+ Burning of Atlanta + Onward to Lebanon

49TH INDIANA COMPANY F
VOL 42 NO 7 | SEPT 2014
ESTABLISHED IN THE RE-ENACTING COMMUNITY IN 1974
Rank & File
THE VOICE OF THE 49TH INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY COMPANY F
+ Burning of Atlanta
+ Onward to Lebanon
FIND INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE; WWW.49THINDIANA.COM
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Volume 42 Issue 7
Rank & File
THE VOICE OF THE 49TH INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY COMPANY F
A founding member of the “Army of the Wabash”
A founding member of the “Cumberland Guard”
V OLUME 42 | I SSUE 7
49TH INDIANA COMPANY F
C/O ROBERT VAN
6085 WALNUT COURT
BROWNSBURG, IN 46112
U.S.A
Rob Van, Captain
T: 317.557.2244
E: [email protected]
Fred Leickly, Lieutenant
T: 317.896.2311
E: [email protected]
Ivan G. Vargas, Editor
T: 317.997.0864
E: [email protected]
The mission of the 49th Indiana, Company F is
to preserve Indiana’s Civil War heritage and
to educate the public, as living historians,
about the vital role the events of the civil war
played in directing the course of our nation.
The 49th Indiana, Company F is Indiana’s oldest and largest nonprofit organization devoted to portraying life during the American Civil
War. Since 1974, we have represented Indiana’s civil war heritage in movies and documentaries, for newspapers and TV, and at
schools, museums and reenactments across
the US. For more information, please contact
Fred Leickly at 317-896-2311 or visit our website
at http://www.49thindiana.com. The Rank &
File is the membership magazine of the 49th
Indiana Company F.
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DEPARTMENTS
THE CAPTAIN’S DESK
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FROM THE TRENCHES
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FINANCES
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CALENDAR
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NEXT EVENT
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LINKS
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WHO WE ARE
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POSTER
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49TH INDIANA COMPANY F
Find us on the Internet
49thindiana.com
The official website of the 49th Indiana Co. F
COMPANY DUES
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embership dues
are due at the
beginning of every
year. If you write a
check, please
make it payable to “Robert Van”, NOT
“49th Indiana”
$15 : Membership with eNewsletter
$20 : Family Membership with eNewsletter
Send payment (check preferred) to :
49th Indiana
C/o Rob Van
6085 Walnut Court
Brownsburg, IN 46112
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MESSAGE FROM HEADQUARTERS
A LETTER FROM THE CAPTAIN
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appreciate everyone who made
the trip to Hastings and as able to
participate. It proved to be an interesting experience for me. I think
one moment that stands out for me
was, as we were staging for battle one of the
days, I went up to the artillery commander
and asked him what his plans were, and he
looked at me and said “They haven’t told us
yet”. (Of course, realizing that I was the
‘they’).
I
the 11th likely the second largest. As I mentioned in my e-mail, we will have a couple
folks marching with us for the first time (Ethan
Ashley and Tony Willoughby) so I’d ask you
keep an eye out for them.
Anyway, I mentioned on some Facebook
posts some of the positives and negatives for
the weekend, the event folks will have to decide whether they want me to command the
event in 2015.
I also sent an e-mail out about Lebanon…we
will have a father/two sons group marching
with us and they will be looking for some uniform help (Brian Harris and sons). Please keep
an eye out for them as well.
We are on the edge of a pretty large event,
Atlanta. Speaking for myself, I may not be
down in time for the Friday evening battle, so
Ian will need to take control. It looks like,
based on the numbers, we all may fall in together as one AOW company. The 49th will
have the largest component of troops, and
Travel safe, see you in Atlanta!
I have asked a couple times some specifics in
regards to what group / battalion we will be
camped with, so as I get that information I will
pass it on either on e-mail or the Facebook
page.
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OFFICIAL INVITATION FROM
THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Confederate States of America
150 TH B ATTLE OF F RANKLIN
Men of the 49th Indiana,
On behalf of the Earl Zeckman, commander of the Military Department of the Mississippi, I
would like to personally invite you to join us for this once in a lifetime event. The event will be
the weekend of November 14-16 and will take place in the brand new Eastern Flank property
located adjacent to the Carnton Plantation. This is an invitation only event that will allow us
to do battle scenarios that you normally would not see at a larger event. We have currently
registered 450 confederate infantry and we are looking for a similar number of Federal
troops. The city of Franklin has committed to build 250 yards of Breastworks that will stand 3 -4
feet in height, as well as supply 150-200 split rail fence pieces so you will be allowed to reinforce the works. The number on both sides will allow us to have constant battles with out anyone sitting on the sideline waiting to fight. We are doing the breakthrough on Saturday were
the Confederates will actually break through the federal lines and engage hand to hand
with the men who portray 125th Ohio Sunday will be the " Eastern Flank" battle with the Confederate army once again charging the earth works with the similar unique experiences
planed. We will camp on the Carnton Plantain grounds which will allow short walks to the
battle, and a wonderful back drop for our camps. The camp area is going to be very tight,
so only dog tents, campaign, and A frames are allowed. The only tents that can have flies
attached to them are battalion commanders, and Wall tents are also only allowed for Battalion commanders because of the size of the field. If anyone wants to register please reach
out to Earl Zeckman at [email protected], or if you have general questions please
email me at [email protected]
Please join us for this wonderful event. This event is being planed for Reenactors, by Reenactors
so if anyone has any suggestions or input please let me know.
Brian Mercke
Brian Mercke
Confederate General
Franklin
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FROM THE TRENCHES
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM CAPT. VAN ...
Some information on upcoming events and other things..
Atlanta (09/19/2014 – 09/21/2014). MAX Effort. You can register on site or at www.atlantacampaign.com I am going to
register on site. The first battle is Friday @ 6:00 p.m. (Battle
of Utoy Creek). I will be there Friday evening, I am not sure of
the exact time as of yet. I currently show 13 for us. There is a
mix of about 10 (I think) or so other AOW members such that
we may fall in as one company…we will need to see the mix
of people and determine leadership, etc. (Ian / Nathan,
please note we have two non 49th folks falling in with us, I’d ask
you keep an eye out for them, Ethan Ashley and Tony Willoughby).
Lebanon (09/26/2014 – 09/28/2014). MAX Effort. We may have three new potential recruits
with us (Brian Harrison and sons). I’d ask you contact me if you have loaner gear you can bring
to this event.
Hartford City (10/10/2014 – 10/12/2014). MAX Effort..
Camp Belzer (10/24/2014 – 10/25/2014). OPTIONAL EVENT. There is an organizational meeting
being set up for September 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the site. If you want to participate in this and attend for the 49th, please let me know and I will connect you.
Tippecanoe Battlefield Military Timeline. (11/08/2014 – 11/09/2014). OPTIONAL EVENT. The desire is to create a timeline of military impressions from the Revolutionary War through today. Specifically, Rev, 1812, Mexican-American, Civil War, Span-Am, World War I and World War II. You
may camp over night near the battlefield, but not on it. Accommodations will be made for
campfires. Those interested should contact Kathy Atwell. [email protected]
Spring Mill Winter Civil War Encampment (02/07/2015 – 02/08/2015).
Mill State Park, Mitchell, IN.
OPTIONAL EVENT. Spring
150th Appomattox (04/11/2015 – 04/13/2015). There is some discussion about possibly making
this a max effort event. The 20th Indiana (member of the AOW) was actually there. Please discuss this with your members. http://appomattoxhistoricalsociety.org/150th.htm
The Blue and The Gray Ball (11/08/2014). OPTIONAL EVENT. Lafayette Country Club, Lafayette,
IN. 1500 South 9th Street, Lafayette, IN 47905. www.greenbush.fairfieldtownship.us to purchase
tickets.
A NOTE FROM LUKE BOYLES . . .
Hello Civil War reenactors...
Rob told me recently that some of you had some questions about the release/premiere of
my Civil War film.
1- When is the premiere?
-The film premiere will be early
2015, either March or June
most likely.
2-May reenactors wear their
uniforms or not?
-Whatever you prefer, full uniform, or dress up for the event.
Again, thank you all for your
time and participation and we
will sent more info as premiere
closes in!
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DISPATCHES FROM
THE WAR DEPARTMENT...
BY SCOTT LAWALIN
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”Any idea what
this means? No?
Then let’s build a
park.”
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astings! Although
technically not in
Hastings,
Michigan,
it
was
named for the
nearby burg in apparent deference to rebel naming conventions.
A more Union name would be
“Thornapple” after the sluggish watercourse that runs next to the park
where we hold our reenactment.
The park, Charlton, is a nice little
place located in Yellow Fever
Township, Malaria County, Michigan. The chief import of the local
economy is visitor’s blood, while the
major export is West Nile virus. At the
center of the park is a small town,
founded in 1843 but mysteriously
abandoned sometime in 1844. Investigators found the town completely empty; it was if the residents
were all consumed or carried off by
some force. The only clue was a
carving in a tree that said “mosqui”.
Scholars have since been attempting to solve the mystery of the missing residents ever since.
The event itself went off pretty well.
49TH INDIANA COMPANY F
The weather was perfect as has
been the case for this season. The
battles were interesting, and I especially liked the Sunday battle, which
had a lot of improvisation instead of
the usual routine push-em back and
forth.
ket butt. What I found amusing
were the make-up artists, who apparently thought we were filming
an episode of Walking Dead. We
all had dreadful wounds painted
on.
Film shoot! In July I had pleasure of
participating in a film shoot for
young director Luke Broyles. It was a
very interesting experience. He certainly kept us busy – we went strong
from 7am and until almost five in the
afternoon. What struck me was how
strenuous the shoot was. I was completely worn-out by the end. It was
much more tiring than a normal
reenactment. But it was a lot of fun
and I’d gladly do it again, even the
hand-to-hand combat scenes,
which usually ended with Jake Boles
beating my brains out with his mus-
The next event is our 2014 national,
which is Atlanta, an event I have
never been to before. This is part
one of back-to-back events, with
Atlanta this week and Lebanon after. Both should be a blast. Let’s
make Georgia howl!
The secret to
holding
off
hordes of Confederate
zombies? Oreos.
Your Most Obedient Servant,
Scott Lawalin
Corporal
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COMPANY FINANCIALS
Powder
Cans In
Stock
Caps In
Stock
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Debit /
Credit
Balance
Date
$2,885.44
Comment
Reported at July 2014 Newsletter
5 Cans of Powder Sold @ $15 each =
$75
$35.00
$2,920.44
7/17/2015
$30.00
$2,950.44
7/17/2015 2014 Donation from Conner Prairie
$2,950.44
Reported at September 2014 Newsletter
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TREASURES FROM THE PAST
BY TOM WILLIAMS
A good war-date Union soldier's
letter, 3 1/3pp. 8vo., written by Pvt.
Herbert George Bond (1846-1928),
Co. I, 16th Vermont (Vermont Militiaman during the St. Albans Raid
and doorkeeper of the US Senate
Chamber, Washington, D. C.),
"Camp near Union Mills, Va., April
5, 1863, in part: "…they have had
some pretty nice times lately playing ball even the old colonel and
major play. One of the captains
had his arm out of joint at the elbow stepping backwards…caught
his heel in a little hoak…in the
ground…he fell down striking his
elbow and dislocating it…we
have stopped letting refugees or
stragglers come into our lines. The
order is to halt every one…and if
they did not stop, let them have
some of our or[e]. The 15[th Vermont] boys set around the fire on
picket and all at once bang went
a gun, sing went a bullet by them
probably it was a bush whacker.
Damn them I will [kill] everything
reb, Negro or what not…". The
original transmittal cover is included.
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A good war-date Union soldier's letter, 3pp.
8vo., written by Pvt. Herbert George Bond
(1846-1928), Co. I, 16th Vermont (Vermont
Militiaman during the St. Albans Raid and
doorkeeper of the US Senate Chamber,
Washington, D. C.), "Camp near Union Mills,
Va., April 17, 1863, in part: "…we have got to
wait a spell now for the bridge has been
gone of across the Bull Run…it will take some
time to get the bridge built up again. The
rebs are around watching our pickets.
George was on picket last night at
MacLane's Ford and they heard
men and saw lights across the
stream but they did not dare to
cross…they are having battalion
drill. Old Colonel Veasey means
to put them right through a drill.
He has drilled his regiment more
than any of the rest of the colonel's…they have been having
battalion and skirmish drill…first
they fired by company and then
at will…I had a tooth pulled today. One man had 4 pulled. He
took chloroform. O' how he acted squire. He would kill the doctor…". Signed "Old Herb" with
the original transmittal cover.
VG.
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A good Union soldier’s former
POW letter written by Albert
Denning
who
enlisted
8/22/1862, into Company H,
PA 114th Infantry, 4pp., College Green Barracks, October
5, 1863. In part, “I went into
that fight (ie: Gettysburg) confident that I should come out
safe and I tell you what, I
fought hard but the Johnny’s
caught me and 10 of my company and Lieut.Dunkle. I had a
pretty hard time of it so the
next time I am marked missing
you may set me down as killed
or badly wounded as that is
the only way they will get me
again. ... We had some pretty
hard times on our march to
Richmond. We march from
Gettysburg down the Shenandoah Valley to Staunton and
then took the cars for Richmond. We were 21 days getting to Richmond as far down
the valley as Winchester. The
people are all Union at Hagerstown and Williamsport.... But
when we got to Martinsburg,
we had a regular riot. The people threw pies, cakes, meat
etc. into the ranks. The guards
used their muskets on us to
keep us from it. I knocked a Secesh
for trying to keep a girl from giving me
a pie and I laid him flat but I got hit
myself on the head with the butt of a
pistol by a Reb Captain. The people
waved the stars and stripes and huzzaed for the Union and dared the Rebels to fire on them. ... We got to Richmond were in a part of the Libby Prison rented by the firm of Palmer and
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Allison whose goods were confiscated
the next day, sent to Belle Isle. We were
on the Island 9 weeks on the half of a
loaf of bread a day ...” Renamed the
College Green Barracks, the campus
grounds were used at first as a parole
camp, a place where exchanged Union
prisoners were brought to get medical
attention, fresh clothing, food, and the
combat pay due to them.
49TH INDIANA COMPANY F
CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTORS WANTED
for Crossroads of America Council
Boy Scouts of America
Battle of Belzer - Civil War Days
October 24th, 25th and 26th, 2014
Camp Belzer - Indianapolis, Indiana
Civil War Re-Enactors
As a thanks for giving your time to work with our Boy Scout youth and leaders we
will provide the following to each re-enactor who registers by September 30, 2014
 Ration bag for Saturday day (last year = crackers or hardtack, beef jerky,
apple, roll)
 Hot lunch and dinner after the battle
 Annual Patch
 Free Camping on Friday and/or Saturday night
 No event registration fee
 Powder Bounty for the first four cannons and first four mortars that register
(attend and participate)
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CALENDAR
2014 Events
NAME
LOCATION
DATE(S)
49th Camp of Instruction
Brownsburg, IN
.April 11, 12, 13 2014
Sassafras Tea Festival
Vernon, IN
.April 25, 26, 27 2014
Conner Prairie
Fishers, IN
.May 16, 17, 18 2014
Hesston Steam Museum
Hesston, IN
.June 20, 21, 22 2014
Charlton Park
Hastings, MI
.July 18, 19, 20 2014
Atlanta
Hampton, GA
.September 19, 20, 21 2014
Lincoln Days
Lebanon, IN
.September 26, 27, 28 2014
Hartford City
Hartford City, IN
.October 10, 11, 12 2014
Events Not On Official Schedule But Worth Attending
Indiana State Library
Indianapolis, IN
Colonel Nick Medich Drill Week-
Huddleston Farmhouse .May 3, 4 2014
Articles For
newsletter
are Oct 3rd
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May 8 2014 @ 5:00 - 7:00 pm
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NEXT EVENT INFORMATION
Atlanta Campaign
Hampton, GA
Sept 19 - 21, 2014
DATE AND TIME
Sept 19-21, 2014
LOCATION
Nash Farm Battlefield
100 Babbs Mill Rd
Hampton, GA 30228
PLEASE BRING
Standard Gear and Traps
THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE
None
OTHER EVENT INFORMATION
None
COMPANY MESS
None
WEBSITE
Click here to go to the website
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NEXT EVENT INFORMATION
Lincoln Days & Civil War Reenactment
Lebanon, IN
Sept. 27 - 28, 2014
DATE AND TIME
Sept 27-28, 2014
LOCATION
130 E Ulen Dr, Lebanon, IN
PLEASE BRING
Standard Gear and Traps
THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE
None
FAMILY-FRIENDLY AND ADMISSION FREE!
Lincoln's Lebanon and Civil War Reenactment is a two day festival featuring a
wide range of activities, dedicated to the
spirit of the mid 1800s. Events include a visit
from one of America's most beloved presidents, live Civil War battles and encampments, pioneer demonstrations, vendors, music, and much more!
OTHER EVENT INFORMATION
None
COMPANY MESS
None
WEBSITE
Click here to go to the website
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En route from Springfield, Illinois to his
first inauguration in Washington D.C.,
Abraham Lincoln’s train stopped in
Lebanon on February 11, 1861, where
he addressed the citizens of this small
Boone County town from the back of
his train car.
LINCOLN’S LEBANON
& CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTMENT
WHAT IF HE
HAD STAYED
TO VISIT?
On September 28th, that’s exactly
what he will do, visiting with the
citizens of Boone County who wish to
September 27 - 28, 2014
Memorial Park
Lebanon, Indiana
Lincoln’s Lebanon
&
TWO FUN DAYS OF ACTIVITIES
 At noon, Saturday, the President speaks at the historical marker in front of Family Video on South Lebanon
St., before traveling to Memorial Park where he will remain until 5 PM.
 A full encampment of both Union & Confederate
troops will be present in the park
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Several food vendors will be on hand, offering a variety
of tasty items.
Civil War demonstrators will be on hand
Barbeque on Saturday night. Bring your own instrument
to jam with the soldiers
Sunday morning tent church service
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WEB LINKS OF INTEREST
49th Indiana Company F. Webpage:
http://www.49thindiana.com
49th Indiana Company F. Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/
groups/49thIndiana
Are you a Member of the 49th Indiana EGroup? Send and receive group e-mails and
updates on the unit automatically. You can
subscribe by sending an e-mail to
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Other Interesting Sites :
http://www.10thbattalion.org/school.php
Site that shows drill maneuvers
http://www.rjsamp.com
Civil War Bugle Calls
http://www.10thbattalion.org/school.php
More drill maneuvers
http://www.zipcon.net/~silas/links.htm#N_17
http://www.civilwarteaser.blogspot.com
Our own Corporal Swank
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewArticle.asp?
id=31792
Article on the steamer the 49th was on
http://18thindependentbatteryindianalightartillery. Great article on leather care
weebly.com
http://thebalticforge.weebly.com/
Blacksmith—The Baltic Forge
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2014 ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
Hampton, Georgia Sept 19 - 21, 2014
49th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Company F
49TH INDIANA COMPANY F
C/O ROBERT VAN
6085 WALNUT COURT
BROWNSBURG, IN 46112
U.S.A
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