Turner Brigade brings Civil War days back to life

[Sherman A1]

PILOT KNOB – You couldn’t blame someone for thinking they were imagining things as the sound of cannon fire reverberated across the Arcadia Valley on March 2 — but what people heard was very real.

For the third year in a row, members of a well-respected Civil War reenacting group, the Turner Brigade, returned to the Fort Davidson Historic Site in Pilot Knob. Made up of infantry, artillery, cavalry and civilian units, the brigade is the largest Union reenacting group in eastern Missouri. It’s grown to more than 150 adult members in recent years. While most Turner Brigade reenactors are from Missouri, the brigade has members from as far away as the state of California.

At Saturday’s all-day event the brigade took part in muster and spring drill, offering spectators an accurate portrayal of life in military and refugee camps during the early to mid-1860s. Spring was traditionally the time during the war when units would reorganize after a long winter, readying themselves for the summer and fall battle campaign season.

As the units drilled, the public received a small sampling of what they can expect to see at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Pilot Knob reenactment to be held Sept. 27-28, 2014, at Fort Davidson.

http://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/turner-brigade-brings-civil-war-days-back-to-life/article_a588ac6c-8dd8-11e2-a5e6-001a4bcf887a.html

[Kali]

1. interesting

http://turnerbrigade.org/anyway/

have some Missouri Turners in my family, wonder if our family name is because of this...