After roughly two years of thinking and talking about getting involved in Civil War re-enacting, I finally took the plunge. I signed on with the 4th U.S. Infantry, Company C, an outfit based in historic Fort Steilacoom near Tacoma. I even started a blog for the Company.
This weekend was my first big outing. The 4th put on a School of the Regular — basically a weekend of drilling, eating circa 1863, and hanging out with good guys. I’ve already blogged on the weekend in full on the 4th blog so I won’t again here — except to post a few pics:
Private Jenkins.
Lining up to get afternoon rations.
Onion, hardtack, coffee, rice, bacon -- just like the soldiers did it.
