Monthly Archives: May 2011

Title: Old Bedford Village
Location: Old Bedford Village, Bedford, PA
Description: Event: Reenactment – F&I Milice/Native/Provincials
Attendance: Maximum Effort
Contact: Butch Rodgers

Start Date: 2011-08-20
End Date: 2011-08-21

Title: Ft. Hunter Days
Location: Ft. Hunter, Harrisburg, Pa.
Description:
Event type: Living History – All F&I Impressions. Period Living and Battle demonstrations are presented to 10-14 year school students. Th
Attendance: Maximum Effort (Paid)
Contact: Joe Harding

Start Time: 0830
Date: 2011-05-06

Donegal Township Riflemen After Action Report (AAR)
2011 Ft. Hunter French and Indian War Day

Unit Members in Attendance: Dave and Audrey Biser, Steve Braun, Chris Campana, Ron Davis, Chuck Faust, Joe Harding, Bill Imes, Carolyn Kirsch, Jim Ley, Roger Mansfield, Laurie McCarthy, Emilie McGinnis, Jim Parsons, Butch and Joann Rogers, Dennis Weleski
Unit Auxiliary Members in Attendance:
Jeremiah, Rachel, David McGinnis

Unit Member Serving as Event Field (or Brevet) Officer:
N/A
Unit Equipment or Supplies Taken to the Event:
Trailer and all the equipment; set up large kitchen fly, used the new whiskey barrels to hold wooden muskets.

Noteworthy Occurrences (positive or negative) Involving DTR Member(s) (i.e. commendation from event coordinator of field officer, interview by news media, safety violation, etc.):
Carl, the Dauphin County Parks Supervisor, and Julia, the Ft Hunter Park Supervisor, went out of their way to thank DTR for the program.

Chuck repaired the crack in the trailer.
We straightened up and organized the contents of the trailer and used one of the new whiskey barrels to store the wooden muskets, fire irons and metal stakes.
We agreed to keep the trailer as a storage unit and most of the contents for possible future events.
The business cards were distributed for use in recruiting this season.
Suggestions for the Improvement of Our Unit:
Continue to encourage involvement and communication as well as the development of new 18th century skills and knowledge.

Brief General Impressions of Event:
The weather held and the event went well. We had a great turnout from DTR members (17). There were fewer students (325) in attendance this year due to budget cuts and some school district’s new requirement to have a medical professional on site for field trips. This was the first year we did not provide lunch to all attending reenactors and it seemed to go ok.  It also may be helpful to recruit a male Native Reenactor to supplement Carolyn’s trading post station.

Title: Battle of Monmouth
Location: Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Freehold, NJ address: 347 Freehold-Englishtown Rd. Manalapan, NJ 07726-8815
Description: Event: Reenactment – Rev War Rifles
Attendance: Maximum Effort
Contact: Chuck Faust

Note: Participants may arrive on Friday to setup encampment.
Start Date: 2011-06-18
End Date: 2011-06-19

Donegal Township Riflemen After Action Report (AAR) Rev War Riflemen

Name/Location of Event:

Monmouth 1778 Encampment

Monmouth Battlefield State Park

Freehold, NJ

Date(s) of Event:

June 20, 2011

Unit Members in Attendance:

Chuck Faust,  Chris Campana, Ed McGuinn Jesse Campana, Corey McGuinn,  Pat Hanrihan, Jim Ley, Tom Sytsma, Bob Frisch, Chip Frisch

Unit Member Serving as Event Field (or Brevet) Officer:

Chuck Faust

Noteworthy Occurrences (positive or negative) Involving DTR Member(s) (i.e. commendation from event coordinator of field officer, interview by news media, safety violation, etc.):

The event organization gave us an acknowledgement, and a gratitude of thanks for our excellent depiction of a “campaign-style” encampment. The feedback from the public on our depiction as frontier riflemen was overwhelming.

AS A RESULT OF OUR EFFORTS AT THIS EVENT, HARRY STEPHENS HAS GIVEN US TOTAL COMMAND OF THE SCOUTS, RIFLES AND CAMPAIGN CAMP AT THE UPCOMING BATTLE OF WYOMING IN JULY.

Suggestions for the Improvement of Our Unit:

None – every member in attendance portrayed the impression, and actions of a rifle company

without fail.

Brief General Impressions of Event:

This is the annual event sponsored by the 2nd NJ Regiment held every year at the Monmouth Battlefield State Park, and coordinated by the Continental Line’s Mid-Atlantic Department. The battle scenarios at  this year’s event allowed for more movement to take advantage of the enemies advances, allowing us the opportunity to employ our company in typical rifle fashion and gave us the chance to further prove our prowess and capabilities in woods fighting.

OUR GROUP WAS GIVEN THE HONOR OF BEING “CENTER-STAGE” WITH OUR CAMPAIGN STYLE ENCAMPMENT, AND IT ALLOWED US TO INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC WITH OUR IMPRESSION AND OUR “RUSTIC” ENVIRONMENT. WE HAD A VAST AMOUNT OF THE PUBLIC VISIT US AND ASK  QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT ROLE WE PLAYED WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL LINE. WITH OUR POSITION NEAR THE MAIN PATH THROUGH THE PARK (AND IN THE SHADE OF THE TREELINE), WE WERE CONSTANTLY ENGAGED WITH THE SPECTATORS.

OUR GROUP WAS ALSO GIVEN THE HONOR OF OPENING THE ENGAGEMENT FOR BOTH DAYS BY BEING THE ADVANCED SKIRMISH LINE FOR THE ENTIRE CONTINENTAL FORCES. THE OVERALL COMMAND GAVE US “CARTE BLANCHE” TO MOVE AND MANEUVER AS RIFLEMEN SHOULD, WHICH ONLY ENHANCED OUR EXPERIENCE FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT. WE MET EACH RESISTANCE WITH A COMMANDING EFFORT, AND I WISH TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS WHO STEPPED UP THEIR EFFORTS WHILE ENGAGING THE ENEMY ON THE BATTLEFIELD! THIS EVENT WAS UNLIKE COLONIAL PLANTATION IN THAT THERE DID NOT EXIST A SCRIPTED SCENARIO. BUT BOTH SIDES AGREED TO MANEUVER THEIR FORCES AS OPPORTUNITIES AROSE, AND WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF OUR MOBILITY AND MADE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PRESS THE ENEMY ON OUR TERMS.

THERE WAS A SUNDAY MORNING TACTICAL WHICH WE VOLUNTEERED OUR SERVICES AS WELL. THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED TO DATE. HARRY STEPHENS OF THE 24TH CONNECTICUT COMMANDED THE MILITIA WHILE WE PROVIDED A ROAMING FLANKING SUPPORT. OUR EFFORTS WAS SUCCESSFUL IN CUTTING THE ENEMY FORCES INTO TWO SEPARATE GROUPS, WHICH ALLOWED HARRY’S GROUP TO CAPTURE ONE FORCE WHILE WE CONCENTRATED ON FINISHING THE OTHER. AS WE ADVANCED IN A WIDE SKIRMISH LINE THROUGH A FIELD OF EXTREMELY TALL RYE GRASS WE GAVE PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY. WE ADVANCED IN EXCELLENT ORDER FIRING IN TEAMS AND CAUSING THE ENEMY TO RETREAT. WE KEPT UP OUR FIRE AND RUSHED THE AENEMY TO  CAUSE A ROUT TO ENSUE. DURING THIS FINAL CHARGE, I FIRED MY PIECE AND A DEER BEDDED DOWN FOUR (4) FEET IN FRONT OF ME JUMPED UP AND BOLTED FOR A NEARBY HEDGEROW – NEEDLESS TO SAY IT STARTLED ME! IT ONLY ADDED TO THE ADRENALINE THAT WAS ALREADY COARSING THROUGH MY VEINS! IF I HAD AN ACTUAL LOADED RIFLE AT THAT MOMENT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN FEASTING ON VENSION INSTEAD OF PORK!

Title: F&I Encampment & Tactical – Ft. Frederick, MD
Location: Ft. Frederick, MD
Description: Event: Encampment – F&I Milice/Native/Provincials
Attendance: Maximum Effort
Contact: Butch Rodgers
Start Date: 2011-08-27
End Date: 2011-08-28

Title: Battle of Newtown
Location: Newtown Battlefield State Park address: 451 Oneida Road, Elmira, NY 14901
Description: Event: Reenactment – Rev War Rifles
Attendance: Maximum Effort
Contact: Chuck Faust

Event Address: Newtown Battlefield State Park
451 Oneida Road, Elmira, NY 14901

Start Date: 2011-08-26
End Date: 2011-08-28

Title: Army Heritage Day
Location: Army Heritage Educational Center in Carlisle, PA
Description: Event: Living History Rifles & Milice
Attendance: Optional (Paid)
Contact: Joe Harding

Date: 2011-05-21

Title: Battle of Wyoming Valley
Location: Lake Ariel, PA
Description: Event: Reenactment – Rev War Rifles
Attendance: Maximum Effort (National BB/CL Rev War Event)
Contact: Chuck Faust

Event Address: Lake Ariel Pa.
GPS Coordinates of the site are 41.443482, -75.471053
this put you on the field.
Start Date: 2011-07-16
End Date: 2011-07-17

Title: The Siege of Fort Niagara
Location: Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY
Description: Event: Reenactment – F&I Milice/Native/Provincials
Attendance: Maximum Effort
Contact: Butch Rodgers

Start Date: 2011-07-01
End Date: 2011-07-03

Title: Fort Halifax, Pa.
Location: Fort Halifax, Pa.
Description: Event; Reenactment – F&I Milice/Native/Provincials
Attendance: Maximum Effort
Contact: Butch Rodgers

Date: 2011-05-07

Title: Mt. Harmon Plantation
Location: Mt. Harmon Plantation, Elkton, MD
Description: Event: Reenactment – Rev War Rifles
Attendance: Maximum Effort (National BB/CL Rev War Event)
Contact: Chuck Faust

Event Address: Mount Harmon Plantation
600 Mount Harmon Road, Earleville, MD 21919
Start Date: 2011-09-24
End Date: 2011-09-25