Lest We Forget:
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Living
History Events
For more information call
540-727-7718
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Free. Donations to the Brandy Station Foundation are
welcomed and will be used for the operation and restoration of the
Graffiti House, |
July
19-20 |
The 49th
Virginia Infantry -
The 49th Virginia Infantry, a
family oriented Civil War living history group, will be
camped in Brandy Station. Visitors are invited to stop
by the camp between 11AM and
4PM on
Saturday and Sunday. In addition, visitors
may tour the Civil War Graffiti House.
The 49th
Virginia Infantry Regiment, CSA, was the pride and joy
of the ex-governor of
Virginia,
William Smith. “Extra Billy Smith’s Boy’s” as the 49th
came to be known, participated in all major actions of
the Eastern Theater, beginning with an initial group who
participated in the 1st Battle of Bull Run
or
Manassas.
By the time of
Appomattox in April of 1865, there were
only 54 men and two officers left to be paroled.
William “Extra Billy” Smith opened a law
practice in Culpeper Virginia in 1818. In 1827, he began
a mail-coach service from Washington, D.C. to
Milledgeville, Georgia. Smith expanded the route and
claimed many “extra” mail payments, instigating his
nickname of “Extra Billy.” William Smith twice filled
the Virginia Gubernatorial chair and served five terms
in the halls of Congress.
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Sept
13-14 |
The 2nd US Infantry
reenacting group
will set up camp at the Civil War Graffiti House
in Brandy Station. This infantry regiment was part of
the
Army of the Potomac’s Fifth Corps and was known
as Sykes’ Regulars. The group will present a living
history portrayal of Federal troops at Brandy Station in
1863 including historically accurate camp life, drill
and musket firing demonstrations.
Members of the Sykes’ Regulars are required to have all
items that were issued to the Civil War Regular, from
the bootlaces to the .58 caliber Springfield
rifled
musket. The uniforms and equipment are
reproductions, but great care has been taken to be as
authentically patterned to the originals as possible.
Because of their excellence in uniforms and drill,
members of this living history group have appeared in
numerous television specials and movies including
“Gettysburg”, “Glory”, “God and Generals” and the “North
and South” miniseries.
The soldiers will bivouac in shelter halves around the
Graffiti House.
Visitors are encouraged to come by the campsite between
the hours of 10am and
5pm on Saturday and from
9am to 3pm on Sunday. (The Civil War Graffiti
House will be open for tours from 11am to 4pm on both
Saturday and Sunday.)
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October 18 |
Members
of the a
Civil War reenacting group, 124th
New York State Volunteers (also known at the “Orange
Blossoms”) will be camped outside of the Civil War
Graffiti House in Brandy Station. These living
historians are a family oriented group, who
authentically recreate and commemorate the life of a
Civil War soldier at mid war.
As they did 145 years ago,
these men come to Brandy Station from Orange County, New
York. On June 9th, 1863, members of the
Orange Blossoms were engaged in the
Battle of Brandy Station. On that day, they lost
2 enlisted men and 12 soldiers were wounded. For more
information regarding this group, please visit their
website at
http://www.124thnysv.com/
The re-enactors will be in
camp and on hand to talk to the public from
11am to 4pm .
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