AARs from Pittsburg Landing

[edgeinwi]

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Thanks Jim;

Finally a photo with me in it (with Sir Charles). I think I did a very good job of being elusive until now.

[Charles Heath]

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Jim,

Rest assured your video project will rival and maybe surpass some of the so-called professional productions, as they relate to the CW hobby.

[Jim of The SRR]

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Video project is still coming along slowly. I work on it when I can, but don't expect it anytime real soon. But, I am determined to try produce something (not sure where on the ameteur scale it will fall though).

Thanks,
Jim Butler

[Michael Comer]

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Nice photos Jim. Thanks for posting. How's the little video project of the event coming along?

[Jim of The SRR]

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Here are a few more nice shots from Encampment at Pittsburg Landing courtesy of Kate Furukawa.

And yes, I actually enjoy kippers and swtichel!

Jim Butler

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[BenjaminLDavis]

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Here are a final few shots from Shiloh, I finally shot up this roll and got them scanned-enjoy!

[Jim of The SRR]

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Attached is the thank you letter from the park. Again, thanks to all the participants who made this possible.

We are also working on a short amateur documentary on McClernand's division at Shiloh. No promises yet the results, but I will keep you posted.

Regards,
Jim Butler

[Charles Heath]

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Many thanks to Jim, Art, Charles (without you many would not have appreciated our meat pies, cherry pies, pickled eggs, biscuits and etc.) and each one of you for a most enjoyable weekend.

It's always good when the sutler and the kettle kickers can achieve that level of pre-event coordination. Let's try to repeat that in a few weeks. :p

[crabby]

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Gents,

The sutler appreciates all of your business, only wish the army had paid you more;) . We enjoyed talking with many of you, and meeting some of you face to face (always nice to put a face to the name). Besides the weather (our tent ened up with a 1 to 2 inch pond in it Saturday mornig.) I thought it was a bully event. Many thanks to Jim, Art, Charles (without you many would not have appreciated our meat pies, cherry pies, pickled eggs, biscuits and etc.) and each one of you for a most enjoyable weekend.

The highlight of the event for me was looking at the crowd in front of our establishment (on my way back from the sinks) and thinking "oh my God, it's a bums rush on the sutler!" and then thinking that Mrs. Barnhouse was going to skin me alive after it was over!

Again, thanks to all of you and hoping to see many of you at Vicksburg LH.

Crabby

[BenjaminLDavis]

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Here's a few pics from the event I have scanned in and tweaked. Enjoy, my friends.

[Michael Comer]

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I must have paid 30 men a dollar to vote for me for Governor of Illinois after the war!

I held out for $2. My vote don't sell cheap you know!

[Kiev Thomason]

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Kiev, I thought I had the comeback for a second, but in the end I just couldn't get my arm back up. It was very generious to give me the $5.00 after you won. All in all it was a great time.

Matt, it took me awhile to realize that if the winner only gets 50% of the pot, where does the other 50% go??? I knew there was a catch to it somewhere.:wink_smil

Dan Chmelar
AKA John Dawson

Ain't ya glad we could help them out!? :sarcastic It was a good fight.My arm is still a little on edge.I had a great time.I thought it added a bit to the afternoon .Good job Dan!See ya soon I hope.

[Charles Heath]

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Actually, the fife and drum musicians played a rousing, peppy, upbeat version of Bedbug and Flea earlier in the day. It was quite good. The sauerkraut fairly lept from the crock....

[Fiddlebum]

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"However I guess I don't expect to attend an event with such high standards and hear "Marching Through Georgia." Not a good song for April 1862"

Blame Heath. He axed for it. :D And it's true, supposedly the melody predates the Civil War.

We had an actual list of all pre-1862 songs, and it just kinda blew away. :p


Kim Caudell
Gut String Mess

[Tenthtexas]

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A little late on responding but I want to thank Jim for organizing this successful event. I know it has grown over the years and that is due to each of the quality men that showed up for it. An event is what you make it and how much you are willing to participate. I must say that everyone pulled their weight and more.
I thank my Lt's Paul Jerram and Robbie Mitchell for their find leadership all weekend and sorry for the log cutting on my behalf. Also the NCO's in my company did a first rate job as they always do. Kiev, Justin, Tripp and Herb were on the ball the entire time.
There are individuals that make an event just a bit more memorable and add something that you never could try to plan if you tried. Runyon, Woodburn, Kiev really made the event secondary to their chuck-a-luck mafia ring they had going on. Just sitting back and watching that was worth it alone.

I do have some pictures of the event that I took and Miss Amber as well. If you contact me I will forward some on. I will be sending them to the Civil War Historian along with an article of the event with the assistance of Eric Tipton.

Finally, I want to echo Steve's words about Outpost. He had the chance to see the land that we will be using for the event after Shiloh. This will be great land for the event we have planned. There are so many experiences that will result from the Outpost and I hope that everyone at Shiloh will be there. The land we are using is behind Rippavilla in Spring Hill, TN. This may be the last event to be held on this ground for it has been sold to developers. Where we will be having this event was where Cleburne was camped just prior to marching to Franklin. Somewhat fitting if you ask me.

I hope to see everyone at Vicksburg, Ft. Wayne, Chickamauga and Outpost this year.

Art Milbert
10th Texas
Armory Guards
WIG, commanding