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Civil War Encampment

Civil War Encampment at the Glendower Mansion, Lebanon, Ohio,
August 01, and 02, 2009.

A Civil War Encampment was held at the Glendower Mansion in Lebanon, Ohio on August 1st and 2nd, 2009, featuring reinactors from a number of units, displays of weapons, uniforms, cannon firing, rifle firings, and other displays. Units represented included The 35th Ohio Regt. Vol., The 1st Ohio Battery C Artillery, Birges Western Sharpshooters, The 5th Michigan Cavalry, The Sanitary Commission, The 19th U.S. Regulars, and The U. S. Army Signal Corps.

: Staggered unit rifled musket firing.

: Staggered unit rifled musket firing.

: Sniper team firing.

: Sharpshooter firing.

: Demonstration firing between a rifled musket and a 17 shot Sharps Repeating Rifle. No Contest!

: 1841 U. S. Army Field Artillery 6 pound cannon.

: Loading the cannon.

: Boom!

: Reloading.

: Boom!

: Display of Civil War soldiers clothing and other equipment.

: Display of cannon munitions. Bottom row, right to left: 6 lb., 12 lb., and 24 lb. cannon balls. Top row: various types of fragmentation and explosive cannon munitions.

: U.S. Army Signal Corps displays.

: U.S. Army Signal Corps displays.

: U.S. Army Signal Corps displays.

: U.S. Army Signal Corps displays.

: Preparing supper.

: Preparing supper.

: Reinactors tents and equipment.

: Reinactors tents and equipment.

: Reinactors tents and equipment.

: Display of Civil War rifled muskets, rifled carbines, repeating rifles, pistols, and other equipment.

: Views of the encampment.

: Views of the encampment.