Joe Starek and Billy Altman demonstrate the loading of an 1861 Springfield Rifled Musket. Video from the Freeburg, Illinois Homecoming. August 18, 2012. Joe and Billy are members of the Lt. George E. Dixon Camp #1962, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Joe Starek, from the Lt. George E. Dixon Camp #1962, Sons of Confederate Veterans, demonstrates just how dangerous a black powder revolver can be - even when it's loaded with only powder! The Camp was set up at the Homecoming at Freeburg, Illinois on August 18, 2012.
Ms. Novie Fuld as Martha Trent Ragland. The Ragland family bought the McLean House shortly after the surrender of General Lee's Confederate forces to the Union troops under the command of General Grant. In this clip Martha introduces her family. This is part of a longer program recorded on July 12, 2012, at the Lt. George E. Dixon Camp #1962, Sons of Confederate Veterans meeting in Belleville, Illinois.
Ms. Fuld is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. This was Ms. Fuld's first performance as Martha Trent.
Union Gunboats at Fort Henry Tn, February 2, 1862 from John Fulton on Vimeo.
Local Tennessee historian John Walsh talks about the ironclads and timberclads deployed by the Union at the Battle of Fort Henry, February 2, 1862. The ironclads were designed and built by James B. Eads, who designed the iconic Eads Bridge that spans the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.
Chris Tally played Taps during the annual memorial service held at the Confederate Cemetery in Alton, Illinois. The memorial service is sponsored by the Lt. George E. Dixon Camp #1962, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
1354 Confederate Soldiers are buried in unmarked graves. Many died of Smallpox while being held as Prisoners of War.
Chris Tally played Amazing Grace during the annual memorial service held at the Confederate Cemetery in Alton, Illinois. The memorial service is sponsored by the Lt. George E. Dixon Camp #1962, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
1354 Confederate Soldiers are buried in unmarked graves. Many died of Smallpox while being held as Prisoners of War.
Presentation by Walter Hall at the George E. Dixon Camp 1962, March 1, 2012 Camp Meeting. Walter Hall discusses several war crime charges and specification brought against Sherman and contrast them against the laws of war. Camp members vote on each specification in this mock trial.
Presentation by Commander Mark Morgan at the George E. Dixon Camp 1962, March 2, 2012 Camp Meeting. Mark discusses the final home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis located in Beauvior, Mississippi. He covers the purchasing of the home, it's history, the Davis family, and it's restoration as the result of Hurricane Katrina.
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