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By Kenneth Reinard – German Regiment “Kind sirs, what is your sport?” asked the gentleman seated at the end of the table. Pondering over this question, the other gentlmen looked at each other in amazement and wondered why someone would make such a statement. After a brief moment, the question was asked again. “What sport…
By James E. Newell — 1stContinental Regiment Official actions pertaining to the chaplaincy. After Lexington and Concord, great numbers of the parishioners remembered their Pastors’ teachings and rallied to the cause. Others saw their Pastors enlist to shame or encourage their flocks to do likewise. At first, however, the chaplaincy was a totally unorganized system.…
By Susan McLellan Plaisted, MS RD To prevent us from reliving the dysentery and gastric disorders as part of our re-enacting history, it is imperative that concerns of food safety be followed. There is a high risk of this problem occurring with the quantities of foods that have to be transported to various historical locations.…
By Anne Howard — 2ndNew Jersey, Helm’s Company For the camp follower who has the time and the inclination to be center stage at times, becoming a lecturer is fun and rewarding. You have to have time available during the day to speak at schools, and you have to like getting up in front of…
By Chris Witmer Reprinted from the Grundsau Intelligencer, the newsletter of the Tulpehocken Associators, which encompasses Conrad Weiser’s Ballation, L’Armie de la Reine, and the German Regiment For those of you who enjoy focusing on the fine points of living history, two words: fat lamp. This rather plebian sounding method of illumination should receive a…
By James E. Newell — 1stContinental Regiment Background of the Chaplaincy The practice of taking clergy into battle with armies dates back to the Old Testament.(cf: Deuteronomy 20:1-4) Up through and including the Crusades, the Clergy were an integral part of the Military leadership structure. Gradually they took more of a supportive and less of…
By Ron Vido — 2ndNorth Carolina Regiment Reprinted from the March 1995 issue of “The Regimental Dispatch,” the official newsletter of the Second North Carolina Regiment Many of us have either heard of or read accounts of American prisoners of war held by the British in the North or in England, yet few have read…
By Joseph Ruckman — 1stVirginia Regt. There seems to be a lot of controversy going on in the re-enacting world regarding the use of powder horns. Not from an historical standpoint, because that is hardly debatable (particularly for riflemen), but from one of safety. I find this odd, because a properly made and used powder…
By Bob Sullivan Bad news travels fast. During December, it spread very quickly through the Pennsylvania troops encamped at a snowy and cold Morristown, New Jersey. The Pennsylvania troops had found out that the enlistments they signed or made their mark upon three years ago were not up. Unlike many other Continental troops, their terms…
By Karen L. Hayden Greetings to the column! This article is focusing on the smallest clothes in the hobby: children’s garments. I recently have received several compliments on the authenticity of my children’s re-enactment clothing. It seems that in the “hobby.” kids are the last ones to be dressed correctly. (OK, so there are a…