We live in Stafford County, and during the Civil War both the Union and the Confederate troops traveled through Stafford as they marched to different battle locations. Every year there's a small group of Civil War reenactors who set up an encampment in Stafford.
The camp is set up in the town of Falmouth, which is near the Rappahannock River. Across the river is the city of Fredericksburg, where there was a Civil War battle.
Below was a small skirmish demonstration.
This Confederate officer explained about the different types of rifles used--
and the different styles of uniforms.
This woman told us LOTS of information about the county of Stafford during the Civil War. I thought the most interesting thing she said was that the population of Stafford was decimated during the Civil War and didn't recover it's pre-war numbers until the 1960's, so it took over a hundred years.
This cottage dates back to Civil War times and has been owned by the same family all those years.
This cottage was set up to show how an average family lived, not a wealthy one.
Later in the day there were some cannon firing demonstrations.
Kent had the chance to practice loading the cannon.
It was awesome to learn more about the Civil War history of where we live. We enjoyed our day!
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Maybe you and Dad will have to start participating in those types of re-enactments if you live on the East Coast much longer!
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