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| 5th Annual Civil War Days in White Hall, Illinois "Our Battle of Shiloh" School Day: Friday, October 2, 2009 Main Event Days: October 3rd & 4th, 2009 Sponsored by the North Greene Chamber of Commerce |
| As you have noticed, we have changed the date of our Civil War Reenactment to the first weekend in October due to the fact the weather was too unpredictable on the second weekend in April. Hopefully, this does not conflict with any plans that you have already made for your 2009 Civil War Reenactment Season! You are more than welcome to walk through our authentic campsites and talk to our reeanactors, shop our period sutlers, drink our old fashioned root beer, eat our kettle corn and food in the food vendor area, and enjoy our various shows throughout the day. Our actual battles are 2:00 P.M. Saturday and Sunday afternoons. You will notice the infantry (foot soldiers) in their blue trim, the cavalry (mounted horsemen) in their yellow trim, and the artillery (with their cannons) in their red trim. The gray uniforms represent the southern confederates, and the dark blue uniforms are worn by our northern union troops. Sometimes, you may notice a green uniform which represents sharpshooters. Also, the Johnny Rebels sometimes wear a butternut (brown-colored) uniform as you will see some of our White Hall soldiers wearing. Some men dress as businessmen and do not wear soldier uniforms. The ladies' attire will be camp gowns, day dresses, tea dresses, travel clothing, and ball gowns. Children are dressed in period costumes, too. Saturday morning, we have a Ladies' Tea. In the mornings, you will see the various units practicing for battle. A special event for all is the blowing up of the outhouse. You may see children in the campgrounds playing with period toys. There are many types of demonstrations throughout the day, including a blacksmith and a mortician. Usually, we hear period stories and songs throughout the day. Local people share their family civil war history with the crowd. You will discover some ladies dressed as soldiers, and there were many women who did just that during the civil war. In the past we have had President Lincoln and his wife, Mary; Mark Twain; and General Grant and his wife, Julia. The Grand Ball will be on grounds under the Big Tent with refreshments and period music on Saturday night. . Sunday morning at 9:00 A.M., we offer you an old-fashioned church service. The public is more than welcome to attend. Come one; come all. Bring your lawn chairs and spend the day. There will be an entrance fee on Saturday and Sunday. Gate charges are $3.00 for adults and children under 12 are FREE. Times: Friday, October 2 from 9 to 2. Saturday, October 3 from 9 to 5. Sunday, October 4 from 9 to 4. |
| Persons, interested in attending our School Days, need to let us know names of schools, number of students and teachers attending, plus a contact person and telephone number. From now on, our School Days will be the first Friday of October, which is October 2nd in 2009. The cut-off date for School Days registrations this year is Friday, September 18th. Also, we will not be providing sack lunches for school children anymore. You may suggest your students bring their own sack lunches, or we will try to have our vendors provide you with a reasonably priced lunch for your convenience. Letting us know the number of those wanting to eat lunches on site would be great since it would help our food vendor(s) know how much food they would need to have made up ahead of time. All educators may direct questions regarding our School Days to Patti Brown. Food vendors, who are interested in setting up at our reenactment need to fill out a vendor form and provide us with proof of insurance. This includes homemade root beer stands, kettle corn booths, and meal food vendors. If you are interested in creating an economically priced meal for children on the School Days, please let us know you are interested when you contact Mark Brown with the rest of your information. Sutlers or period merchandise stores will need to contact us with their information, time they want to set up, so we can be here to guide them to their appointed spots. We will map our event out, and you will all have your assigned area. We would like a number of those attending with you to our event, so we can get an accurate number for our free Saturday night meal. Please, contact Mark Brown to let him know you are interested in attending our event. We will have a MS Word downloadable form on this site for you to fill out with your information and send back to us via email or regular mail for our record keeping. Reenactors may set up Thursday night and all day Friday. You will need to register in the Big Tent or Big Pavilion on the civil war site. You will find a downloadable form that you may fill out and send to Mark Brown, event coordinator. We need group, names, and number including women who plan to camp out with you to obtain an idea of how many dinners we will need to prepare for your free meal Saturday evening. It may be good to know the number of ladies who may want to attend the Saturday tea as well. The Grand Ball will be on site in the Big Tent or large pavilion. If you would be willing to help with our School Days or know of interested parties, please contact Mark or Patti Brown. |
| Mark or Patti Brown RR 1 Box 39 Roodhouse, IL 62082 217-927-4301 home |
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| Daily appearances of Edward L. Hager, White Hall's Little Drummer Boy of Shiloh! |
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| My Favorite Links Mark A. Brown as General Grant Civil War Reenactment Headquarters Turner Brigade Missouri Civil War Reenactment Association 5th Missouri Cavalry |
| *Civil War Reenactor Information Flyer *Civil War Reenactor and Sutler Registration Form *Map to Civil War Days 2009 |
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