About this Event
Free Event Soldiers’ School of Instruction on Mespo Commons April 24, 2021Offering: Soldiers’ Bag lunch $7.00 pp Mespo Museum Historical Meeting House Noon - 1:00 pm. Walk inDinner & VictorianDance with Civil War Reenactors and string orchestra: $15 pp at Mespo Center 5:30 pm Dinner; 7:30 Dance Mespo Event Center, 4300 Kinsman Road, Mesopotamia, OH 44439 EventBrite ticketing or call.https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mesopotamia-civil-war-encampment-dinner-dance-tickets-147288043503
Living History on the Mesopotamia Commons
Civil War Reenactors, soldiers and civilians alike, will be participating in a first time educational event in the Mesopotamia Soldiers’ School of Instruction on April 24-25th, Mesopotamia, Ohio. Saturday’s activities will focus on military training for the soldiers with various drills and tactical training. Sunday 9 am - 12 pm the troops will have a tactical with marching in formation and on the battlefield.
In addition to Blue and Gray camps set up on the beautiful Commons of Mesopotamia Saturday will feature living historians demonstrating educational, first-hand historical tasks for example, wool being spun into yarn; cooking over a campfire; laundresses demonstrating essential services to doctors and soldiers; civil war medicine and herbs; how troops march in formation and battle on the field. A Civil War Ladies Tea will be held in the Mespo Town Hall 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Historical Presenters in designated buildings will be presenting special topics of interest on Saturday the 24th, such as President and Mrs. Jefferson Davis; Major Pauline Cushman, Spy of the Cumberland; History of the Flags; Naval Battle of the War; Daguerreotype; President Stanton, Secretary of War; President & Mrs. Lincoln, General Garfield
Help Support our History!
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED!
A Civil War Soldier’s sack lunch $7 (sandwich, fry pie, fruit, cheese, beverage)Noon to 1:00 pm walk in
Evening fried chicken dinner with Victorian dance and string orchestra $15 Per Person for an historical evening. A chance to wear your Ball gown! Tickets through Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mesopotamia-civil-war-encampment-dinner-dance-tickets-147288043503
Contact: Ted Dudra at 330-896-9063 or Darcy Miller at 330-550-0285 information.
Camp of Instruction
Mesopotamia, Ohio
April 23-25, 2021
FRIDAY
3:00 pm Registration opens at the Shelter House in the Park
7:30 Commanders Meeting at Command AG tent
11:00 Registration closes
12:00 Extinguish Lights Camp Quiet
SATURDAY
6:00 am Registration opens at the Shelter House in the Park
6:30 Reveille
7:00 Breakfast for all registered at the Museum
7:15 Consolidated reports to Command AG
8:15 First Call
8:30 Assembly
Battalion Dress Parade/ Formation
9:00 March to assigned Drill Field
Schools of Instruction at assigned locations
11:00 Registration closes
12:00 Bag Lunches available for pre-paid reenactors at Museum
4:30 Birney’s Division Annual meeting location TBD
5:30 Supper for pre-paid reenactors at Mespo Expo
7:30 Dance at Mespo Expo
12:00Extinguish Lights Camp Quiet
SUNDAY
6:30 am Reveille
7:15Consolidated reports to Command AG
8:30 Commander’s meeting for tactical at Command AG tent
9:00 Church Call
10:15 First Call
10: 30 Assembly
Battalion Dress Parade/ Formation/Weapons Inspection
March to assigned staging areas for morning tactical
11:00 Tactical
Cease Fire / assembly / clear weapons
Return to Camp
Break Camp
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mespo Center, 4300 Kinsman Road, Mesopotamia, United States
USD 15.00