Greetings,
the following poem (?) is simple but fun. Will anyone add a verse or two?
Brickhouse Reenactment
by Craig Young
Weather or not your plans are made
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
When traveling south with your pards
Rebels Yells mix with Yankees Huzzahs
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
When the Union rules the battlefield
Wind may blow and your nose may turn blue
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
When you are marching with your pards
Rain may fall and your tent may be wet
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
When you are singing by the campfire with your pards
Hardcores camp at the motel and you be on the field
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
when you see the Elephant dancing in the rain
The stars may come out and the temperature may fall
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
When you are spooning with your pards
Hard times come and come again and you are there
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
when you come home with all those tall tales
Pvt/Lt Craig Young
3rd Maine, company A
"I ain't as good as I once was. But I'm as good once as I ever was. I used to be Hell on wheels Back when I was younger man. Now my body says 'You can't do this boy' But my pride says 'Oh, yes you can."
Pvt Craig Young ./.
Dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum
While we have the time, let us do good
3rd Maine, Dirigo Base Ball Club, & 3rd Maine Tobogganeers
Greetings,
It just another day in the land of reenacting...
Brickhouse:
Flood Watch in effect through Sunday morning...
This Afternoon
Widespread rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Humid with highs in the lower 70s. Temperature falling into the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
Tonight
Rain. Heavy at times. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Sunday
Cloudy. Rain likely in the morning...then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Pvt/Lt Craig Young
3rd Maine, company A
"I ain't as good as I once was. But I'm as good once as I ever was. I used to be Hell on wheels Back when I was younger man. Now my body says 'You can't do this boy' But my pride says 'Oh, yes you can."
Pvt Craig Young ./.
Dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum
While we have the time, let us do good
3rd Maine, Dirigo Base Ball Club, & 3rd Maine Tobogganeers
Did anyone from the Third go? I know a lot of people cancelled - Mike and I cancelled right before we were ready to leave Friday morning because of the flash flood warnings. Mike was very disappointed and so was I.
I stayed home today and tried a hardtack recipe. This stuff is REALLY hard.
As far as I am aware (and this comes from 1st Sgt. Lawson, so it must be correct), no one from the Third Maine travelled 6+ hours to be drowned in Montgomery NY. I had to bow out on Thursday due to a death in Kathy's family. Once the extent of the water became certain, the balance of the company had the wisdom to stay dry at home. It is a shame as we were all looking forward to finally getting to Brickhouse for the first time. Maybe it will happen next year.
I called the Brickhouse Museum to ask them if the program was on, and they said the events were completely rained out yesterday (that was Sergant Lawson's prediction) and there were only about 25 or less reenactors there now, almost all from the 124th NY, and they were going to try to resume with a limited program including mostly some demonstrations.
A friend of mine who lives in Saratoga, which is a couple of hours north said that there were flood warnings being broadcast all day yesterday, including advising people not to travel if they could avoid it.
I am disappointed it didn't go off, I was looking forward to it, but this is one of those things that just wasn't meant to be, I guess.
Found this article online tonight. The following excerpt says enough.
October 09, 2005
Civil War battle defeated by rain
By Alexa James
Times Herald-Record
Montgomery – The rain beats down, like shrapnel from the sky, on the wool caps and coats of the Union soldiers.
A drummer boy ties an orange ribbon around the gold button on his jacket. Only 14 years old, Andrew Camporeale has seen battle before. If he falls on the field, he says, someone from the 124th Orange Blossoms will recognize the ribbon and help him.
This is the 10th anniversary of the Orange Blossoms' Civil War Re-enactment weekend, held each fall on the grounds of the Orange County Farmers Museum. The nonprofit organization is part of the United States Volunteers, a national Civil War living history contingent.
Some seasons, the Union troops of the 124th win. Other years it's the Confederate soldiers. This year, the rain forced all to surrender.
A few Orange Blossoms huddle together inside the post-and-beam cabin they built this year. It's modeled after the Bryan House in Gettysburg and still smells like freshly sawed wood.
Leaving tomorrow night for a two night Boy Scout camporee at the historic Narramissic Homestead in Bridgton. Even though we will have all of the "comforts" of modern camping equipment, the outlook is rather bleak.
Tom..if you see me floating through Bridgton (along with my son and his Scout friends)..be sure to throw me a line.
Last time I went camping with my boys and the scouts was around this time of year and it was so cold I couldn't sleep. I got up and walked around at dawn and I could see hard frost on the cars.
It was still fun, and I wish I could spend more time with my kids like that. As teenagers they don't seem to want to do a lot of stuff with dad anymore, especially when their friends are around!
having been to at least two brickhouse events I can tell you this.
their battlefield had to be one big pool. it lies in a sunken bowl with a stream/drainage ditch running along it even on dry weekends there are sections of it that stay damp....I had vowed after a dire prediction of rain and mayhem at last years Ryegate that turned out good to never let the weather short of a hurricane stop me from going to an event.....the weather channel would have stopped me from this one.....
Seamus (the confederate webfooted warrior)
"it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifing......nothing"
MacBeth
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thinking of my lads so far away
Greetings,
the following poem (?) is simple but fun. Will anyone add a verse or two?
Brickhouse Reenactment
by Craig Young
Weather or not your plans are made
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
When traveling south with your pards
Rebels Yells mix with Yankees Huzzahs
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
When the Union rules the battlefield
Wind may blow and your nose may turn blue
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
When you are marching with your pards
Rain may fall and your tent may be wet
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
When you are singing by the campfire with your pards
Hardcores camp at the motel and you be on the field
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
when you see the Elephant dancing in the rain
The stars may come out and the temperature may fall
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
When you are spooning with your pards
Hard times come and come again and you are there
But that ain’t nothing, nothing at all
when you come home with all those tall tales
Pvt/Lt Craig Young
3rd Maine, company A
"I ain't as good as I once was. But I'm as good once as I ever was. I used to be Hell on wheels Back when I was younger man. Now my body says 'You can't do this boy' But my pride says 'Oh, yes you can."
yep about right
its october, its a brickhouse weekend and its Raining....
TRADITION! TRADITION!(think fiddler on the roof)
Seamus
"it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifing......nothing"
MacBeth
Tradition....
The Floodiiiiiiiiing.... the Flodding..........The Flooding!
Major Eric R. Reeder
CSO, 1st Division ANV, Staff
Liberty Hill Signals
2nd Lt Eric R. Reeder United States Army Corps of Topographic Engineers "Hawks and Eagles fly like Doves"
It's the worst day since yesterday
Greetings,
It just another day in the land of reenacting...
Brickhouse:
Flood Watch in effect through Sunday morning...
This Afternoon
Widespread rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Humid with highs in the lower 70s. Temperature falling into the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
Tonight
Rain. Heavy at times. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Sunday
Cloudy. Rain likely in the morning...then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Pvt/Lt Craig Young
3rd Maine, company A
"I ain't as good as I once was. But I'm as good once as I ever was. I used to be Hell on wheels Back when I was younger man. Now my body says 'You can't do this boy' But my pride says 'Oh, yes you can."
Did anyone from the Third
Did anyone from the Third go? I know a lot of people cancelled - Mike and I cancelled right before we were ready to leave Friday morning because of the flash flood warnings. Mike was very disappointed and so was I.
I stayed home today and tried a hardtack recipe. This stuff is REALLY hard.
http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/hardtack.htm
Smart Moves
As far as I am aware (and this comes from 1st Sgt. Lawson, so it must be correct), no one from the Third Maine travelled 6+ hours to be drowned in Montgomery NY. I had to bow out on Thursday due to a death in Kathy's family. Once the extent of the water became certain, the balance of the company had the wisdom to stay dry at home. It is a shame as we were all looking forward to finally getting to Brickhouse for the first time. Maybe it will happen next year.
Capt. Gowen
Good call indeed
8.51 inches of rain is reported for Montgomery, NY since this recent storm started and are still under a flood watch.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/NY/Montgomery.html#PUB
I was searching the internet looking for news of weather the event actually took place but could not find any word one way or another.
--
Michael Johnson
Looks like yesterday was cancelled
I called the Brickhouse Museum to ask them if the program was on, and they said the events were completely rained out yesterday (that was Sergant Lawson's prediction) and there were only about 25 or less reenactors there now, almost all from the 124th NY, and they were going to try to resume with a limited program including mostly some demonstrations.
A friend of mine who lives in Saratoga, which is a couple of hours north said that there were flood warnings being broadcast all day yesterday, including advising people not to travel if they could avoid it.
I am disappointed it didn't go off, I was looking forward to it, but this is one of those things that just wasn't meant to be, I guess.
Article from the Times Herald-Record online
Found this article online tonight. The following excerpt says enough.
The entire article can be read online at:
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/10/09/ajcivilw.htm
--
Michael Johnson
looks like the rain is going to get me after all
Leaving tomorrow night for a two night Boy Scout camporee at the historic Narramissic Homestead in Bridgton. Even though we will have all of the "comforts" of modern camping equipment, the outlook is rather bleak.
Tom..if you see me floating through Bridgton (along with my son and his Scout friends)..be sure to throw me a line.
Camping in October
heh.
Last time I went camping with my boys and the scouts was around this time of year and it was so cold I couldn't sleep. I got up and walked around at dawn and I could see hard frost on the cars.
It was still fun, and I wish I could spend more time with my kids like that. As teenagers they don't seem to want to do a lot of stuff with dad anymore, especially when their friends are around!
So, enjoy it, it doesn't last forever!
more than a traditional brickhouse!
having been to at least two brickhouse events I can tell you this.
their battlefield had to be one big pool. it lies in a sunken bowl with a stream/drainage ditch running along it even on dry weekends there are sections of it that stay damp....I had vowed after a dire prediction of rain and mayhem at last years Ryegate that turned out good to never let the weather short of a hurricane stop me from going to an event.....the weather channel would have stopped me from this one.....
Seamus (the confederate webfooted warrior)
"it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifing......nothing"
MacBeth