Civil War reenactment

Out of all the events I have gone to this is probably the most enjoyable! Not only was it fun but it brought to life in a whole new way what the civil war was like. But I wasn't just a viewer, making the dresses brought to light the reality of making one by hand. Going to this event was like going back into a time when women not only knew their place but didn't step out from their boundaries. And today we blame the state of things on the government? The Civil was was also a time when men were men and knew how to treat women. Recently I've been thinking about the difference between the wars America has had. A lot of people said that WW2 was the turning point for women in the work force. But thinking it over they were only doing what was normal for women in time of war. Taking over the men's jobs was the women's duty. The difference was where the jobs were. In the civil war they were at home. Even the "city" businesses were at home. You lived above your store. Well now that we got the history down, the event was a success! I enjoyed myself a lot!!  

Thank you Courters for telling us about this!

   

 The Girls. From left to right: Me, Jess, Bekah, Anna, Tirzah, Ellie, Es, Mommy, Mrs. Vernier, Tasha.

 The Boys. From left to right: Daniel, Thomas, (behind Daniel) Nathan, Josh,Lincoln, Caleb, Justice, Ian, Robert, Johnny, Jo, Chorals, Joel.

 And the family photo

 Jess says, closer together!

 Robert ready for battle

 Tasha, Es, And Tirzah. Part of the crinoline brigade :)

 Es and Nathan

 The whole grope: Wilsons, Courters, and Verniers

 Another part of the brigade

 Lining up for Virginia Real

 Thomas and Tirzah

 Josh and Es

 Robert and Anna

 Thomas and Anna

 Jess portraying a small home town girl during the Civil War

 Chorals playing the part of an officer

 Ellie sharing her story

 The debate between Yankee and Confederate: "Abraham is the Sovereign!" "O is that so?"

 Praying before the battle: Yankee and Confederate

 Thomas, Nathan and me

Us three
Well the battle turned out better then expected. After it all seemed over and the Yankees had won, a grope of brave confederates attacked the army, freed the captives and won the war. But in real life the Yankees burned the court house and won.
Well all in all it was a pretty good day.