Catching Up!

September 5th
Once again, the 15th Alabama and the Third Maine clashed at the Portland Narrow Gauge Museum. As always The Federals made every attempt to keep the payroll and dispatches from Mosby's men. This included having patrons sit on the dispatch case. One of the runs, we hid ladies under garments in the payroll box while the money stayed in my basket. Imagine the Captain Pratt's face when he opened the box! I did manage to convince him that the paper money in my basket was from the sale of my farm.

September 19th
The Third Maine spent the day at the Willowbrook Museum. It was a beautiful day and there were many visitors. The highlight was when I was accused of following a man. It's my fault of course for going unescorted to the necessary. Thankfully "Uncle Dick and 2 other privates, spoke to the man and he did indeed apologize for the insult.

Happily I have discovered that Nonpareils are period correct chocolate!

Willowbrook

September 2008
This was my third visit to Willowbrook and it will always be a favorite of mine. First, it was my first real event in re-enacting and second because I was voted as a real member of the Third there.

This time I was once again portraying a women from the Maryland Bible Society and found Company A in deep need of a moral compass. Alarmingly, there were underpinnings handing where anyone could see them!



It was delightful to meet the authoress of Billy Boy, a book I very much enjoyed. Ashley spent alot of the time running around and also enjoyed the farm.

The best part of the day was watching grown men in union uniforms riding on undersized carousel ponies. All of them had huge grins on their faces!

A Spy at Willowbrook!

Willowbrook Museum is like a tiny town with multiple buildings. On September 15th, the Third Maine had their last encampment of the 2007 season. So to make things interesting I decided to be a Confederate spy. I even told Pvt Dick C that there were rumors of spys in the area. I tucked a letter to Rose Greenhow (a socialite from Washington DC who fed war secrets to the south), a letter From Rose and a map of the railroad system circa 1860 into my basket. Under the guise of being a member of the Maryland Bible Society, I entered camp and started asking questions about where the troop was headed. One Private told me they were going to Portland to the Train Depot. Trains I thought..... and proceeded to ask more questions about it. I didn't get too much info before heading to the next soldier. Finding no real info to feed Jeff Davis, I waiting until after lunch, informing (while out of 1860's character of course) 2 of the ladies present that I was a Spy trying to get caught. That I had clues in my book. Even with that no one thought to question my questioning. So I was forced to mail what little information I gathered to "Cousin Rose". I must have an honest face! Oh well, there's always next season!

Note the white basket on the porch, full of union secrets to be shared!

These guys & gals play awesome!

Important job here for the benefit of the union!