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I see a huge difference... You're going to GAC and I'm going to the BGA Gettysburg.

People on this forum can draw their own conclusions from that simple fact.

BTW... I went to At High Tide as...

Actually, the extra event is being put on for me... seriously. Pete Berezuk wanted an event Cap'n Dougie wouldn't go to. I also don't need to worry about seeing every artillery piece pulled into...

Ross, in all seriousness this thread is mostly blow hards performing internet self-felatio. It was never a serious discussion and those doing most of the talking are just stroking their own "egos"....

Yes I did. But I didn't miss your gleeful response.

First off, if you don't have the sand to use your real name on a forum, then your opinion about the hobby doesn't matter.

Second, I deplore...

I agree with much of that but need to identify some alternate...

If you call yourself a "Farb" enough you will become one. It doesn't build 'humility' it only builds 'complancency'...

Instead...

BGA for dozens of good reasons... Most notably, non-profit and non-circus.

PLUS, if it irks "Colonel Dave" for me to be elsewhere, that just makes it all the sweeter.

Sean, you grab other people by their "stacking swivel" to correct their attitude or alignment. But that turn of a phase is not very period. But I do concur... if its not about remembering our...

This is rich... "Colonel Dave" suggesting others should spend some time in the ranks. I'd say "Kettle... please meet Pot"

Saturday Morning Reville was an interesting animal at Perryville. Us...

Ross... thanks for having my back. I know my sarcasm is not well appreciated.

I've seen a few different mentions about what sort of paper to use for cartridges. The Columbia Rifles Research...

Most 'enactors are lazy and stupid. If you showed an average guy at a reenactment a properly recreated cartridge they would look at you like you had lobsters crawling from your ears.

I have never...

In my opinion, there have been two Shilohs and then two Antietams and plans for two Gettysburgs because the same-old, same-so doesn't cut it for most reenactors now and some leaders are offering...

OK, I just can't leave this alone... Darts? Why would a soldier sew a dart into his sleeve. But for starters, no one should take sewing advice from someone who doesn't know the conjugation of the...

Zachary, too many variables. Jackets (except for the mounted service) were not standard issue items and there is limited information available on them. There were tens of thousands of state and...

Actually, I'm pretty well regarded by people serious about living history. Anyone asking about doing Foreign Observer impressions passes my "tool" test.

Oh, I can be found at many good events and...

Why? There were like four Europeans who can be documented as observers who "visited" the armies and they wore civilian clothing in most cases. Even more rare than Vivandieres and Gal-Troops.
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Well, I don't generally go to events so poorly planned that they need to ask for units to switch their side in the course of the event. I know how hard it is for event organizers, but when they set...

If I may ask... Why are you replacing a perfectly good leather canteen strap with a cotton webbing one?

Where do you get your assertion that the BGA runs their events for Profit? As far as I know they haven't "turned" a profit yet and no individual receives payment except for published bounties and...

Eli,

You should break that up into a serial and publish a section each month leading up to the big anniversary events next year... Gettysburg... Chickamauga...

The pontoon construction efforts for "Fire on the Rappahannock" will be documented on Facebook in the 15th NY Engineers - Fire on the Rappahannock group.

The next work weekend is August 4-5 and...

Phil, I'll get the word out when the details are settled with the powers that be. All the old and young hands will get the info. I promise.

Oh Yes, the 135ths or the other stuff we did was "better" and all youse guys will "never" have experiences as "good" as what "we" had.

YAWN!

I know I'm being a broken record, but please... if...

Mr. Swart,

There is a pair of Marine Corps linen trousers in the Union "Echoes of Glory". They follow a pre-war pattern as I recall with two piece legs, as opposed to Federal Arsenal trousers...

Bill, to consider in your portrayal is that in the mid 19th Century there was a much more 'romantic' notion of war and sacrifice. The poems of Byron and Tenneyson and literature of writers like...

Why?

Yes, it is a nice even number for a commemoration... but if all you are holding on for in the "hobby" is one last "big spectacle"... I would hope you would quit now and let the rest of us...