Civil War Reenactment – Reynoldsburg, OH

Posted on June 27, 2009

Thanks to a fortuitous phone call from my mother-in-law I was able to attend, briefly, a small Civil War reenactment in Reynoldsburg this morning. My father-in-law and I arrived around 10:30, just in time to walk around the army camps before preceding to the field of battle for the first of two reenactments of the day.

Event Flier

View Along 'Main Street'

Field Hospital

A few minutes after we arrived the troops began forming into their companies to march to the battlefield.

Union Company Assembles

5th Kentucky Infantry (CSA)

I have never been to a reenactment before and I didn’t know what to expect. It turned out to be a very impresive 30 minutes! As we spectators sat on a series of low bleachers arraigned on the northen sidelines (we are a Union state after all). We sat on the Union side, just because the sun was to the backs of the Union forces. Surrounded by trees, the field quickly heated up to uncomfortable levels. I felt sorry for the troops as they milled about in those heavy clothes.

Union Skirmishers

The beginning of the battle was heralded by the roar of the Confederate artillery; we were quite startled by the suddeness of the opening salvo. The Union quickly returned fire.

Confederate Line

Union Lines

The battle swung back and forth for some time, but the Union forces, with superior numbers and artillery eventually won out. The generals rejoined their men on the field.

http://www.ci.reynoldsburg.oh.us/civilwar.aspx