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Date Posted: 02/24/04 11:29:42am
Author: Chad Teasley
Subject: Re: Federals at Mansfield (DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER GALVANIZING?)
In reply to: Mark Timms 's message, "Federals at Mansfield" on 02/24/04 7:43:21am

This is lousy news. I hope the ratio isn't five to one in favor of the Rebs...We get that all the time up here in WA state (which is why I have yet to wear gray at an event in Washington; only Oregon).

Is there any thought towards some of us galvanizing as Feds for the P/H battle if they're terribly outnumbered? It's not a big deal at Mansfield...Taylor had more men there, anyway, due to Banks' ridiculously poor march dispositions...But at the P/H reenactment it will look silly if there are tons more Rebs than Yanks.

I'm not trying to open a can of worms...Just putting out the option. Obviously, we don't split the company, no matter what.

Any thoughts? (Cap'n Coop, 1st Sgt.?)

Chad

>Folks:
>
>At the muster for the 9th Texas Infantry last week in
>central Texas the issue of Mansfield came up. The 9th
>had already commited to a max battalion effort as
>Federals (165th NY Zouave) and would have fielded
>about 100 men. We were told that outside of the
>preservation march that very little information about
>the reenactment has been forthcoming. The word out is
>that for Confederate forces two battalions are
>expected in addition to the 15th Texas. However, no
>major Federal units have commited to the event.
>
>The 9th changed its plans and decided to make Beaumont
>Ranch in mid-March, near DFW, the battalian max
>effort. It's hoped that Beaumont will attract around a
>thousand reenactors, a major event for Texas.
>Mansfield will be optional. A few from the 9th will
>fall in with the 15th Texas, and probably a company or
>so will show up to do Zouave.
>
>So it looks like short of a last minute galvanization
>by a battalion or so, that there won't be many Yanks,
>but then, few of us are going for the spectator
>battles.
>
>Mark Timms
>3rd Sgt., Co. B.

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