69th New York Irish In battle

[NickTurnerBaur]

2 things.

1. They cant hold a line for shit.

2. No one was dying wtf.

[GeneralKenobiSIYE]

Come on 69th!!!! Fire away lads!!!

[bookkeeper57]

The 69th NY were one regiment in the Irish brigade. I think a true re-enactment included a charge.

[finipops]

Charge the fuckers! That's what i rather do than stand in a line waiting to die! :)

[brandini555]

you know you're hit when someone on the opposite side's wad hits ya in the nuts, (this happened to me once and it hurt like holy hell, i though someone shot me in the nuts with a real musket ball) even though it hurts its a great opportunity to fake a real wound

[MrCopperhead1861]

That's why am in the artillery :) You sir, are a true Hardcore reenactor

[brandini555]

there's still the guys in cavalry firing at ya with their pistols, which ,may i add, fire BIGGER wads than the regular Springfield musket.

[MrCopperhead1861]

What I never understand is the cav round here will ride up to infantry defense and sit there poping off their pistols at them, when I reality they would have had three volleys put into them.

[brandini555]

well, i live in California, where they ride AROUND the infantry and hit the artillery guys. Then our cav goes around and there's a big skirmish between the arty boys, the enemy cav, and our cav, and their big pistol wads go flying everywhere, hit a spectator in the face last year.

[MrCopperhead1861]

OW. A guy at a cowboy reenactment (which I don't do) some how acedently  loaded his 12 gage with real buckshot and nailed a dude in the chest. (He lived somehow)

[brandini555]

i also heard that in a ww2 reenactment,someone with an M1 actually shot a real round into a German guy, it hit his helmet and bounced off.

lucky guy.

[MrCopperhead1861]

Lucky dude

[brandini555]

yeah, had a hell of a dent in his helmet

[MrCopperhead1861]

Wow

[brandini555]

im going to reenact with the 69th in California. its going to be fun

[MrCopperhead1861]

Gonna be hot lol

Is CW reenacting big out there cuz Cal wasn't part of it.

[brandini555]

theres a lot of it in the central valley, they always have some in fresno

[MrCopperhead1861]

Nice.

[AmericanCWOVI]

California was part of the war she sent several regiments like the 6th California Infantry. Most members were integrated in other Regiments theres a picture of a Massachusetts cavalryman who on his Kepi has California written in the Letters. so they were there not in very large numbers.

[stewie13]

i've got my first reenactment comin up at ft washita and i can't wait

[GunOwnerDan]

Blanks are easy. Just pack the wadding on top of the black powder with no projectile and you get a loud boom and nobody gets hurt.

One reenactor told me he uses 120 grains of powder for his blank shots with his .58 caliber 1861 springfield.

When firing a projectile from a .58 caliber rifle it's not good to use more than 90 grains of powder.

[2ndpadrummer]

how much of a steryotype wuz that?

[nighty1010]

well actually you chose when u die so if ur tired u die or if u just feeling like being an actor and dieing u do it. there is no way to tell. and yes they are shooting blanks

[PvtBug]

at least those confederates would take hits unlike the trash we had at pipestone mn this year

[samoabamoa]

when the feel something hard and hot hit them they know they is down!

[skittlesareyum48]

are they shooting blanks? if so how do peopel know when they are hit? WHA TARE THEY SHOOTING!?!?!?!

[JonasSalk]

No, they're actually re-enacting the battle and killing each other.

[HufflepuffTheGreat]

lol

[VolumeCenter]

I am a Confederate re-enactor. All we do is put black powder in the rifles and use a percussion cap to detonate the powder.

[skittlesareyum48]

ahh thank you. how do peopel know when to "die"

[JesusandI2005]

at ranges like that, we would be taking hits FAST

[hollywoodwerewolf]

what event was that?

[IrishJoe3]

Duncan's Mills, Northern California (Held in July)

[corpink]

hahaha i see my dad hahahahaha lol im so mad i had camp lol or i would be right with the colors grrrrrrrrr

[halberd64]

looked like a great battle, too bad I couldnt get a ride.-PVT Shields

[69thirish]

WOOO! Thanks for posting -Cadet Akey