much for the opportunity. This was a joint donation from the CHAPs based on the sale of some items.

[SGulley]

Snuck mine in there as well! :)

[MissAnnaMae]

I originally posted this yesterday...did the forum have a burb last night????? Sorry if it ends up being a repeat..

Quote:
Originally Posted by trippcor
Thanks for all the support so far but we need more. Come on lets dig deep. Get those donations in.


I hate to toot our own horns, Tripp, but our group, the CBB, has an auction running on eBay right now with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the fence rail drive. We were really hoping to have made this a raffle item right here on the AC Forum but Paul has had enough issues to worry with just keeping the website alive for us to enjoy without fretting about promoting a raffle. Come on folks....help Tripp, John and the other Georgia boys raise enough funds to build a fence for Pickett's Mill!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2219133187&category=36036&sspagename=STRK%3AMESSE%3AIT&rd=1

[Matt Caldwell]

Any update on the funds? WOuld like to see how close or far the goal is.

[MissAnnaMae]

Here's an update on the eBay auction we conducted:

The letter ended at $76.01 and the buyer (a fellow female civilian reenactor) has been instructed to remit directly to John Cleaveland. On top of that, she has graciously suggested that the letter either be donated to a museum or set aside for another fundraising purpose. A big thank you to those that bid!

[trippcor]

Candace,
That is great. We really appreciate your efforts and the genorosity of this kind lady. John should be posting an update in the near future. He has been under the weather a bit lately.

[Cleaveland]

we are about half way to our goal with 2200 dollars in the bank

[Cleaveland]

As of this Monday we have about 2200 dollars in the account.
Max over at the park walked the edge of the field today. All total it is 690 paces, that means it will take approximately 1800 rails to build the fence chest high ith cross and toppers on the dead margins of the field. So our goal is 9000 grand. I'd say we are doing alright. I plan on getting it in to the local papers and such so we might get some outside help ith this.

I also wanted to say about these projects, these are about doing something simple that to enhance the park that will last If we could afford to acquire land that would be great but in Ga that is out of the question unless you can raise millions. So we do what we can and if We don't get the fence done this year we can always add rails to it as we have tithe money for it in the future. Weare not going to forget these hallowed places just cause there is notan event going to be there. Thank you each deeply who are helping put the fence up.

john

[DougCooper]

John - I am also attempting to get in touch with some businesses in Atlanta with some good will to pass around - including Coca Cola. These companies all have "strategic giving" programs and this is a number below their radar, but maybe Jim Campi can help as well. How about a matching grant deal with a Civil War Roundtable in Georgia? The Austin TX roundtable is doing that with Mansfield. Does Mike Ventura have any biz contacts that could help?

Meanwhile, sold a few things this week to help - here's a few more rails worth via paypal.

John - just spoke with Jim Campi - he is impressed that we are improving a site on the list - suggest you give him a call at CWPT when able. He is very busy so be patient. 202 367-1861.

[trippcor]

I just want to say a hardy thank you to John Duffer and the MOOCOWS. As many of y'all may know their Land Between the Lakes Event also was a chance to raise money for the Pickett's Mill Fence Rail Drive. As of today they have sent donations totaling $415.00 and John says there may be more.

I know John Cleaveland said we were not going to post donation amounts but I thought this deserved recoqnition. Way to go MOOCOWS!!!!!!! :D

[Sarge53rd]

John -

It was my distinct pleasure to today send you a check to go towards the Pickett's Mill Fence Rail Drive, on behalf of two groups of people (I just coordinated the final collecting and writing one check to hopefully make life easier for all you busy folks!). They were:

- Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division on active duty at Fort Stewart, GA (one of my unit's members is with the 3rd ID and collected money)

- Georgia Volunteer Reenactor's Alliance (GVRA) - infantry, cavalry, artillery and civilian reenactors

I have more money still to come your way from neighbors and friends at my church. I'm holding it for a few more days as I think there's more still to come in.

Thanks for all your hard work. We were glad to be able to be a part of this wonderful effort.

Kind regards,

Paul Jerram
53rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry
GVRA

[trippcor]

I just received a $500.00 donation from Allen Precision Equipment (http://www.allenprecision.com/). They sell land surveying and construction equipment. APE is a great company that has always been active in the community. If you happen to be in the market for this type of equipment give them a call and also let them know you appreciate their support of our efforts.

P.S. Moderators I hope this does not violate the rules just wanted to acknowledge a Company that sees more than just the bottom line.

[trippcor]

The deadline to make a donation to the fence rail drive is fast approaching. Anyone that wants to make a donation needs to do so soon. Remember you can make a donation using a credit card via paypal.

May 8th is the day we build the fence.

[Cleaveland]

Almost there....

We Have 1200 rails being shipped this week to be unloaded saterday.
I Plan on donating 100 more myself, the truck will hold 300 more rails If anybody wants to help top off the load let me know by wednesday.
jcleaveland@earthlink.net

thanks to all the people who have lent their support to our efforts.
john



POB 772
Farmington, GA
30638

[Chuck Winchester]

The fence is up :) And looks great! 1,300 rails arrived from South Carolina at 8 am Saturday. By 5 pm the fence was in place. We had enough for about half of both fields. The areas being used in the battle are covered. Thanks to Coley, his brother Wes, Guy Musgrove, Kyle Russell, Mike Moses, and the site staff for all of the hard work. And a big thank you to all of you who donated money and solicited donations to this effort. Your hard work has paid off in spades. One word of caution, however: anyone knocking down rails on the 29th has to come back to the next work day to help put them back up! :wink_smil Just kidding...well sort of.
Oh yea. The corn is about a foot high and with all the rain we've been having it should grow another foot of so in the next week and a half. See you in the field (pun intended),
Chuck Winchester, Manager
Pickett's Mill Battelfield