Inside a Reenactor's Tent
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- What's inside the 1st Sgt.'s tent? Warning: Farb hides inside! Join the 1st Sgt on a tour of his A tent and see some typical modern amenities hidden in a reenactor's tent. For more information on Berdan Sharpshooters and Civil War Reenacting check us out at www.2ndUSSS.com
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I really appreciate how authentic you all are but also realistic. No need for someone to endure a terrible headache or to have a sore bum because gold bond isn't authentic.
"You guys have tents?" -Southern Reenactors everywhere.
I find if I keep my feet just downwind of the fire I can actually sleep through the night sometimes, even in the winter months.
them Yankees gots SHOES too.....
We slept out in the snow more than once. A tent was a luxury in the CSA.
If midwar you too can have Yankee tents. The 12th VA talks twice about taking a wagon out into the battlefield after 2nd Manassess and Chanchelorsvillle to pick up stuff they wanted. Certainly there were several times Union supply depots were captured. But yes, Confederate soldiers generally suffered more from the cold and rain. You can always join the Union Army.
Thanks for bringing back so many memories from when I was in "the hobby" back during the 125th Anniversary marching with Holme's Brigade. I had a wedge tent as well, but I bought a rope tention, wood frame bed with a straw tick, candle lantern on my bread box table and ammo box for all my other traps. And, of course, my Enfield rifle musket. God, I miss the hobby.
Everytime I watch one of these videos, I'm impressed by the amount of time and effort that goes into everything you guys do. You truly honor the soldiers of the war and what they believed in. Huzzah!
Having been in the US military myself I think you would have made an awesome real military top Sgt.
Well this video inspired me to get one, got a used one today in Flagstaff Arizona, wish me luck.
Your wife should do a video about civilian reenacting.
I agree, trying to get my wife into reenacting but she is such a city girl.
@@Joseywales414 hence the song "the girl I left behind me'
As a wwii reenactor, its cool to see alot of the comparisons w you guys. We also use ammo cans for hiding stuff. I personally put my phone and charging pack in there, along w extra enblocks and such for my garand. Cots as well, we hide stuff under.
Really really cool tent set up. Thanks for sharing this, and thanks for the great ideas. I'm enjoying all the Regiment's vids.
Awesome information. Thanks for sharing!🇺🇸
And no this is not an excuse for you to untie the closed a frame to look inside, little kids...
Excellent. Just the video I was looking for. Cheers.
Get a reproduction bread box; used mine as a nightstand when I set it upright on end and the lid was where my lantern, spectacles, a testament and tin plate went. Below were a few books and my ammo box full of my gun cleaning patches and kit, a tin of musket caps, a powder flask and measure.
Thanks for doing this video it has inspired me hide as much modern stuff as possible.
Thanks for your honesty when addressing us "hardcores" for the warning on the well.........csmpimg with muskets
Very well done thank you.
Panther Primitives ,sutler out of West Virginia has some awsome wooden water kegs. I’m going to get a 5 gal for myself, maybe a 10 gal for the company .
They also have smaller chared oak ones for the Burbon & Rum, ect,,. Just do a search on line for them.
Yes cost a bit but every year I try to get something more to improve my impression.
Barrels are so great to have around camp because they would've been everywhere back in the day. It's so cool you're doing that.
I enjoy your videos. I'm glad you attempt to hide the non-authentic extras we use for comfort and to continue with the hobby as we get older. My question is in which video do you tell how to make your cone pick or nipple pick? The sutler's prices for a piece of wire is unreal.
This seems like a really healthy and fun unit to be in. I've reenacted before, but I've had bad experiences with toxic units and members
We definitely aim to have fun and still present the sharpshooters and the civil war as best as possible. Theres always a few bad units or a few toxic members in some units sad to say. Hopefully you can give it a try and find a unit you like and fit in with.
For curiosity sake what are examples of a toxic unit or members?
@@denisegertsen8342 they would not respect other people’s values and be rude because of it.
1SGT, I commend your attention to authenticness and detail. The inside of my A-Frame would send a campaigner into cardiac arrest. I love camping but I also love being comfortable.
Having dropped out of ACW back in 1997, I remember that it was a trend not to try to hide the farby stuff, but not to bring it. Has that changed so much?
Mainstream events can be pretty farby. Our hope with this video was to encourage those who can't resist to get ideas and encouragement to hide it better or to have a lower barrier to get people into the hobby. Out west, we do a mix of authentic and mainstream. The positive note though, is that the number of progressive reenactors is outpacing the mainstream ones. We love authentic events because it only takes like 5 minutes to load the car. This event is part of a town celebration with cover bands on stage blaring away all weekend, too.
Appreciate the video. Maybe replace your slippers with leather moccasins even if they have some griping tread. They would be better.
I love your boxes do you sell any????
Great video as always.
Can you do a video of how to sew your water cooler cover .
it's just a bigger ditty bag
Any advice to where I can get a wall tent with a stove pipe hole?
Do you think you guys will be at Chickamauga
where is a good place to get an A-frame tent
Hey, First Stripe, how would you do things differently when Mrs. First Sergeant joins you in the field?
When I was in my early to mid 20s I was a hardcore campaigner .now that I am in my very late 40s I like comfort that is covered up like yours. One example I have a battery operated fan, and I have a ammo box that stores my cpap machine and battery supply and cell phone charger. I also sleep on a cot with a mattress covered up with period correct issues blankets
Question where did you get the copies of the manuals.
Wow, thanks for sharing and staying in the hobby. We try to provide content for the full spectrum of reenactors and really appreciate your comment. The harder to find ones I get free from google library. There are so many period manuals that most people have never heard of available on google. I download the .pdf and print in booklet mode where Adobe organizes the document into a book then I either stitch bind it together if it's small or I'll put a paper binding on it if it's bigger. Some are from various sutlers online and others we get from Silas Tackitt's website at www.zipcon.net/~silas/links.htm
Oh come on man,, i’m Going into my Later.50’s & lived a dam hard life in the Infantry. Yes I have to make some adjustments also but i’m Not getting that soft as you.
Oh wow! If I ever get back in the hobby, I won't feel so farbie if I use my CPAP to sleep with! I have sleep apnea and COPD ( too much firefighting in my youth!) and other health issues.
Where can you get correct canteens that can safely be used for drinking from.
Tin canteens are the most authentic and are perfectly safe to drink from (modern reproductions, that is). Most people line them with beeswax like in the old days. The key is to keep them clean when not used and let them dry thoroughly before storing. I use farby stainless steel canteens because they're easier to maintain and all you see is the spout. You can get both types from some place like Regimental Quartermaster or check out the approved vendors on the Authentic Campaigner website. Keep in touch if you have more questions.
Nice video again, thank you.
Where do. you get the manuals online? Can I also find the morning reports etc online? Thank you 1.Sgt Koepp 🇺🇸👍🏻
Thanks for watching. Here is one very handy link for manuals: www.zipcon.net/~silas/links.htm We also post some of our favorites in our research library at www.2ndUSSS.com for original reports you can look up August Kautz's Company Clerk in Google Library and Sullivan Press sells copies of paperwork, too.
Company D 2nd USSS Thank you, Sir. That s a nice backup
love the quilt is that a replica from that eraa?
No, it was a antique store find. My wife is currently working on hand sewing a period correct cot quilt for me. If you ever need some references for Civil War quilting, feel free to let us know.
We are on vacation after all. I do an earlier time and try to stay more historically correct. But never got my breechcloth in a wad over what I can’t see.
Hilarious comment! Thanks!
We have an event coming up that has water issues. I was going to buy a few cases of water for my son and I. I don't have canvas covers or enough wool blankets. What I do have oddly enough is a lot of burlap material. Would that be period correct? I can't find anything online. Thanks.
Jason Brown burlap would do the trick. I know burlap was used in various uses in the Civil War. Fun fact is that original and quality made kepis and forage caps use burlap in the construction.
Capt. Whitehall
Very helpful. Thanks!
Would a small barrel work to carry water.
They would. Townsends sells barrels and taps of several different sizes.
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I too have modern items in camp, or on the march - but do like to "hide" these under canvas, tarp, cloth bags (for food) or wool blankets - looking forward to seeing your adventures thus marching season.
4 or 5 slabs of straw -
taken to any re-enactment makes it just right !
Just hall them there in a big leaf trash bag.
That's a good tip. I've wondered about a non messy way to haul straw.
Do you think it's generally ok for a private to have an A-Frame is sleeping comfortably if crucial for said private.
It's really up to the reenacting unit you're with. It's not historically accurate but I've had my "common tent" since I was a private and we have other privates who use them. If we do bivouacs, I only use my bed roll or shelter tent. Good question.
@@CompanyD2ndUSSS Also based on your tolerable level of comfort "in the field".
I want to know more about your company D I'd like to join I live in Montana
Feel free to shoot Capt. Whitehall an email. It can be found on the home page at www.2ndusss.com
Where can i buy a berdan knapsack thank you.
Guerrillakalle acwknapsacks.com would be the place to go.
Should have heeded your warning, now my neck hurts. 🤪
What is a good resource to find those manuals?
The print versions are scattered among the various online sutlers. You can find the pamphlets we like to use here: www.zipcon.net/~silas/links.htm Google books is also a great resource. You can print in "booklet" mode in Adobe and make your own books like I did with the 1852 Bayonet Manual. If you ever get stuck trying to find a particular one let us know and we'll point you in the right direction.
Excellent!!!! Thank you so much!
This is very accurate, everything on here looks like it was pulled from 1861 👍
P.S I am a reenactor too, I'm with the rebels
Wedge tent
Man my old group had us sleeping 4 to a tent
Well, that is the more accurate way to do it.
Would it be possible to get a link to a copy of that first sergeant morning report form, for my reenactment group?
Shoot me an email found at www.2ndusss.com and I'll get you taken care of
Shot an email to captn Whitehall a few days ago.
@@siraleks79 I'll be getting back to you here tonight via the email you sent. Been a busy few days.
We all have those days 🙂
I m wondering why they made the tents white in c color? it would be too easy for the enemy to find the camp. brown would be a better choice
Different military culture. Plus, the structure of military camps of the time made ambush uncommon (though, Chancellorsville was the outstanding exception). A properly implemented guard of pickets, supports, and reserves would mean three layers of defense of increasing size to give alarm and hold off any surprise. Plus, massive armies marching through the U.S. are hard to miss anyways. It would take a few more generations before camouflage became standard practice. On a hard campaign, soldiers often just slept on the ground, not bothering to pitch their tents.
No ground cloth?
Aside from an occasional rainstorm or bivouac they only other time I use a ground cloth is to put one on top of my cot and beneath my sleeping bag to keep out the cold updraft on cold nights. --1st Sgt.
All you need is some straw or hay.
the ground would have been straw
I am with the second US sharpshooters as a Seargent in War of Rights
Nice.
I would not say hiding or cleverly disguising modern essentials as "farby". Wearing or displaying modern contrivances like sunglasses or wrist watches or eating modern snacks with obvious wrappings or drinking beer out of a can is farby. I always wanted to continue my living history interests and impressions (Rev war, CW, or WW2) but the wife was neither a fan of reenacting or camping in general....actually adamantly against both. So I "Walter Middy" my way when attending reenactments as an observer. And as they say..."Happy wife...happy life". Oh...What we do for love...LOL But she is a big fan of collecting 17th and 18th century antiques and furniture...so all is not lost.
when I saw the thumbnail for this video , i wondered what that big white thing was , a TENT ! , wow in all my years of Civil War living history i never used one , my battalion did not allow them , campaign camping only , if it rains - you get wet
I always put a gallon zip lock baggie of ice in my haver sack----At first Id' get lavughed at.--but as they started dropping like flies I was the most popular guy in the company. Also would soak my sack coat in water. Muuch more pleasant for summer re enacting. Also never wore socks in hot weather.
Glad that works for you. Hardcore is fun until you heat stroke yourself out of an event, right? Like you, I recently taught one of our privates the value of why I carry first aid ice packs in my knapsack. Thanks for sharing!
You masochist!
apart from that soddin camera goin in n out of focus twas a good vid
do you try to disguise cameras when reenacting and making videos like this?
We don't hide our filming. We felt a bit self conscious about it at first but found filming can also draw big crowds of visitors listening to what we're talking about. It's farby, yes, but we make that compromise to educate and inform people about our wonderful hobby. I would like to cut a hole in a hardee hat in the future for some go-pro battle footage, though.
@@CompanyD2ndUSSS I mean do you hide the camera in a false period accurate camera?
it would be like hiding your farb in a hard tack or ammo box, I could see building a wet plate camera but just sticking your camera inside it.
You could set it on a tripod in front of the people you record as if you are just talking to them before having them pose for a shot.
@@johnpatterson8697 Did you ever notice that the age of the soldiers is mostly inauthentic as they are older and less skinny. A younger skinny lad well used to long marches would be more authentic.
i tell you whut.... i hope they dont have passers like ( spectators ) by wanting to inspect the camp at the peak hours.. but then they have those farbism videos too.. but atleast hes not trying to hide it.. but then how often is it that you get much people wanting to check out the tents.. i dont
Good point. It depends on the event. There's one event we do where the public is all in our business. Even with our tents closed up people let their kids rummage through our stuff. Even when the inside is period correct, it's dangerous because you don't want little Timmy digging out firearms or other weapons. At that event, we always keep someone in camp just to keep an eye on things. Other than that it's rare if someone wants to look inside. The captain has made his tent all authentic and lets people check it out.
Haha no RV campers running their generator all day here
Mainstream** reenactor.
Far you ALERT, FARBY ALERT, FARBY ALERT A BIG ONE, come on man, cabela’s?? Modern sleeping bag?
Really? I like your shoulder BUT. ,,, BY THE WAY AN A tent is not the purpose to hide people’s FARBYism,
It is to provide shelter . Strive to get better always.
"Hey-! How far away is Balley?
FAAAAR-BALLEY!"