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black_hound . I've been in reenacting for 25 years as an American Revolutionary War reenactor and I am in the ranks.

I am primarily an artillerist. I have been working black powder artillery for the bulk of those 25 years. When I field with artillery it is as a member of the Pennsylvania State Navy and their 3 pounder cannon, "Defiance".

I also field as a rifleman with the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment, Rifle Coy.

I'm not sure what else there is to say except I love black powder, I love live fire competitions, I love the history of the Am Rev War, and I love the hobby. Warts and all.

If you belong to a unit or civilian organization and they have a website, please post a link and I'll add it to the sidebar.

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From:

sospan_fach

I've been re-enacting for 16 years as an English Civil War musketeer, and for the past few years also done Napoleonic as a fusilier in the 45eme.

Have been disgracefully inactive on both fronts for the past year or so, but now getting properly organised for next season.

Special skills: getting bounced on by redcoats; burning holes in greatcoats; the ability to render white kit shabby grey just by looking at it; rescuing woodlice from campfires.

From:

black_hound

omg ECW. Would you believe that I actually tried that over here in the States? For a couple of years there was a small surge in that time period and there were a couple of grand musters held at early 17th century colonial sites.

There was actually a whole kit in this house at one point. Matchlock and all. I was involved in a Roundhead regiment called Fortescue's Regt. of Foot.

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sospan_fach

Ah, I remember from my way-back-when Sealed Knot days* a couple of US guys on the forum, who did ECW in America! Did the upswing of interest last at all? (Shouldn't be surprised, I suppose, given the interest in ACW over here!)

Parliamnetarian, hurrah! I'm in ECWS Essex's these days. :)

*Don't judge me. :P

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black_hound

The upswing did not last past 3 or 4 years. Then folks settled back into their late 1600's/early American colonial militia impressions.

What seemed to really kill it was that the folks at the top organizing the events were totally into live wargaming and not so much into any other type of interpretation.

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sharpiefan

And just how did you manage to burn a hole in a greatcoat, of all things?! Those things are practically indestructible.

Also the ability to render white kit shabby grey just by looking at it will guarantee you'll find a home in the 50th (the Dirty Half Hundred) should you ever wish to defect and become a redcoat.

Also also. Did you make Detling? 'Cause my feet ached too much to wander over to the French camp to ask...

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sospan_fach

[grin] Also dropped my rucksack on a bench at Nottingham train station on the way to Newstead Abbey, and smashed the bottle of port inside all over my whites, which didn't help matters.

Greatcoat = freezing night at Wellington, so cold I didn't realise I was practically kneeling on the edge of the raised fire-pit until I started smouldering gently. (Felt quite guilty about that, because it was a conversion I'd done on an original 1953 RAF coat.) I now look as if I've been kneeling in treacle. :P

Sadly, I didn't make Detling (combination of bloody NA politicking and lack of funds), or I'd have tracked you down! Was it good?

I swear I'm going to run over and glomp you properly IRL one day! :D Are you doing any more this season? I'm sort of on hiatus till the habit-longue comes through, and poor old Cloporte needs a thorough going-over too, but I think there's a couple of dos left...

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sharpiefan

:D Newstead Abbey... Shame that's an NA event or it'd SO be on my list of events to do.

Detling was good, though we ended up with one musket that only fired part of the time - I think the frizzen needs hardening. I ended up with the halberd and looking after the Colours.

There was one point during the second day where a Frenchman had been playing dead and tried to sneak round the back of our line. I ended up pointing my halberd at him, and then the 41st's Sergeant came over and ran him through with his.

I don't know if there are any more events this season; I think we're going to get our insurance sorted for the beginning of next season, rather than waste money for a few months.

Are there any events that you're going to that are open for non-NA, independent units? (That politicking has rather put us off wanting to join the NA...)