September 5, 6, 7 2009.  Dade City Battle.  Pioneer Florida Museum and Village.  Some things that will take place during the weekend will be a mock court martial, 1860's fashion show (Monday), traditional craft demonstrations, museum, and more.  Artillery must pre-register and contact Anderson (email below).  Directions: One mile north of downtown Dade City, off US 301 at 15602 Pioneer Museum Road.  Florida Museum is a nonprofit organization. For information, check their website at www.pioneerfloridamuseum.org or contact Scott Anderson at sutler7@knology.net

 

 

September 26, (Saturday), 2009.  Blue and Grey Cotillion (Saturday 8pm to 11pm).  Pinellas Park Civic Auditorium located at 7690 59th Street North, Pinellas Park, Fl., 33781.  All reenactors both Federal and Confederate are welcome.  Period correct dress requested but not required.  Sponsored by the 97th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company A.  Beginning at 8:00 PM until 11:00pm at the Pinellas Park Civic Auditorium, 7690 59th Street.  The 97th Pennsylvania String Band to provide music.  Admission is $15.00 per person or $25.00 per couple at the door.  No advance ticket sales.  Door prizes and snacks provided (soft drinks extra).  For information, email RADM11@msn.com  or check out their website at http://www.97thpvicoa.us   Driving directions: From central Florida, take I-4 West to I-275 South.  Get off 275 at exit 28 (Gandy Blvd. old exit #15).  The exit ramp will go left and curve around keep going straight to the Hwy. 19 exit.  Go straight across 19 and you will be on Park Blvd (S.R. 694).  Go straight west and at the railroad tracks make a quick right.  The auditorium is off the road next to the Police Station on 59th St. North.

 

 

November 6, 7, 8, 2009.  25th Annual Ocklawaha River Raid.  NOTICE: NEW LOCATION.  The event will now take place at the Carriage Museum located at 3000 Marion County Road, Wiersdale, FL. 32195.  This re-enactment is hosted by the 4th Florida Infantry, Company G., 2nd Battalion, Hardy's Brigade.  This event commemorates the March 1865 Union army raid on plantations east of Ocala in Marion County and the resulting skirmish with local Confederate forces near the Ocklawaha River.  All branches of service and civilian reenactors are invited and welcomed.  Powder rations will be provided to the first eight cannons pre-registered by October 25.  Hay rations will be provided for all horses pre-registered by October 25.  Firewood and water provided on site.  Sutlers are requested to pre-register; for registration details contact the host unit at the address shown below.  The weekend will include two battles, a replica period homestead, numerous Living History events, civilian activities including a Ladies' Tea and a Saturday night ball.  The event has a new website located at  www.ocklawahariverraid.com    For more information, contact Lt. Col. Keith Kohl at cog4flainf@aol.com

 

 

November 20, 21, 22, 2009.  Raid On The Suwannee River.  Live Oak, Florida.  Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park.  New Re-enactment.   Maximum Effort Hardee Corps Event.  Usual amenities, plus RV hook-ups (electric and water - no sewer) and cabin rentals.  General store, restaurant, and showers on site.  Battlefield clear of modern intrusions.  Original Confederate earthworks nearby.  This park offers everything a camper could ask for.  Way too much to list here.  Special cavalry information:  Cavalrymen make sure you read all the items about mounted cavalry.  There are some different cavalry requirements at this event.  When you arrive at registration with your horse, you will have to pay a $25 per horse refundable barn stall fee.  At the end of the event (Sunday) if your stall is cleaned, your $25 fee will be refunded.  No picket lines are allowed and all horses must be kept in their barn.  There will be a $15 bounty paid for each horse used in the battles.  All reenactors must pre-register through the US Mail.  A special website has been set up for the Suwannee Raid.  You can print out registration forms and find out a lot more about this event at http://www.floridareenactorsonline.com/SuwanneeIndex.htm  Check out the Park's website for additional details at http://www.musicliveshere.com/  Directions: From I-10, take exit #283 and go north on US 129 for 4.5 miles.  From I-75, take exit #451 and go south for 4.5 miles.  Look for the signs - "Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park".  The park is located between I-10 and I-75.  The park's address is 3076 95th Drive, Live Oak, Florida 32060.

 

 

 

 

December 13, 2009.  Christmas at the Gamble Plantation (from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM).  Gamble Plantation Historic State Park in Ellenton (just north of Bradenton).  Authentic Confederate encampment in front of the only surviving plantation house in South Florida.  The day's activities will include period music, demonstrations of Civil War-era crafts and skills, weapons displays, sutlers and medical exhibit.  The mansion will be decorated in 19th century holiday fashion.  Check the park's website at www.floridastateparks.org/gambleplantation or call 941-723-4536.  The park is located in Ellenton FL. off I-75, just north of Bradenton. 

 

 

 

January 15, 16, 17, 2010.  The 146th anniversary of the actual Federal raid on the town of Brooksville and the 29th annual Brooksville Raid, Brooksville, Florida.  Hosted by the Hernando Historical Museum Assoc. and North Pinellas Scout Sertoma Club.  The Brooksville Raid is known as the biggest and the best Civil War Reenactment in Florida.  Last year over 2,000 reenactors, 21 cannons and 51 mounted cavalrymen attended.  Your help is needed for the school day on Friday the 15th (over 1,200 students attended last year).  Cavalrymen - This year the Brooksville Raid will not supply hay for the cavalry horses.  In place of the hay ration, a Horse Hay-Bounty will be distributed to the cavalrymen.  The bounty will be $10 per horse to first 40 pre-registered horses who participate in the battle.  The hay bounty will be handled at the registration desk when the cavalryman signs in.  If you did not pre-register yourself and your horse, you will not get the $10 bounty.  Remember to bring your own hay for your horse - no hay will be on site.  All horses and mules are required to show current coggins papers at the registration desk before the horse is allowed on the property.  The event will supply tent and sleeping hay to the infantrymen.  Two battles (2:30pm); one Sat. one Sun.  Ladies tea will be held at 11:00am Saturday (the women put a lot into this tea and I have been told it is one of the best anywhere), Blue/Gray Ball Sat night at 8:00pm, church Sun. morning.  A $2.00 donation to the event will be required for all reenactors and adult family members participating in the Brooksville Raid.   All reenactors will receive a raffle ticket upon registering for a $100.00 gift certificate (five to be given away) to be used at any of the sutlers in Sutlers Row during the event.  The winners will be posted throughout the camps and at the ball Saturday evening.  Any and all proceeds from this event are split evenly between North Pinellas Sertoma and the Heritage Museum.  Meals and hot showers will be available from the North Pinellas Co. Scout Sertoma Club, Friday evening through Sunday, for a nominal fee.  Due to the incredible amount of artillery attending the Raid, the artillery bounty will be a little different this year.  One bounty per unit ($100) will be given to the first twenty pre-registered cannons only.  The Raid is held at the Sand Hill Boy Scout Camp on US Hwy 50.  The battle is 10 miles West of Brooksville.  The entrance is on Hwy 50.  Take Hwy. 50 West.  Go through Brooksville, keep going West about 10 miles, and look for the signs.  More information at NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS http://www.brooksvillereenactment.com/

 

 

 

 

February 26, 27, 28 2010.  The 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Re-enactment Regiment, in cooperation with the Pinellas County Parks Department and Fort DeSoto Park, will host an American Civil War Weekend Encampment and Historical Battle Reenactment at the Fort DeSoto Park located in Tierra Verde on the Southern-most tip of Pinellas County, Florida. The civil war era camps will be open FREE to the public from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. each day. Participants will be depicting both Union and Confederate infantry, artillery, cavalry (limited), and civilian impressions. On Friday, February 20, 2009, the camps will be open for tours by elementary school children from surrounding cities and counties. On Saturday and Sunday, camps will be open to the public with ongoing events all day, climaxing with an historical battle re-enactment each afternoon at 1:30 pm. Other civil war activities will include period sutlers and vendors, a mock military trial and execution, artillery demonstrations, infantry drills, 'ladies afternoon tea', drum and fife music performances and civil war medical demonstrations. A limited number of re-enactor modern camping spaces will be available on a first contact, first served basis. Contact us for your reservation now because modern campers showing up on the day of the event without a reservation will not be allowed to camp. FREE firewood, hay for sleeping, and ice. We encourage re-enactors to arrive on Thursday, February 19, 2009 to participate in our 'school day' program for almost 1,000 school children in Pinellas County. We would like to ask participating units and artillery to let us know in advance if they are coming to the event.  We have a $50 cash bounty for the first 6, pre-registered artillery units, with a cannon (3 Union, 3 Confederate) and $10 cash bounty for the first 10, pre-registered mounted cavalry that attend the event. Sutlers by invitation only.  For information or reservations, contact David Glenn, at (727) 430-8136, email: coa_97thpa@hotmail.com  or write: 97th Pennsylvania Vol. Inf., Event Coordinator, 14172 Sharon Drive, Largo, Florida, 33774.

 

 

 

March 12, 13, 14, 2010.  13th Annual Battle at Crystal River, FL.  This is a maximum effort Hardy's Brigade event.  Sponsored by the Nature Coast Civil War Reenactment Committee, Inc.  The reenactment will be held once again at the Holcim, Inc. property site.  Powder ration for all pre-registered artillery pieces. School day is Friday, March 13th from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact Marci Bruno at mandibruno@webtv.net if you would like to participate in the Education Day activities.  All reenactors who help with school day will receive a free BBQ meal Friday night.  A registration fee of $2 per reenactor nine years old and up to be paid at the time of sign-in at the registration desk.  Medallions must be worn by all reenactors nine years old and up while on property.  No four wheelers on battlefield or outside of modern camp.  Authentic Civil War Era Sutlers only.  Sutlers, please contact Bill and Diane Micklon at trechuck@tampabay.rr.com for specifics.  Live fire cannon demonstration will be held during the weekend as well as live fire musket competition and mortar contest.  Contact Ray Smutko at ray1861@earthlink.net for more information on these activities.  Civil War Battles take place at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with pyrotechnic blasts for effects, including an exploding house.  A ladies tea will be held Saturday morning.  There will be an 1860's dance for reenactors and guests featuring the 97th PA. Regimental String Band on Saturday night.  Sunday morning Church service in the barn.  Authentic camps for CSA and USA.  Hay, wood and water on site for authentic and modern camps.  Modern camping (no hook-ups) on site.  Directions: Seven miles northwest of Crystal River along US 19/98, site is on the west side of the road.  Site entrance signs will be on the highway.  From Dunnellon, take CR 448 west, turn north on US 19/98; or SR 40 west to Inglis, turn south on US 19/98.  From Orlando, take the Florida Turnpike north to I-75, exit at first exit at Wildwood (SR 44) to US 19, turn north to Crystal River and follow the signs.  As you pass over the railroad tracks, get in the left lane. go about a mile and turn left into the small one lane entrance road.  GPS position: N28.59.281 W082.38.889  Pre-registration forms for artillery and sutlers are online, others need not pre-register.  www.crystalriverreenactment.org  Snail mail correspondence to NCCWC, Inc, P.O. Box 640012 Beverly Hills FL., 34464.  NCCW Reenactment Committee: M. Hoffman (President) at pvt-hoffman@earthlink.net Curtis Peters (Vice-President) at curtis.peters@holcim.com Marcie Bruno (Secretary) at mandibruno@webtv.net John Porter (Treasurer) at  jlporter@embarqmail.com

 

 

 

 

April 17, 18, 2010.  Parrish Train Raid (southwest Florida).  The Parrish Train Raid is definitely a one of  a kind event.  This a small event with two short battles per day, one at 11am and one at 2pm.  Well, not really battles but attacks on the train as it passes.  The train stops and is boarded by the Federals or Confederates and "captured" or the attackers are driven off by the soldiers on the train.  Reenactors in period dress will be allowed to ride the train free.  There will be time to interact with the public both on and off the train if you like.  Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry and civilians are invited.  Confederates will camp to the north near the wood line and Federals to the south near the wood line (firewood and water will be provided).  Driving directions: Follow I-275 south until it hits I-75.  Parrish is easy to find.  From south Fla. take I-75 north to Ellenton like you are going to Gamble Plantation. Instead of turning to the west, turn east on Hwy 301 to the town of Parrish.  From Lakeland, go south on Highway 37 (It dead ends in to Highway 62).  Turn west or right on Highway 62 toward Parrish.  When you hit Highway 301, turn right and immediately right into the Post Office.  The train stop is right behind the Post Office.  From Orlando, come Highway 17 south to just south of Bowling Green.  Turn west on Highway 62 and take it all the way to 301. Preregistration is appreciated but not required.  For further information, contact Barry King at king75thovi@aol.com

 

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The events listed below were furnished by Bob Neipert of Reenactors Online and reproduced here with his permission.  We will try to do as many as possible depending on time availability and other important considerations. Please check with either

Sergeant Major Eanes or 1st Sergeant Stockwell as the dates draw near for confirmation.