July 18 - Annual Meeting and Officer/NCO Elections at Turkey Lake Park.

October 15, 16 & 17. The Pellicer Creek Raid (Palm Coast, FL). Presented by the Florida Agricultural Museum, located on the corner of Old Kings Road and U.S. One in NE Flagler County. A first-time event with two battles on Saturday (noon and 4 PM) and one battle on Sunday (1 PM). For more information contact (386) 446-7630. See www.myagmuseum.com.

November 5, 6, 7, 2010.  26th Annual Ocklawaha River Raid.  NOTICE: NEW LOCATION.  The event will now take place at the Carriage Museum located at 3000 Marion County Road, Wiersdale, FL. 32195.  This re-enactment is hosted by the 4th Florida Infantry, Company G., 2nd Battalion, Hardy's Brigade.  This event commemorates the March 1865 Union army raid on plantations east of Ocala in Marion County and the resulting skirmish with local Confederate forces near the Ocklawaha River.  All branches of service and civilian reenactors are invited and welcomed.  Powder rations will be provided to the first eight cannons pre-registered by October 25.  Hay rations will be provided for all horses pre-registered by October 25.  Firewood and water provided on site.  Sutlers are requested to pre-register; for registration details contact the host unit at the address shown below.  The weekend will include two battles, a replica period homestead, numerous Living History events, civilian activities including a Ladies' Tea and a Saturday night ball.  The event has a new website located at  www.ocklawahariverraid.com    For more information, contact Lt. Col. Keith Kohl at ltcol2ndbattalion@gmail.com

November 19, 20, 21, 2010.  Raid On The Suwannee River.  Live Oak, Florida.  Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park.  New Re-enactment.   Maximum Effort Hardee Corps Event.  Usual amenities, plus RV hook-ups (electric and water - no sewer) and cabin rentals.  General store, restaurant, and showers on site.  Battlefield clear of modern intrusions.  Original Confederate earthworks nearby.  This park offers everything a camper could ask for.  Way too much to list here.  Special cavalry information:  Cavalrymen make sure you read all the items about mounted cavalry.  There are some different cavalry requirements at this event.  When you arrive at registration with your horse, you will have to pay a $25 per horse refundable barn stall fee.  At the end of the event (Sunday) if your stall is cleaned, your $25 fee will be refunded.  No picket lines are allowed and all horses must be kept in their barn.  There will be a $15 bounty paid for each horse used in the battles.  All reenactors must pre-register through the US Mail.  A special website has been set up for the Suwannee Raid.  You can print out registration forms and find out a lot more about this event at http://www.floridareenactorsonline.com/SuwanneeIndex.htm  Check out the Park's website for additional details at http://www.musicliveshere.com/  Directions: From I-10, take exit #283 and go north on US 129 for 4.5 miles.  From I-75, take exit #451 and go south for 4.5 miles.  Look for the signs - "Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park".  The park is located between I-10 and I-75.  The park's address is 3076 95th Drive, Live Oak, Florida 32060.

January 14-16, 2011. Battle of Brooksville Raid.

The 147th anniversary of the actual Federal raid on the town of Brooksville and the 30th annual Brooksville Raid, Brooksville, Florida. Hosted by the Hernando Historical Museum Assoc. and North Pinellas Scout Sertoma Club. The Brooksville Raid is known as the biggest and the best Civil War Reenactment in Florida. Last year over 2,000 reenactors, 21 cannons and 51 mounted cavalrymen attended. Your help is needed for the school day on Friday the 15th (over 1,200 students attended last year). Cavalrymen - This year the Brooksville Raid will not supply hay for the cavalry horses. In place of the hay ration, a Horse Hay-Bounty will be distributed to the cavalrymen. The bounty will be $10 per horse to first 40 pre-registered horses who participate in the battle. The hay bounty will be handled at the registration desk when the cavalryman signs in. If you did not pre-register yourself and your horse, you will not get the $10 bounty. Remember to bring your own hay for your horse - no hay will be on site. All horses and mules are required to show current coggins papers at the registration desk before the horse is allowed on the property. The event will supply tent and sleeping hay to the infantrymen. Two battles (2:30pm); one Sat. one Sun. Ladies tea will be held at 11:00am Saturday (the women put a lot into this tea and I have been told it is one of the best anywhere), Blue/Gray Ball Sat night at 8:00pm, church Sun. morning. A $2.00 donation to the event will be required for all reenactors and adult family members participating in the Brooksville Raid. All reenactors will receive a raffle ticket upon registering for a $100.00 gift certificate (five to be given away) to be used at any of the sutlers in Sutlers Row during the event. The winners will be posted throughout the camps and at the ball Saturday evening. Any and all proceeds from this event are split evenly between North Pinellas Sertoma and the Heritage Museum. Meals and hot showers will be available from the North Pinellas Co. Scout Sertoma Club, Friday evening through Sunday, for a nominal fee. Due to the incredible amount of artillery attending the Raid, the artillery bounty will be a little different this year. One bounty per unit ($100) will be given to the first twenty pre-registered cannons only. The Raid is held at the Sand Hill Boy Scout Camp on US Hwy 50. The battle is 10 miles West of Brooksville. The entrance is on Hwy 50. Take Hwy. 50 West. Go through Brooksville, keep going West about 10 miles, and look for the signs. More information at NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS HYPERLINK "http://www.brooksvillereenactment.com/"http://www. HYPERLINK "http://www.brooksvillereenactment.com/"brooksvillereenactment.com/

January 28-30, 2011. Battle at Mt. Dora.

Sponsored by the law offices of Clay Townsend, Esq. and hosted by the 37th Alabama Co. H. No reenactor participation fee.  Spectator fee $5 adults and $2 children. Living history exhibits, folk music, weaponry demonstrations, authentic camps. The ladies tea will be hosted by the women of the 37th Ala. Co. H. Sun. church service, and sutlers. School day will be held on Friday, Feb. 4th. Usual amenities. Dress ball with 97th Regimental String Band Saturday at 8pm. Full scale artillery, cavalry, and soldiers in period dress and weaponry. Bounty paid for artillery and cavalry. Battle 3pm Saturday and 2pm Sunday. This event is North of Orlando on Hwy 441 just a couple of miles from Mt. Dora. As you start down the big hill, look for the Renningers flea market and battle sign on East side of road. If you are coming down the Fla. turnpike, get off at the new North Apopka exit #267A on the new 429 toll road then turn north on Hwy. 441 and follow the directions above. Contact: (Infantry and Artillery) Wayne Vaughn at HYPERLINK "mailto:colvaughn@cfl.rr.com"colvaughn@cfl.rr.com Sutlers contact Fred Jakobson at HYPERLINK "mailto:drhooch@comcast.net"drhooch@comcast.net Cavalry contact R. A. Niepert at HYPERLINK "mailto:mayorbob@embarqmail.com"mayorbob@embarqmail.com

February 11-13, 2011. Battle of Olustee.

Olustee Battlefield State Historic Site, Olustee, Florida. 147th Anniversary of the battle. Your help is needed with the school day programs on Friday, February 11. The reenactment takes place on the actual site where the Battle of Olustee (Ocean Pond) was fought. Visit with thousands of Civil War reenactors, tour the camps, see demonstrations of all types. Best gathering of Civil War sutlers at any Civil War event with 80+ sutlers in attendance. Friday is School Day. Battles Saturday and Sunday. Full scale artillery only. The Olustee Battle Festival Parade will begin at 10:30 AM. Reenactors are encouraged to participate. Buses will transport reenactors to and from the parade site and will be served breakfast. No pets. Due to concerns for public safety, no fur bearing animals such as cats and dogs will be allowed during the reenactment activities. This does not apply to horses. Get there early. The crowd gets big fast, sign-in and parking can be a hassle. First time visitors and reenactors to the event should read the listing of activities at HYPERLINK "http://battleofolustee.org/"http://battleofolustee.org/ The battlefield is located just fifteen miles east of Lake City on Hwy. 90 from I-75 and 50 miles west of Jacksonville. Take I-75 to Hwy. 90 exit. Go east on Hwy. 90. Drive slow, the signs at the entrance for reenactors have been small and hard to see in the past. Contact the Olustee Battlefield Historic Site at (386) 758-0400 or Mitzi Nelson at HYPERLINK "mailto:olusteecso@yahoo.com"olusteecso@yahoo.com

March 12-14, 2011. Battle of Crystal River.

This is a maximum effort Hardy's Brigade event. Sponsored by the Nature Coast Civil War Reenactment Committee, Inc. The reenactment will be held once again at the Holcim, Inc. property site. Powder ration for all pre-registered artillery pieces. School day is Friday, March 11th from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact Marci Bruno at HYPERLINK "mailto:mandibruno@webtv.net"mandibruno@webtv.net if you would like to participate in the Education Day activities. All reenactors who help with school day will receive a free BBQ meal Friday night. A registration fee of $2 per reenactor nine years old and up to be paid at the time of sign-in at the registration desk. Medallions must be worn by all reenactors nine years old and up while on property. No four wheelers on battlefield or outside of modern camp. Authentic Civil War Era Sutlers only. Sutlers, please contact Bill and Diane Micklon at HYPERLINK "mailto:trechuck@tampabay.rr.com"trechuck@tampabay.rr.com for specifics. Live fire cannon demonstration will be held during the weekend as well as live fire musket competition and mortar contest. Contact Ray Smutko at HYPERLINK "mailto:ray1861@earthlink.net"ray1861@earthlink.net for more information on these activities. Civil War Battles take place at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with pyrotechnic blasts for effects, including an exploding house. A ladies tea will be held Saturday morning. There will be an 1860's dance for reenactors and guests featuring the 97th PA. Regimental String Band on Saturday night. Sunday morning Church service in the barn. Authentic camps for CSA and USA. Hay, wood and water on site for authentic and modern camps. Modern camping (no hook-ups) on site. Directions: Seven miles northwest of Crystal River along US 19/98, site is on the west side of the road. Site entrance signs will be on the highway. From Dunnellon, take CR 448 west, turn north on US 19/98; or SR 40 west to Inglis, turn south on US 19/98. From Orlando, take the Florida Turnpike north to I-75, exit at first exit at Wildwood (SR 44) to US 19, turn north to Crystal River and follow the signs. As you pass over the railroad tracks, get in the left lane. go about a mile and turn left into the small one lane entrance road. GPS position: N28.59.281 W082.38.889 Pre-registration forms for artillery and sutlers are online, others need not preregister. HYPERLINK "http://www.crystalriverreenactment.org/"www.crystalriverreenactment.org Snail mail correspondence to NCCWC, Inc, P.O. Box 640012 Beverly Hills FL., 34464. NCCW Reenactment Committee: M. Hoffman (President) at HYPERLINK "http://www.floridareenactorsonline.com/EventRoster.htm"pvt-hoffman@earthlink.net Curtis Peters (Vice-President) at HYPERLINK "mailto:curtis.peters@holcim.com"curtis.peters@holcim.com Marcie Bruno (Secretary) at HYPERLINK "mailto:mandibruno@webtv.net"mandibruno@webtv.net John Porter (Treasurer) at HYPERLINK "mailto:jlporter@embarqmail.com"jlporter@embarqmail.com

March  25-27, 2011. Battle of Narcoossee Mill.

St. Cloud Fla. southeast of Orlando by Kissimmee. Sponsored by the Jacob Summerlin Camp #1516 Sons of Confederate Veterans. The Battlefield is on 150 acres of open and wooded land on the shore of East Lake Tohopekaliga. The event host will be checking Coggins’ papers for horses at the registration desk. A reenactor entrance fee of $3 per person will be collected at the registration desk. The fee will get you a ticket for a chance to win a cap and ball period correct pistol. A sutler fee of $25 will be charged to all sutlers. Limited sutler electrical hook-ups are available for an additional fee. Friday, the 25th, is education day which begins at 9:00am; re-enactors are needed to provide demonstrations. A lunch will be provided for volunteers assisting with the school program. There will be a ladies tea Saturday morning and military ball on Saturday night. The park is located at 4700 Chisholm Park Trail, St. Cloud, Florida 34771. Take Hwy 192 (Irlo Bronson Hwy) to Hwy 15. Go 2mi North on Hwy 15, look for the park sign. Another way to get there (from the North) is to take I-4 to the toll road 528 (Beachline Expressway) go east and get off on Hwy 15 exit (Narcoossee Road) go South on Hwy 15. Another way if you are coming from the Florida Turnpike, get off at exit #244 and go east on Hwy 192 through St. Cloud, then turn North on Hwy 15 (Narcoossee Road). GPS position: N28.16.448 W081.15.020 Contact the SCV Camp at HYPERLINK "http://www.jacobsummerlin.org/"http://www.jacobsummerlin.org/ or Don Williams at HYPERLINK "mailto:warthog1146@aol.com"warthog1146@aol.com More information, pre-registration HYPERLINK "http://www.jacobsummerlin.org/ed2007.pdf"http://www.jacobsummerlin.org/ HYPERLINK "http://www.jacobsummerlin.org/ed2007.pdf"ed2007.pdf

April 12, 2011. 150th Firing on Fort Sumter.

5-day touring trip with the 2nd Florida Infantry Volunteer, Company E, in and around Charleston, SC.

May 13-15, 2011. Battle of Resaca.

During May 14-15, 1864, the first major battle of the Atlanta Campaign was fought around the tiny village of Resaca, Georgia. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate army of 55,000 soldiers had fallen back from Dalton and had occupied the strong defensive fortifications around the town. In hot pursuit and now directly facing them across the breastworks was the 110,000 strong Federal army under the command of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. For two days, unrelenting attacks and counter-attacks took place all along the length of the lines, with neither side gaining an advantage.  Gen. Sherman, finally sensing the futility of the frontal attack, quietly sent part of his army south around the flank of the Confederate line in an attempt to cut the Confederates off from their railroad supply line. Gen. Johnston, seeing the Federal army outflanking him, was forced to abandon his stronghold and the Confederate army slipped away unseen during the night across the Oostanaula River. When the Federal forces advanced the following morning, they found the earthworks empty. The Battle of Resaca had ended. During the fierce fighting that took place here, more soldiers were engaged in battle than at either the Battle of Chickamauga or the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. When the thunder ceased and the smoke finally cleared, more than 11,000 known casualties from both armies lay on the fields of Georgia.

The Battle of Resaca Reenactment is hosted each year by the many volunteers of the  HYPERLINK "http://www.georgiadivision.org/gdra_main.html" Georgia Division Reenactors Association, one of the nation's oldest and most respected Civil War reenacting organizations. A portion of the proceeds will go towards the Resaca Battlefield area preservation efforts, while the balance will go towards funding next year's event. Please see our  HYPERLINK "http://www.georgiadivision.org/bor_event_sponsors.html" Sponsors page for a list of the organizations and businesses that have helped make this event possible.  The reenactment will again be held on the historic Chitwood Farm, a 650 acre section of the original battlefield, which in itself is a rare privilege. This farm hosted some of the heaviest fighting during the conflict. Two Federal soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for the capture of the Van den Corput's four gun Confederate battery, whose earthworks are still preserved and intact after 140 years. Also evident within the property are the original Federal and Confederate entrenchments and the 1864 Western & Atlantic Railroad line located close to the present day camps and fields of battle.  As most participants are aware, many major improvements have been made during the past several events and our staff and volunteers are working to provide another quality event for Resaca. Again this year, scenarios are being planned by Tony Dooley of the Georgia Division Reenactors Association, with the help of William R. Scaife, a noted historian and author of Campaign for Atlanta. Both Saturday and Sunday's battles will be held on the same field but with a different scenario - and maybe a surprise or two. Since 1999, the Battle of Resaca Reenactment has become famous for its aggressive battles and surprise tacticals. Extensive recreations of breastworks and Van den Corput's redoubt also await your visit.  Both the Federal and Confederate camps are located in much more reenactor-friendly sites within easy reach of the sutlers, vendors, & reenactor parking. Both encampments will be located close to the respective 1864 lines of battle. Firewood, bedding straw, and horse hay will be provided. For campaign-style reenactors, camping will be permitted in or near the breastworks, but all amenities will have to be secured from the main static camp areas. The "water buffaloes" that we use for the event are still on active duty in Iraq with the Georgia National Guard, so no water will be available on the field for campaign-style camping. We hope you understand.  Various civilian activities will be conducted during the event. On Saturday morning, all reenactors are encouraged to attend the Memorial Service at the Resaca Confederate Cemetery located at the south end of the farm. The cemetery is the final resting place of 450 soldiers and is one of the first two such Confederate Cemeteries established in our nation. Later Saturday evening, a period social and dance will be held for all reenactors, with period music. On Sunday morning, a non-denominational church service will be conducted on-site at the Social Fly for all reenactors.  There will be more convenient and plentiful parking for both reenactors and spectators. Also, period sutlers, authentic civilian and refugee camps, and modern concessions will be available.  As many have witnessed during the past several years, this is not just another reenactment. The Battle of Resaca Reenactment is put on for reenactors by reenactors, and for the enjoyment of the public in order for everyone to have an experience to remember. Come and relive this part of our history. Camp, fellowship, and fight on the very same historic ground as those brave soldiers did 140 years ago.  The Battle of Resaca Reenactment will be held rain or shine. The battles may be delayed until severe weather moves out of the area, but they will not be canceled.

A portion of the event proceeds will go towards the preservation of the Resaca battlefield land. If you would like to become even more involved in the preservation efforts, you can contact the Friends of Resaca Battlefield, a grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated to the task of preserving the Resaca battlefield. To find out more about how you can help, please visit their website at  HYPERLINK "http://www.resacabattlefield.org/" www.resacabattlefield.org.

June 25, 2011. 2nd Florida, Company E Annual Meeting.

July 22-24, 2011. 150th Battle of 1st Manassas.

The Sesquicentennial Begins: Join us July 22 through July 24, 2011 to commemorate the 150th Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War and the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) in Old Town Manassas, Virginia. This 4 day event will feature living history demonstrations, speakers, art, music, and many other historical commemorations and activities for the family. See http://www.manassascivilwar.org/ for updates.