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As we enter the home stretch for 2018, let's take a look ahead at the 2019 EBUFU Event Schedule as listed on the AC Calendar and the Front Page. Which Events do you plan to attend in 2019? Members of the AC may respond to this thread and take the poll:
1) WINTER QUARTERS 1862
Marbury, Alabama
January 25-27, 2019
The Independent Rifles will recreate a Winter Quarters scenario for 1862. This is a unique opportunity to occupy barracks built on originals specs as well as substantial outbuildings on a great historic site. This is an invite only Living History. Click Here For Information.
2) ASSAULT ON FORT BLAKELEY
Spanish Fort, Alabama
April 5-7, 2019
A unique opportunity for participants to live in and improve original fortifications, while also viewing much which has been covered with vegetation for years. This will be a very active event, giving everyone a rare taste of siege warfare in 1865. Click Here For Information.
3) WARLIKE ALONG THE RAPIDAN
Orange County, Virginia
May 3-5, 2019
The Liberty Rifles are hosting an immersive Soldier Life Experience portraying the 13th Virginia Infantry of Pegram's Brigade, Early's Division, Ewell's Second Corps, during the opening days of the Overland Campaign. Click Here For Information.
4) 7TH TEXAS AT RAYMOND - CANCELLED
Raymond, Mississippi
May 17-19, 2019
5) THE 1861 HOUSTON EXPEDITION
Oakland, Illinois
May 17-19, 2019
6) FORT RIDGELY
Fairfax, Minnesota
June 7-9, 2019
Experience garrison duty, daily drill and military efficiency, with a daily hope that an order will relieve you from garrison service to join your regiment in active duty in the South. Click Here For Information.
7) 15TH ALABAMA AT GETTYSBURG
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
June 28-30, 2019
The Liberty Rifles will be hosting a Living History that will be immersive in nature but with heavy public interaction through the day. We will field four companies of the 15th Alabama, as we have a cap on the number of participants. Participation at this event is by invitation only. Click Here For Information
We will portray the 57th Massachusetts Veteran Infantry, which was mustered in Worcester, MA on April 6, 1864. Four months later at the Crater, the regiment numbered seven officers and 91 enlisted. After the Crater, only a single officer and 46 enlisted remained. Click Here For Information
9) 160TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PIG WAR
San Juan Island, Washington
August 23-25, 2019
American Camp, San Juan Island, Washington. 160th anniversary of the Pig War. Public interpretation at this NPS site. Portrayals are 4th U.S. Infantry, 1st U.S. Engineers, and U.S. Artillery at actual works dug by the troops stationed there.
10) MISSOURI 1861
Southwest Missouri
August 31 - September 1, 2019
Skirmishing and maneuvering of the Missouri State Guard and Unionist Militia after the Battle of Wilson’s Creek and before the First Battle of Springfield. A unique impression for both sides as they were armed and equipped exceedingly poorly. Click Here For Information.
11) MISSIONARY RIDGE
Chickamauga, Georgia
November 8-10, 2019
The Governor Guards & Mess No. 1 present the Missionary Ridge Immersion Event in November of 2019. This event will portray the 64th Ohio and 4th Florida during the days leading up to and including the decisive assault of Missionary Ridge at the conclusion of the Chattanooga Campaign in 1863. Click Here For Information.
1) WINTER QUARTERS 1862
Marbury, Alabama
January 25-27, 2019
The Independent Rifles will recreate a Winter Quarters scenario for 1862. This is a unique opportunity to occupy barracks built on originals specs as well as substantial outbuildings on a great historic site. This is an invite only Living History. Click Here For Information.
2) ASSAULT ON FORT BLAKELEY
Spanish Fort, Alabama
April 5-7, 2019
A unique opportunity for participants to live in and improve original fortifications, while also viewing much which has been covered with vegetation for years. This will be a very active event, giving everyone a rare taste of siege warfare in 1865. Click Here For Information.
3) WARLIKE ALONG THE RAPIDAN
Orange County, Virginia
May 3-5, 2019
The Liberty Rifles are hosting an immersive Soldier Life Experience portraying the 13th Virginia Infantry of Pegram's Brigade, Early's Division, Ewell's Second Corps, during the opening days of the Overland Campaign. Click Here For Information.
4) 7TH TEXAS AT RAYMOND - CANCELLED
Raymond, Mississippi
May 17-19, 2019
A Trans-Miss Hellcat Event with the WIG, SCAR, and 40 Rounds. To be held on the 156th anniversary of the Battle of Raymond. This effort will focus on the 7th Texas Infantry, on the original ground, on the actual dates. Click Here For Information.
5) THE 1861 HOUSTON EXPEDITION
Oakland, Illinois
May 17-19, 2019
In 1861, Federal troops left Rolla Missouri on a daring expedition into Texas County to quell confederate sympathies. They faced the task of foraging for supplies, a hostile population and the hardships of campaign for the first time. Click Here For Information.
6) FORT RIDGELY
Fairfax, Minnesota
June 7-9, 2019
Experience garrison duty, daily drill and military efficiency, with a daily hope that an order will relieve you from garrison service to join your regiment in active duty in the South. Click Here For Information.
7) 15TH ALABAMA AT GETTYSBURG
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
June 28-30, 2019
The Liberty Rifles will be hosting a Living History that will be immersive in nature but with heavy public interaction through the day. We will field four companies of the 15th Alabama, as we have a cap on the number of participants. Participation at this event is by invitation only. Click Here For Information
8) PETERSBURG FEDERAL LIVING HISTORY
Petersburg NMP, Virginia
July 26-29, 2019
July 26-29, 2019
9) 160TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PIG WAR
San Juan Island, Washington
August 23-25, 2019
American Camp, San Juan Island, Washington. 160th anniversary of the Pig War. Public interpretation at this NPS site. Portrayals are 4th U.S. Infantry, 1st U.S. Engineers, and U.S. Artillery at actual works dug by the troops stationed there.
10) MISSOURI 1861
Southwest Missouri
August 31 - September 1, 2019
Skirmishing and maneuvering of the Missouri State Guard and Unionist Militia after the Battle of Wilson’s Creek and before the First Battle of Springfield. A unique impression for both sides as they were armed and equipped exceedingly poorly. Click Here For Information.
11) MISSIONARY RIDGE
Chickamauga, Georgia
November 8-10, 2019
The Governor Guards & Mess No. 1 present the Missionary Ridge Immersion Event in November of 2019. This event will portray the 64th Ohio and 4th Florida during the days leading up to and including the decisive assault of Missionary Ridge at the conclusion of the Chattanooga Campaign in 1863. Click Here For Information.
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