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  • Fort Ridgely - June 8-9 2019

    Event: Fort Ridgely
    Date: June 8th-9th 2019
    Location: Fort Ridgely, Fairfax, MN
    Event Staff: Joe Beedle, Ryan Kelly
    Contact: Joe Beedle

    Website
    Facebook Page

    Registration: Projected to open January 2019.
    Registration fee: TBA

    Impression(s):
    Military: 5th Minnesota Vol INF, Company B
    Civilian Contractors

    Description:
    Soldiers will experience the usual routine of garrison duty, men of company B were actively exercised in daily drill and instructed in everything that could increase their military efficiency, their daily hope being for an order that should relieve them from mere garrison service and direct them to join their regiment in active duty in the South. Company B, having rapidly reached a high efficiency in the manual of arms and infantry evolutions, especially in skirmish drill, was now daily and vigorously exercised in the artillery drill, under the able instruction of Ordnance Sergeant Jones, and by midsummer had several trained squads well qualified in all the details necessary to use the guns. While this work was undertaken more to promote the general efficiency of the company than in anticipation of its necessity or actual use at the fort, subsequent events proved that it was probably the most important element among all that prevented the capture of Fort Ridgely by the Sioux later that year.
    Joe Beedle

    http://www.2ndminnesota.com

    http://thesheepfarm.org

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    Re: Fort Ridgely - June 8-9 2019

    We are looking forward to this event.
    Nathan Hellwig
    AKA Harrison "Holler" Holloway
    "It was the Union armies west of the Appalachians that struck the death knell of the Confederacy." Leslie Anders ,Preface, The Twenty-First Missouri

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    • #3
      Re: Fort Ridgely - June 8-9 2019

      I put this on my calendar.
      Andrew Grim
      The Monte Mounted Rifles, Monte Bh'oys

      Burbank #406 F&AM
      x-PBC, Co-Chairman of the Most Important Committee
      Peter Lebeck #1866, The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus
      Billy Holcomb #1069, Order of Vituscan Missionaries

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      • #4
        Re: Fort Ridgely - June 8-9 2019

        I'll also mark this one on my calendar. I have an interest in Fort Ridgely as several companies of the 10th Infantry were posted there in 1855, something I have been recently researching.
        Paul McKee

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        • #5
          Re: Fort Ridgely - June 8-9 2019

          One thing I forgot to post.
          Timeline will be June of 1862. This would be just before the Sioux uprising.
          Joe Beedle

          http://www.2ndminnesota.com

          http://thesheepfarm.org

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          • #6
            Re: Fort Ridgely - June 8-9 2019

            Will rations be provided ?
            Is a contribution to the commissary permissible?
            Thank you!

            Yore Pard
            Philip Moos

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            • #7
              Re: Fort Ridgely - June 8-9 2019

              Originally posted by Yore Pard View Post
              Will rations be provided ?
              Is a contribution to the commissary permissible?
              Thank you!

              Yore Pard
              Yes, rations will be provided.
              Yes, you will be able to contribute to the sutler.
              Joe Beedle

              http://www.2ndminnesota.com

              http://thesheepfarm.org

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              • #8
                Re: Fort Ridgely - June 8-9 2019

                Registration is now open.

                Registration is $15

                Registration form is online and PayPal is the prefer method of payment. If you wish to pay by check you will need to contact me (Joe) at thesheepfarm@gmail.com.

                Military impression is 5th Minnesota Company B
                Max 50 participants

                Civilian impressions must be approve prior to registration.

                No walk-on’s

                NCO’s are appointed by the event staff. No exceptions.

                This is a public event.

                More information can be found on the website thesheepfarm.org
                Joe Beedle

                http://www.2ndminnesota.com

                http://thesheepfarm.org

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                • #9
                  Re: Fort Ridgely - June 8-9 2019

                  It's not everyday that you get to use your '42 Springfield at an EBUFU. I'm glad that's an option. Take Arms!

                  I've linked Gen. Hubbard's Narrative of the Fifth Minnesota if anyone would like to read more history of the 5th Minnesota Vol. Inf. Regt., later dubbed "Smith's Guerrillas," of the famed "Eagle Brigade." IIRC, Thomas P. Gere was stationed at Ridgely at the time we are portraying. He would later be awarded the Medal of Honor.

                  Edit: There's also a 5th Minnesota Research Group on facebook. There are good primary sources there, which includes soldier images.

                  Thank you Mr. Beedle for organizing this event.
                  Last edited by den.bolda; 01-07-2019, 01:37 PM.
                  Den Bolda

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                  • #10
                    Re: Fort Ridgely - June 8-9 2019

                    A few updates.

                    Current registration numbers is 41. Post registration list can be fond HERE.

                    Registration deadline is May 31st. Registration is $15 and can be found on the website .

                    Some additions have been made to the guideline page on the website.

                    Any questions please email at thesheepfarm@gmail.com
                    Last edited by JEBminnesota; 04-01-2019, 01:05 PM.
                    Joe Beedle

                    http://www.2ndminnesota.com

                    http://thesheepfarm.org

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