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WELCOME
to the largest "all arms" Civil War Reenactment in the
Northeastern U.S.
Mounted
Cavalry - Navy - Marines - Infantry - Artillery - Living History -
Music - Sutlers |
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Note:
This boat is Tentative... Carl has a possible film scheduling
conflict in early August. He says, "Ill be there if I
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Possibly
New
for 2008!
Because our new
location has a very large spring-fed pond, Emmy Award-winning History
Channel producer Carl
Kriegeskotte's beautiful replica of the Federal steam launch
used in the pursuit of the Confederate ironclad C.S.S. Albemarle
may be steaming "Lake Pierce" and landing Marine
shore parties into the battle in 2008.
Commander W. F.
Warley of the Confederate ironclad, CSS Albemarle wrote
of Lt. William Barker Cushing’s daring raid and destruction of
his gunboat by writing, "… a more gallant thing was not
done during the war."
This
magnificent reproduction was seen on The History Channel by
20,000,000 viewers, and now you will be able to see it in
person. |
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| Marines
and Naval Landing Parties
Pierce Creek
has been listed as a MAX EFFORT by the Navy and Marine Living
History Association, with attendance expected from units of the
U.S. Naval Landing Party.
"We
landed sixteen sailors and a boat howitzer, and they did more
fighting than a whole regiment of soldiers!"
(Roswell Lamson,
Lieutenant, USN) |
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Mounted
and Dismounted Cavalry
The renowned 1st
Virginia Cavalry, Co. H ( mounted) and Co E (dismounted) are
co-sponsors of Pierce Creek.
Due to high gas
prices, Southern Mounted Cavalry participation may be limited this
year.
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| Infantry
of all colors...
While the Civil
War is usually thought of in terms of Blue and Gray, that was not
always the case. Units like the Berdan Sharpshooters, Irish
Brigade, and colorful Zouaves, shown at the right, brought
their own palette into the conflict. |
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Artillery
Thunder
We
have 22 artillery pieces registered as of July 18th!
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is always a welcome sight at Civil War reenactments, and the dozen
field pieces that attended the 2007 event demonstrated their
awesome firepower and gave new meaning to the expression,
"Leveling the playing field...." |
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Living
History
Education is part
of the mission of most Civil War reenactments, and our Living
History exhibits cover a wide range of both military and civilian
activities.
We assume the two
young lasses at the left are only after a bottle of Sarsaparilla... |
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| Music
of the Ages
Bring your
guitars, banjos, mandolins, and fiddles! There will be a
period music gathering at the barn on Saturday night.
Did they call it
a "jam" during the Civil War? |
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Sutlers
And where do we
get all of our authentic 19th Century gear?
From the Sutlers,
of course. They were the Wal-Mart of the Civil War, who
happily relieved the soldiers of their excess cash on payday - in
return for personal goods the army didn't provide. |
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Buck Stops Here
Meet Rich Gow,
the Event Manager, who portrays Gen. Lewis A. Armistead, CSA as a
Living Historian. His ceaseless labors have arranged for the
use of private property of neighboring landowners which make this
event possible.
Heidi
Holdridge is his faithful assistant, and a tireless worker for
the cause.
Please direct any
questions about the event to either Rich or Heidi at piercecreek2008@yahoo.com .
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Please
Note: This site is still under development for 2008 and is far
from complete
Please
bookmark this page and return later for much more information on
this event. We will be posting updated event details, downloadable registration forms, event rules & regulations,
parking instructions, camp layouts, sponsor information, and tons
more of the nitty-gritty details.
Also
please note that all current event details listed in this site at
this time are tentative,
and are subject to change without notice.
If
you attend Pierce Creek, you will be treated as family... that's
Rich Gow's #1 rule!
We
are supported by
Armistead's
Brigade
1st Virginia Cavalry, H and E Companies
9th Texas Infantry Co. B
Civil War Heritage Foundation
Town of Binghamton, New York
Many
thanks to our sponsors
and supporters
Thanks
for Visiting!
The Pierce Creek 2008 Committee
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