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When: March 2-6 (possibly longer with chances to come in later for those that cannot make the entire time)
Where: Fort McAllister State Park, Georgia
Who: Armory Guards
POC: Herb Coats - Menion687@aol.com & Jordan Roberts
The Plan:
We have the Thumbs Up from Danny Brown, the Head park ranger at Fort McAllister. Danny is very friendly to reenactors and likes the idea. So Confederate Winter Encampment 2011 has been enacted! It is aptly title "Guarding Savannah."
The Fort has four winter cabins and a bombproof that can sleep 20. Period pictures of the fort also show an array of tents in and around the Fort that were used by the CS Garrison and later by US occuping forces.
The time period for the event will be early 1864 at Ft. McAllister. Two companies of around 50 to 60 men max. More info will come. Think English cloth uniforms. Folks would arrive Thursday and the event goes live at 8pm. The event would end around 10 or 11am on Sunday to give folks time to get home. The Savannah airport is about 45 minutes up Interstate 95 so if you need to fly in then go for it.
This is on state park property so visitors would be coming through during the day, but after 5pm we get the fort to ourselves. So it would be a semi immersion since visitors would be coming through. Tripp Corbin has been asked to be the garrison commander with Joe Blunt and Kiev Thomason to be the two company commanders. They have all agreed.
So this all sounds real swell and all, but what do YOU get out of this? A chance to do more than a weekend event on the ACTUAL ground in the ACTUAL fort. Since it is an earthen fort, it is in need of repair. Danny let me know that there are plenty of spots that need work! Hey preservation! What a concept. Also there is ample oppurtunity for artillery drill and to drill on the sea coast guns on the Ogeechee River. Drill.. Well that it is up to the fort commandante! Other fun is to be had as well but Herb and Jordan Roberts isn't letting all the cats run out of the bag just yet.
There is an option for the event starting a day earlier on Wednesday at 8pm. We will defintely get the final word on the dates near New Years.
This is an oppurtunity for our guys to do a multi day winter event. The site is there, there is room to do a lot of good for the fort. What more can you want!!!!!!!
Where: Fort McAllister State Park, Georgia
Who: Armory Guards
POC: Herb Coats - Menion687@aol.com & Jordan Roberts
The Plan:
We have the Thumbs Up from Danny Brown, the Head park ranger at Fort McAllister. Danny is very friendly to reenactors and likes the idea. So Confederate Winter Encampment 2011 has been enacted! It is aptly title "Guarding Savannah."
The Fort has four winter cabins and a bombproof that can sleep 20. Period pictures of the fort also show an array of tents in and around the Fort that were used by the CS Garrison and later by US occuping forces.
The time period for the event will be early 1864 at Ft. McAllister. Two companies of around 50 to 60 men max. More info will come. Think English cloth uniforms. Folks would arrive Thursday and the event goes live at 8pm. The event would end around 10 or 11am on Sunday to give folks time to get home. The Savannah airport is about 45 minutes up Interstate 95 so if you need to fly in then go for it.
This is on state park property so visitors would be coming through during the day, but after 5pm we get the fort to ourselves. So it would be a semi immersion since visitors would be coming through. Tripp Corbin has been asked to be the garrison commander with Joe Blunt and Kiev Thomason to be the two company commanders. They have all agreed.
So this all sounds real swell and all, but what do YOU get out of this? A chance to do more than a weekend event on the ACTUAL ground in the ACTUAL fort. Since it is an earthen fort, it is in need of repair. Danny let me know that there are plenty of spots that need work! Hey preservation! What a concept. Also there is ample oppurtunity for artillery drill and to drill on the sea coast guns on the Ogeechee River. Drill.. Well that it is up to the fort commandante! Other fun is to be had as well but Herb and Jordan Roberts isn't letting all the cats run out of the bag just yet.
There is an option for the event starting a day earlier on Wednesday at 8pm. We will defintely get the final word on the dates near New Years.
This is an oppurtunity for our guys to do a multi day winter event. The site is there, there is room to do a lot of good for the fort. What more can you want!!!!!!!
you can see radio towers. I know most of us on the AC are old hats when it comes to this and it does not matter, but these modern intrusions are there and I want folks to know this. 
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