The Regimental Meeting 2013

The Regimental Meeting

Heritage Center
Springfield, Ohio

March 2, 2013

Finally, we take a look at the year ahead of us.  Capt. Sharp opened the meeting with a review of 2012, going through each of the events that were on the 1st Tennessee’s schedule and bringing up what was remembered about them.

Ten events were up for vote, with two being on the same weekend in May.  Surprisingly, some of the regular events did not make the official list—garnering an insufficient number of votes.

The list of events that the 1st Tennessee will be attending for 2013 include:

April 13-14 Spring Drill at Pioneer Village
May 25-26 Ohio Village, Columbus, Ohio
June 22-23 Reynoldsburg Ohio
July 4-7 Gettysburg, PA
July 19-21 Buffington Island, OH
September 28-29 Pioneer Village

As Capt Sharp noted, it is a bit of a lean list, although the Durbin Bean Bake Labor Day weekend is also unofficially on the list.  I’m certainly not satisfied with only six events.

The events I have on my plate include the above (except for the company drill):

March 23-24 Hurricane WV
April 13-14 Battalion drill at Fort Recovery.
May 18-19 Conner Prairie, IN
July 13 Harrison OH
July 27-28 Greenville OH
October 12-13 Hartford City
August 10-11 Hale Farm, OH
August 24-25 Jackson MI
September 7-8 Zoar, OH
September 19-22 Chicamauga, GA
October 26-27 Fort Wayne, IN

Sharon Woods was a popular choice among the 1st Tennessee, so there might be enough for a company going there.   The Independent Guard Battalion is going to Conner Prairie, so since I’m on staff as major, my duties fall there.

Awards and promotions were given, with Chris Silvers promoted to corporal, Jeff Carte to quartermaster sergeant to replace Gary Shaw, whose health (after four heart attacks last year) can no longer hold out for the role.  Andrew Mott was promoted to Lieutenant, and Jim Kletzli to 1st sergeant.

Pvt Butch Foster getting his "Most Memorable Moment" award.

The Regimental Meeting

March 10, 2012

Finally getting started back into the season, we met at our usual place at the Springfield, OH Heritage Center to review 2011 and plan for 2012.

Gas was a concern, and because of it, distant events were dropped.  Jackson, MI was dropped from the list due to the far distant, but already a number of us are planning on going anyhow—it is an important voting meeting for the Independent Guard Brigade, so several of our officers wanted to be there for that.

Richmond, KY was also in consideration, but also its distance precluded a serious vote.  Hartford City, IN is a favorite, but was dropped in favor of Perryville, KY, since that is its 150^th.  Hartford City is the weekend immediately following Perryville, but due to the amount of effort expected for Perryville and with Pioneer Village in Waynesville, OH immediately before Perryville, the unit chose to pass on Hartford City.  I’ll try to recruit a few to still attend since it is a good event—but if I don’t get any takers, I won’t go alone.

We also chose to not return to McConnelsville, and instead go to Fort Wayne, IN for their Camp Allen Muster.  We’ve never been to the Fort Wayne event, but McConnelsville was starting to grow old.  We almost failed to get enough votes for Fort Wayne, however.

The threshold that was required for selecting an event as official for the unit required 60% of those that voted.  That meant that an event had to have 16 votes in order to be placed on the official schedule. 

So, the official schedule for the 1^st Tennessee is as follows:

April 21-22: Spring Drill at the Durbin Bean Bake campgrounds, Durbin, OH

May 19-20: Sharon Woods, Sharonville, OH

June 2-3: Grove City, OH

June 23-24: Reynoldsburg, OH

July 14-15: Fort Wayne, IN

September 2: Durbin Bean Bake, Durbin OH (It is likely we may start the day before for ourselves.

September 8-9: Fort Recovery, OH

September 29-30: Pioneer Village, Caesar’s Creek, Waynesville, OH

October 5-7: Perryville, KY

Of course, I will attend more events than this.  In addition to above, I plan to try for the following:

March 24-25: Hurricane, WV

May 5: Mansfield Civil War Collectors Show (just for one day)

August 11-12: Hale Farm, Bath OH

August 25-26: Jackson, MI

October 13-14: Hartford City, IN

October 20-21: Monroe, OH

November 3-4: Guyandotte, WV

In addition, Sgt Mott has several school days events on some Fridays he is planning and wants volunteers for.  I would have to take off work for the day, but I may do so if I am able.  His next one is for May 25 in Hilliard, OH.

Doc mentioned a timeline event at Fort Meigs in Toledo, OH that I am going to look into, held on June 16-17. It sounded like it would be a fun event—I’ll know more once I check them out.

Finally, Cpl Jeff Carte gave me a contact for a possible Springfield, OH event.  Springfield is probably the most ideal location for the 1^st Tennessee as it is the geographical center for the members of the unit.  I love it since it is only about twenty minutes from home for me.