The Civil War comes alive at the Brooksville Re-enactment
It was serendipity when we learned that there was a civil war re-enactment in Brooksville, just down the road from Grandma Liz’s house. It was a good enough reason to head back down to Brooksville to visit for a few days to catch some warmer weather.
- cannon’s getting ready
- successful shot!
It is the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War and this seemed to be quite a large re-enactment. We got there late morning, just in time to catch the cannon shooting contest (yep – 2 cannon’s aiming at targets!).
- lee & hunter at the vendor tents
- period women’s wear
- civil war musicians
We enjoyed wandering the rows of vendor tents and checking out the period clothing, the weaponry and all the miscellaneous things that go with life during the civil war times.
- gun lessons for hunter
- checking it out..
- they are heavy!
- green battalion on the union side
- union battalion lining up
- camp cooks
We really enjoyed being able to wander through the Union and Confederate camps and get a real sense of what life was like during the civil war.
- union marching onto the field
- union marching onto the field
- full union battalion marching onto the field
- confederate soldiers behind bunker
- union approaching the bunker
- cannons are now engaged
We stayed for an hour watching the battle. Although it is “scripted” the actual decisions on the field are real-time decisions made by the Generals. It was definitely interesting to watch, although we were all surprised at how long it took for some of the soldiers to start to die with all the shooting that was going on!
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