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Updated January 17, 2017
Stribling’s Battery Schedule of Events for 2017
Jan 13-14:
Longstreet’s
Corps and Alexander’s Battalion annual meetings.
(Fredericksburg, VA)
Captain Favors, Sergeant
Swart will attend both meetings as the battery representatives.
Alexander’s Battalion meeting will be at
7:00 on Friday January 13 at the Golden Corral restaurant conference room.
Longstreet’s Corps meeting will be on Saturday at 9:00 am (breakfast at
8:00) at the Spotsylvania School Board Office, 8020 River Stone Dr.,
Fredericksburg, VA (same location as last year).
Billeting will be at the Comfort Inn & Suites (formerly Wytestone Suite)
Fredericksburg, 4615 Southpoint Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA.
Telephone (540) 891-1112.
Jan 15:
Battery Planning Meeting.
(Douglass Farm, Hume, VA)
Maximum participation requested to decide on what events we will participate in
during 2017. Everyone
arrive by 1:00 and bring your personal calendar and copy of the 2017
Draft Schedule of Events for the annual planning meeting.
March 10-12:
Battles for New Berne.
(Dover, NC) (1 gun)
** Corps Sanctioned Event Long
distance trip for 2017. Located on
the Kinsey Farm in Dover NC, the event features the Battle for New Berne on
Saturday, and the Battle of Batchelor’s Creek on Sunday.
$100 artillery bounty per gun and no registration fee for the first 10 CS
guns until Jan 31 after which the registration fee will be $20.
There will be a $150 bounty and no registration fee for the first 5 US
guns until Jan 31 after which the registration fee will be $10.
For information see the event website
www.battlesfornewberne.com.
Artillery POC is Bob Looney
(252) 229-5793 or email
oldreb49@hotmail.com
April 6-9:
155th anniversary Battle of Shiloh reenactment.
(Shiloh, Tenn.) (1 gun)
Long distance trip for 2017.
The event located at the same site as the 150th Shiloh in
2012, features battles on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
We would primarily be Confederate but would galvanize for some of the
battle scenarios if needed. The plan
would be to travel on Thursday, April 6, remain in camp at the conclusion of the
event on Sunday, and travel back to home stations on Monday.
Registration fee is $20.00 until Feb. 15, after it will be $25.00.
Artillery POC is LtCol Robert Beams at (205) 310-7673 or email
beams58@aol.com .
April 9:
Ox Hill Battlefield artillery salute.
(Fairfax, VA)
(1 gun)
On Sunday, April 9 there
will be the event at Ox Hill Battlefield in Fairfax, Virginia. Several
monuments are being installed to honor the fallen of Battle of Chantilly and
those units that participated in action on that day. No living history,
only ceremonial firing of three rounds in Union uniforms. (White gloves,
clean uniforms, etc.) Whole event should take less than 3 hours and will
be done by noon.
April 21-23:
NCWAA School of the Piece at Jackson’s Mill.
(Westin, WV) Annual
certification school located on the grounds of Stonewall Jackson’s boyhood home.
Certification or recertification on
all positions to include Gunner.
Minimum age is 14 for positions 5 & 6, 16 for positions 3 & 4, and 18 for
positions 1 & 2. Limited barracks
style billeting available.
Registration fee is $12.00 until March 1, after then the fee is $15.00 per
person. Battery POC is Sgt Devor.
April 29:
Fairfax Civil War Days.
(Fairfax, VA) (1 gun)
One-day Living history and artillery firing demonstrations 10:00 am -
5:00 pm at the historic Blenheim House in Fairfax, VA. We will portray Battery
B, 1st Conn Artillery and have been requested to provide a bugler and
participate in the flag raising ceremony like last year.
$350.00 bounty. Battery POC is
Sgt Devor. Event POC is Pat O’Neil
(703) 505-4873.
May 6-7:
Battle of Front Royal reenactment.
(Front Royal, VA) (1 gun)
First time event to be held in downtown Front Royal.
Battle on Saturday at 1:00 and possibly another battle on Sunday
following a parade down Main Street.
Possible artillery bounty by the city.
POC is Doug Becktel, (703) 424-1984 or email
dbburkeva@aol.com .
May 19-21:
N-SSA
127th National live-fire competition.
(Fort Shenandoah,
Winchester, VA)
Uniformed competitors in member units competing in muskets, mortars, and
cannon. Largest Civil War live-fire
event in the country. For those who
eventually want to live-fire the gun competitively, it is recommended that you
attend this event and learn all you can about live-firing.
Free admission. For
information contact Melinda Shaw
Annieoak13@gmail.com or recruitment@n-ssa.net.
May 19-21:
155th
anniversary Valley Campaign & Battle of New Market reenactment.
(New Market, VA) (1-2
guns)
*** Corps Event
Longstreet’s Corps will be in command for
this event. Friday evening, May 19,
will feature the battle of Cross Keys, Saturday, May 20 will be the battle of 1st
Kernstown, and Sunday will be the battle of New Market.
Everyone must register themselves for this event.
Registration fee is $10.00 until February
28, $15.00 March 1-April 30, after April 30 you must register as a walk-on for
$20.00. For more information see the
event website:
http://www.vmi.edu/vmcw/Reenactment/ .
May 28:
SCV Memorial Day Artillery
salute. (Warrenton, VA) (1
gun) Artillery salute at Colonel
Mosby’s grave at the Warrenton cemetery.
Muster at the cemetery at
June 17:
Civil War Kids Camp. (Middletown,
VA) (1 gun)
Civil War Kid’s Camp is a living history
day at the Cedar Creek battlefield.
Experience a day in the Civil War army with Infantry drill, cavalry
demonstrations, camp life, and artillery firing demonstrations.
Battery POC is Sgt. Devor.
July 1-3:
154th Anniversary Gettysburg reenactment.
(Gettysburg, PA) (1 gun)
**Corps
Sanctioned Event This is the annual GAC event featuring battles
each day (cavalry in the morning, all combat arms in the afternoon), mortar
live-fire competition, living history activities, Independence Day artillery
salutes.
Location this year is on the site of the filming of the movie
“Gettysburg”, 965 Pumping Station Road, Gettysburg, PA.
$350.00 bounty per gun.
Registration fee is $5 until January 31,March 1-15, $20 March 16-June 1.
The Confederate Commander is Gen. Tim Perry of ANV. For information and
registration see the website
www.GettysburgReenactment.com .
Aug TBD:
Battery Work Day.
(Douglass Farm, Hume, VA).
Saturday is the primary work day with Sunday as the back-up day in the
event of inclement weather. Focus is
on maintenance of battery equipment in preparation for the 2017 campaign season.
Sept 16:
Fort Ward Civil War Artillery Day.
(Alexandria, VA)
*Stribling’s Battery Event.
(1 gun) One day living
history program, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., cannon drill and firing
demonstrations, ordnance display, civilian impressions, etc.).
One gun portraying Battey C, 1st Conn Heavy Artillery will
fire from inside the restored bastion.
Female civilians can participate but must have a specific period
impression to portray (e.g. laundress, officer’s wife, nurse, etc).
For information see www.fortward.org
and click on the icon for reenactors to take you to the program
registration for the event. POC at
Ft. Ward is Susan Cumby (703) 838-4848.
Sept 23-24:
Gettysburg Living History and Firing Demonstrations.
(Gettysburg NMP, PA) (1 gun) National Park Service living history and
artillery firing demonstrations at Pitzers Woods on Seminary Ridge.
Camp and fire on the actual battlefield approximately 200 yds from the
original Stribling’s Battery firing position on July 3, 1863. We will field one
gun along with one gun from the 4th Maryland Artillery.
POC at Gettysburg is Ranger Tom Holbrook.
Sept 23-24:
Sully Plantation Civil War encampment.
(Chantilly, VA) (1 gun) Campaign camping,
living history, camp life, firing demonstrations, skirmishes.
Since we will be conducting split-battery
operations in conjunction with Gettysburg Living History, recommend this either
be a battery campaign camping or a day tripper event .
Sully Plantation Historic Site Events and Marketing Coordinator is Erin
Rock, (703) 437-1794
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/Sully .
Oct 6-8:
N-SSA 118th National live-fire competition.
(Fort Shenandoah,
Winchester, VA)
For those who want to live-fire competitively, this is the event to
participate in. Uniformed
competitors in member units competing in muskets, mortars, and cannon.
Largest Civil War live-fire event in the country.
Free admission. For information contact
Melinda Shaw Annieoak13@gmail.com or
recruitment@n-ssa.net.
Oct 13-15:
153rd Anniversary Battle of Cedar Creek Reenactment.
(Middletown, VA) (2 guns)
***Corps
Event Best mid-size
event of the year held on the original battlefield.
Artillery limited to 15 full-scale guns on each side.
Registration fee is $12 until March 15, $20 March 16-May 24 and $25 May
25-Oct 4. For
information, and registration call Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation at (540)
869-2064, or see the web sites www.ccbf.us or
www.cedarcreekbattlefield.org
.
Nov 11-12:
29th Annual Capital of the Confederacy Civil War Show.
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Nov 18:
Rememberance Day.
(Gettysburg, PA)
Participants will march in the Rememberance Day parade along with other members
of Longstreet’s Corps.