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Last Update:
January 3, 2019

Assault on Fort Blakely
Updated: 1/03/2019 (links in red)

This is the temporary page for the 37th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry
at Fort Blakeley, to be commanded by Dom Dal Bello. It is a consolidated battalion.

 

Battalion Info [posted 1/3/2019]

Impression: 37th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry History

The March to Blakeley: From C.C. Andrews's History of the Campaign of Mobile

Uniform Guidelines (key note:no corps badges, we are the 13th Army Corps)

Keep all modern items hidden.
Bring a good cup with a soldered-on bottom.

Packing List [posted 1/3/2019] TRAVEL LIGHT, but DRY.

Field Regulations -
Standard Operating Procedures for the Battalion

 

Military Affairs [posted 1/3/2019]

Ammuntion Procedure ... to be provided

* Bugle Calls * AoP Sword Manual * Inspection of Troops *
* Excerpts from Instructions for Guards and Pickets * Grand Guard * Parade *

Some sources to listen to Infantry bugle calls, collected by Todd Bemis are here:
http://civilwarbuglecalls.blogspot.com * https://soundcloud.com/2nd-california *
Some words to remember the songs by: http://2ndcalifornia.tumblr.com/

Special Offer to support the Park- Parade Inspection and Basic Evolutions of the Infantry Battalion and Instructions for Guards & Pickets

 

Rations, &c. [too be posted]

Ration Info [linke to be posted]. The event is issuing rations on Friday evening. April 5. Bring your own rations to support you until then.

 

Battalion Staff, Company Officers and Color Guard, Red River I, 1994. Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.

Fall in, man!