Chickamauga

[GaWildcat]

Anyone know if there is going to be Chickamauga national next year?? Inquiring minds want to know;)

[tompritchett]

A friend of mine was visiting her relative down there earlier this year and was warned to make reservations very early if she plaining on coming down that week-end. Evidently, the grapevine down there has the National event actually being allowed on the battlefield! Not sure what is going on, but I have to wonder with the declining NPS budgets, someone either at the battlefield or within NPS has looked at the way Cedar Creek has been able to use large reenactments as a means to raise operating and acquisition capital.

[trippcor]

I don't know about next year, but this year the WIG, Stonewall Brigand and PLHA are putting on a good sized living history at the National Battlefield in September this year. It will have companies portraying both AOT and ANV units. Here is the website for more information http://www.westernindependentgrays.org/chick2007/index.htm

[Ken]

I had a chance to visit the Chickamauga battlefield last year for the first time and was very impressed. In fact I would say it's the nicest of all the battlefields I've visited to date.

[Charles Reynolds]

Looks like there are no guide lines for federal troops, one side battle?

[trippcor]

Since this event is on a National Park and they do not allow opposing fire, this is a one sided living history event. Though it will be a mobile event. We will be marching to various locations at the park to recreate the movements of the men during the battle.

[HighPrvt]

There was some scuttle but about a battle last year. A Church owned some property that was either near, or on part of the original battlefield, not in the park boundaries. I've heard nothing on it since.....

[GaWildcat]

There was some scuttle but about a battle last year. A Church owned some property that was either near, or on part of the original battlefield, not in the park boundaries. I've heard nothing on it since.....


Keep me posted there Pard.

[Lwhite64]

Well I can say that the Park will not be holding a Battle Reenactment, I work for the NPS at Chickamauga, and we havent even come up with what we will be doing Living History wise for next year. As to the other event, I dont know, there really isnt anything afoot that I have heard about and getting enough land to hold a big event around here is next to impossible, there were problems the last time and there is even less undeveloped pieces of property now, case in point was the already mentioned event on the Church property, and now that land is being developed into a subdivision.

Lee

[GaWildcat]

Wouldnt Catoosa Training Area be a good place?????:( :-?

[trippcor]

Well that depends on how much you like eating, breathing and wearing dust. I think I am still getting the dust out of my gear from the big Chickamauga event that was held there in 1999. Also with all the new homeland security concerns, it might be extremely difficult to get permission to use that site again.

If you would really like to see a Chickamauga Reenactment happen, then I would suggest you take the lead and start putting the event together yourself. Don't wait for others to do it for you.

[Lwhite64]

There is one thing that makes Chickamauga unique among Civil War battles and that has yet to be done with a reenactment of it, TREES.

Lee

[madisontigers]

Yes Lee, indeed you are correct. However, you forgot to mention the tarheel troops. You know, as well as I do, that the glorious troops of NC, such as the 29th, 58th, and 60th , outshined the razorbacks, as well as the Georgia troops. Wish I could say a few good things about the 6th CAV, but I simply can't do it.

David Long

[toptimlrd]

There is one thing that makes Chickamauga unique among Civil War battles and that has yet to be done with a reenactment of it, TREES.

Lee

Um actually at Olustee every year a significant portion of the "action" takes place in the pine forest around the spectator battlefield. I should know I think I found every exposed root and hole while maneuvering through it this past year ;-).

[brown30741]

Mr. Long,
Clean out the private message folder. I have a really mean message about NC troops in the AOT to send you that references the Chickamauag trailer of doom.

[Chipenski]

So anyone got any updates on this?