Upper left: Unidentified Ohio enlistedman, image courtesy of Alan E. Hoeweler
Updated December 12, 2007
2007
January 27 > Annual Company Meeting
Camp Dennison, OH - Everyone is welcome to our annual company meeting at the School House Restaurant. Unit direction, choice of schedule, leadership changes, will be some of the agenda items. Everyone is encouraged to come out and help kick off a new season!
February 10-11 > Winter Dust Off
Waynesville, OH - This will be a winter training camp at Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village, where we will drill, maneuver, conduct picket duty, hold classes on improving impressions, protocol, anything else we need work on. We will spend the night in the Bullskin Inn. You might want to bring your overcoats!
March 23-25 > Sixth Ohio Training Camp
Waynesville, OH - Our annual training camp this year will once again be heldat the Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village. We normally expect a high turnout for this event. We will teach, drill, and test you. Areas to be covered will be the School of the Soldier, School of the Company, skirmish and picket duty. These are the areas of basic soldiering. We ask that you come with a willingness to learn, participate, and "get into" the weekend. It's a lot fun education!
April 13-15 > Shiloh Living History - Road Crew
May 18-20 > Adams County Memorial
West Union, OH- We will be doing a ceremony, living history, and parade at the dedication of the 70th OVI monument. We will present for the unveiling of the new monument, then attending a pot luck BBQ. Remember to you should look good enough for a uniform inspection! See Al Lewis for any further information.
May 28 > Memorial Day At Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati, OH - We will once again come together for a very special Memorial Day ceremony at Spring Grove Cemetery. We will need to wear our forage caps, white gloves, and shine our brass. We will be working with SUV Camp Lytle #10 in recognizing the boys in blue.
Spring Grove Cemetery
May 4-6 > Battle of McDowell - ROAD CREW
June 23-25 > Newark Civil War Days
Granville, OH - This is a comfortable family event and is less driving for our northern members. We generally have a good time here with drill and camp life. Sutlers are available. In the past they have provided meals and a dance. Click on the logo to navigate for updates.
September 14-16 > Caesar's Creek Annual
Waynesville, OH - Things that will be included for this weekend are: a tactical, battles, drill, guard mount, and picket duty. This one makes a great tune up for the National at the end of this month. We hope to see a huge turnout for this one!
September 28-30 > 145th Anniversary Mill Springs, KY
November 11 > Veteran's Day Ceremony
Anywhere, USA - We need a place to salute our Veterans. Please send your suggestions to the staff or the webmaster.
Shiloh, TN - Those who attend this event will be falling in under the SCAR company. This is a living history weekend for the park, but we will be living like the soldiers that were really there. There will be a commisary, so this means we will get three meals from them. However, do bring some period foodstuffs for the weekend. We will probably be staying in Sibley tents. Also, we will be conducting live firing, bayonet drill, company and battalion drill, and pay call. If anything, come to see the battlefield. It extremely beautiful.
Mess No.1 at Shiloh 2005,
Standing: Jake, Joe, Evan, Ken, Scott, Eric T., Alpheus;
Wilmington, OH - This is a living history in front of the town library. It will support the locals and give us a chance to recruit. Exptect to drill, provide first person, some firing, and lots of one on one interaction with the public. Directions will be coming soon.
Photo by Mike Stretch
Near Staunton, VA - A 500+ man reenactment with a public battle on Saturday and a "reenactor-only" battle on Sunday, re-creating as closely as possible the historic scenario. Realistic interaction between military and civilians, portraying the citizenry of McDowell and surrounding areas. Use of historic buildings and sites which figured in the Federal occupation, battle, & Confederate "liberation" of the town. This
is a "bridge" event set in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. We would like to do it with members of the Sixth and the Mess, but we would all go as privates. We will portray the 82nd Ohio and all participants should have a good kit and the willingness to carry everything they need on their backs. See Eric Tipton for more information.
Vicksburg, MS - This event is set during the siege of Vicksburg in 1863. Vicksburg was the key to controlling the Mississippi River and was the last Southern stronghold on this important body of water. The South could not afford to lose it and the North could not afford to let the South keep it. During this Living history we will be portraying the 20th Alabama and the 56th Ohio. The 20th Alabama was at Fort Garrot during the siege of Vicksburg, If you have visited the park in recent years, this is the area they have recently cleared of all trees, back to its appearance in 1863. We will also have 2 federal artillery pieces and one confederate piece. Confederate registration is limited to 60 participates. We will need 70-100 rounds as we will be fighting in the real trenches on NPS ground! See Joe Liechty if you have any questions.
Portland, OH - Ohio's only Civil War battlfield. Their will be morning batttles. Camps could be either garrison or campaign. There will be a free dinner and a Saturday night dance. We will be doing battalion drill with the Army of the Ohio. We can make this a successful weekend!
Mill Springs, KY - This will be a large event; one which is hoped to bring several thousand participants with infantry, cavalry, and full-scale artillery together for a weekend of living history. The Sixth hopes to bring at least a 30 man company to this event. This ones close to home and great chance for newer folks to hit their first National.
