CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 9 We drill for about another 2 hours until the First Sergeant is hoarse from yelling commands and cussing the recruits for their clumsiness. Leaving the area we drilled in and moving back to our camp, we get with the recruits and tell them they are coming along just fine and not to worry about what …
CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 6 Anyway we fall in for drill. Our company is down to about 30 men from the original amount of about 50. We line up in two ranks. The tall men are toward the front of the line and the short men are at the end of line. I am on the front rank and am …
CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 5 The drums beat for roll call and all the ones that were sort of warm in the blankets start rolling out, putting on their brogans and standing in the ranks shivering, coughing and cussing. We find out we are going to have a damn drill since we got some new recruits and they need to …
“FIX BAYONETS” If there is any order we receive in reenacting that sends a chill up my back, it is this order, “Fix Bayonets.” I guess it is because pulling a 12 inch Civil War bayonet out of its scabbard and attaching to the end of your musket seems to make it more of a lethal weapon. Only about 6% …