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Special Rules/Guidelines for Mounted Cavalry
Special Rules/Guidelines for DisMounted Cavalry
Special Rules/Guidelines for Artillery
Special Rules/Guidelines for Civilians/Military Dependents
Special Rules/Guidelines for Sutlers
Age Limit For participation on
the field or carrying a weapon (in all service branches) participants must be 16
years old. The only exception is functioning musicians, who must be at least 12
years old. Cannoneers, please see age restrictions in the Artillery Guidelines
enclosed in this package. All participants under the age of 18 must be under the
supervision of a parent/legal guardian, or responsible adult who will sign a
consent form at registration.
Uniforms & Accoutrements
Uniforms and equipage shall be appropriate Early War attire. At a minimum,
uniforms and accoutrements will be of materials and design accurate for the
period being portrayed. Authenticity inspections will be conducted by the
respective military organizations.
Weapons Infantry-military issue two or
three band black powder muskets. However, this does not include Hawkins or
Zouaves. Ramrods will be carried on the field but never drawn. NCOs are
responsible for insuring that the troops do not draw the rammer. Fouled pieces
will be given to a file closer who will be allowed to pull his rammer, from the
file closer position, in order to clear the piece. Cavalry-carbines are
encouraged. Artillery-only original or full-scale reproductions shall be
accepted for participation (see artillery guidleines).
Pistols- may only be carried by officer and
NCOs as was appropriate during this period. No Wunder-Wads are allowed in
revolvers. All weapons shall be in good working order with a functioning
half-cock and a hammer screw. Weapons inspections shall be conducted by the
respective military organizations each day. Military organizations have the
right to refuse weapons on the field if found operationally unsafe or
inappropriate for the scenario.
Edged weapons- Knives carried will be of the
period and secured in a period sheath. At no time will knives be drawn on the
field. Bayonets should be carried by all enlisted men, but fixed only by order
of a Commanding Officer. At other times they shall be secured in a proper
scabbard. The scabbard must have a metallic tip to be carried on the field.
Ammunition- Powder will only be carried in the
form of properly rolled cartridges. A properly rolled cartridge is defined as
one rolled in soft type paper with no more than 80 grains of ff or fff black
powder. Penny wrappers, heavy bond paper, plastics, staples, or tape will not be
used for rolled cartridges. Percussion caps and cartridges will only be carried
in authentic cap pouches and cartridge boxes. Under no circumstances will
projectiles of any kind be on the site. Violators will be taken off the premises
by local law enforcement officials for the duration of the event…no excuses or
exceptions.
Specialty Impressions The North/South
Alliance has a complete compliment of affiliated departments (i.e., engineers,
pioneers, signal, medical, ordnance, quartermaster, etc.) and specialty
impressions (i.e., European observers, paymasters, morticians, correspondents,
etc.). In order to portray any such impression and be incorporated into the
military structure of the armies you must coordinate your attendance in advance
with the military points of contact and be willing to comply with the guidelines
and standards of the North/South Alliance.
Camps Camps, both military and
civilian, shall be laid out and all participants shall camp in assigned areas.
Unit flags may be flown during arrival times to aid in finding your camps.
However, once camps are closed to vehicles, only one designated flag for each
battalion will be allowed to prevent the camp from having the appearance of a
used car lot. No Company flags will be flown in camp; but historically correct
Company flags will be permitted in the battle, as they were present at Mill
Springs. Fires shall only be permitted in designated kitchen areas (not in the
company streets). To prevent archeological damage to this historic ground no
fire pits are to be dug on the site. Campfires can be contained with pieces of
firewood. There is no modern camp on-site not separate amenities (firewood,
water, port-o-johns) for modern campers. Motor homes, modern tents, and trailers
are to be placed in the Reenactor Parking Lot or in nearby campground
facilities.
Women in the Ranks If a soldier is
discovered to be a female, the respective battalion commander will discharge her
from the Army, as was the practice during this Victorian period in American
history.
Vehicle Access Vehicles will be
restricted from the camps at designated times. THIS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.
Vehicles will be towed at the owner’s expense.
Personal Conduct NO ALCOHOL or illegal
substances will be tolerated in accordance with state and local laws and the
rules of the landowner. Offenders will be turned over to local law enforcement
officials for arrest and prosecution. All civilians will register through the
normal registration process.
SPECIAL RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR MOUNTED
CAVALRY
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BOUNTY A $500 Bounty will be paid for horse drawn artillery
Health Records A current EIA Test
(Coggins) is required for
each animal per state and event regulations. You will be checked at
registration before entering the site. If you have no paperwork, or it is not
up to date, your animal will not be allowed on the site. Current Flu, Rhino,
and Tetanus vaccinations are highly recommended for each animal.
Saddles The following is acceptable: (1) 1859 McClellan,
1859 quarter straps and girth; (2) Grimsley; (3) Jennifer; (4) Texas
“Jennifer;” (5) 1833 Dragoon Style; (6) Ringgold; and (7) Hopes (correct
reproduction or reworked; no modern western saddles) are all acceptable. No
1904 McClellans will be accepted with brown or black leather on the seat.
Officers’ saddles must be honest reproductions.
Saddle furniture The following is acceptable: (1) Period
stirrups (No 1904 iron stirrups); (2) Valise, 1859 saddlebags, true copy CS
saddlebags; Crupper; (4) Period breaststraps; (5) Gray, red, or dragoon saddle
blankets. Any issue blanket of the period…no modern Indian saddle blankets,
yellow-trimmed angled Indian War blankets, or olive drab blankets; (6) Pommel
holsters of the period.
Headstall/Halter Bring 3- or 5-buckle cavalry or artillery
patterns of the period (no modern western bridles). Have a leather halter,
Cavalry model 1859, and leather or rope lead. Link straps are required for
cavalry to fight dismounted. No modern bits or nickel plated/chrome bits will
be tolerated.
Horses Bays, blacks, chestnuts, or sorrels, frays,
buckskins, true roans, palominos, and gruellas will be accepted. No appaloosas,
paints, or pintos unless they can pass as one of the acceptable breeds above.
SPECIAL RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR DISMOUNTED CAVALRY
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General The North/South Alliance offers the dismounted
cavalry skirmisher the opportunity to participate as a fully recognized and
organized part of the event. In return, dismounted troopers must meet basic
standards and function within the military structure. Dismounted troops have
written these standards.
Military Structure Dismounted troops will be organized as a
battalion, and units will serve together in squads, platoons, and companies.
The rank you wear must be commensurate with the number of troops you put in the
field. To the extent practical, unit integrity will be preserved; however,
smaller groups will be consolidated (with a proper rank structure) into
appropriately sized companies. The dismounted cavalry will serve and camp with
the mounted branch.
Uniforms and Accoutrements The lack of branch trim on
uniforms is preferred. Appropriate kepis, bummers, or slouch hats are expected.
There is no place for top hats or highly distinctive feathers/plumes. We will
have a military impression, without “mountain men” and “cowboys.” Appropriate
brogans or boots will be worn, with standard leather accoutrements. Cavalry
patterns preferred, but infantry patterns acceptable.
Weapons An appropriate, military long gun is mandatory.
Cavalry carbines are preferred, with 2- amd 3-band rifles accepted. No shotguns
or “hunting” rifles. One pistol per trooper is preferred, but two will be
allowed. All pistols will be worn in a proper military holster. NCOs and troopers
will not carry sabers on the field.
SPECIAL RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR
ARTILLERY
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Only full-scale original or
reproductions 57” wheel
artillery will be allowed, no mounted Howitzers. A
$500 bounty will be paid for horse drawn artillery. There will be no
bounty for static artillery. All safety rules will
be enforced, and any infraction of these regulations could result in a
person
or unit being removed from the field and/or from the event. Each unit
commander
is responsible for the conduct of all members of his unit. Some units
may be
asked to galvanize units in order to equal the number of guns on both
sides.
Gun Crew A cannon crew shall consist of a minimum of seven
men, including the gunner. Positions 1 through 4 must be at least 18 years of
age, and no crew position shall be filled with a boy under 16 years old. All
artillerists must be properly trained in safe and correct artillery procedures.
The Chief of the Piece shall be responsible for the discipline of his gun crew,
the safe operation of his ordnance, and the carrying out of orders from his
battery officers. The Battery Commander, (not Gun Commander) will be
responsible to the Chief of Artillery for movement of the piece during and
between battles.
Ordnance All ordnance must be full scale original or
reproduction War Between the States artillery pieces. There is no role for
mortars or Mountain Howitzers for this event. Limbers are highly recommended;
however, each gun must have a lockable ammunition chest for storage of rounds.
In addition, each piece shall be equipped with the following:
a. Sponge/rammer- must fit the bore and its shaft of sufficient length to allow thorough swabbing of the breech
b. Worm- of a size to be capable of dislodging all foreign objects in the bore
c. Sponge bucket- of correct period design and construction
d. Priming Wire or Vent Prick- non-ferrous metals only; i.e. brass, bronze
e. Thumbstall or leather glove- for No. 3 cannoneer
f. Leather Gauntlets- for Nos. 1 and 2 cannoneers
g. Leather Artillery haversack- for transport of rounds from limber to gun
h. Proper Primer pouch- of correct period design
i. Vent brush
j. Lanyards- minimum of two of proper period design
k. A copy of the unit’s drill procedure in the limber chest
Ammunition and Firing Mechanisms Cannon rounds shall not
exceed 4 ounces of Fg., FFg, or cannon grade black powder per inch of bore diameter.
Black powder shall be encased in a minimum of 3 layers of aluminum foil. Each
piece should bring 40 to 60 rounds minimum, and all rounds are subject to
inspection. No, absolutely no, rounds will be rolled on the field or in the
camp (violations will be grounds for expulsion). Properly constructed friction
primers or such percussion primers as approved by the respective (US/CS) Chief
of Artillery are the only acceptable firing mechanisms. Absolutely no flour to be
used.
Safety and Inspection The respective (US/CS) Chiefs of
Artillery will be responsible for inspection of all ordnance to insure that
safety regulations are followed. All pieces (tubes, carriages, and implements)
will be inspected for general condition and will be determined usable on an individual
basis as a condition of participation at the event. The respective (US/CS)
Chiefs of Artillery will be responsible for inspection and approval of each
detachment’s drill and safety procedures. No member of a gun’s crew shall be
allowed on duty while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, legal or
otherwise. Violations of this rule will result in expulsion of the entire crew
from the event.
There is to be no firing of cannon in camp. All firing other
than scripted actions shall take place on an established firing line and only
after receiving approval from the respective (US/CS) Chief of Artillery. The
respective (US/CS) Chiefs of Artillery shall establish the maximum rate of fire
for any gun in conjunction with guidelines established by the sponsor. Unless
otherwise stipulated, the rate of fire will not exceed one round per three
minutes. A 100-foot minimum safe firing distance to any forces shall be
maintained at all times. While on the field, the ammunition chest shall be
placed at least 25 feet to the rear of the gun’s trail. All powder shall be
kept in the ammunition chests, except for round the single round being
delivered the piece for firing. The lid of a chest shall remain closed and the
chest locked at all times except when a round (or tool) is being removed for
firing, during inspections, or while work is being performed inside the chest.
The bore of a cannon shall be thoroughly wormed and wet sponged after each
round is fired.
Movement Artillery units will be moved by trailer or
tow, in battery groups. Each organized battery should arrange to have one
four-wheel drive vehicle available for towing of the guns assigned to that
battery to the field. Each gun should be capable of towing the limber pole if
its battery organization has no four-wheel drive vehicle.
Mounted Artillery
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All Special Rules and Guidelines for Mounted
Cavalry shall apply to artillery horses and harness/tack, and ride according to
directions in Instructions for Field
Artillery. No one shall ride on the gun or footboard of the limber.
(1) Mounted artillery is an element of the artillery branch,
and as such, is subject to the authority of the respective (US/CS) Chief of
Artillery in camp, for all inspections, and logistical manners. Mounted
artillery may however be detached for combined arms operations under the
Division or a Brigade Commander’s command when engaged on the field.
SPECIAL
RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR CIVILIANS/MILITARY DEPENDENTS
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The following guidelines have been established to ensure
authentic civilian interpretations of lifestyles during the War years. While
spectators will be visiting the camps only during designated times, these
guidelines apply to participating registrants during non-spectator hours to
ensure safety and authenticity for Civilian Impressions and Military
Dependents. They apply to all men, women, and children staying in these camps.
The Civilian Coordinator will administer the operation of the Civilian Camp
throughout the event.
The Civilian Camp will be divided into two areas, one area
for “Civilian/Refugee Impressions” and another for “Military Dependents.” The Civilian/Refugee Impressions area is
for participants who camp as civilians/refugees without the company of
soldiers. The Military Dependents
area is for military units that have family or female civilian participants
camping with them or civilian groups that have soldiers who camp with them.
Vehicles Modern
vehicles are just as intrusive in the civilian camp as they are in the military
camps. All restrictions on vehicular access to the military camps apply to the
civilian camp. There must be no exceptions to this rule.
Tents There must
be some order to the Civilian Camp to maximize the camping area provided.
Uniform “streets” will be laid out and all tentage will be set up to conform to
the layout of these streets.
Fires Campfire safety procedures must be enforced.
Campfires should be placed in the middle of the streets to ensure a sufficient
distance from tents. To prevent archaeological damage to this historic ground,
no fire pits are to be dug on this site. Campfires can be contained with
pieces of firewood.
Animals In the interest of sanitation, absolutely NO PETS will be allowed in the Civilian
Camp.
Anachronisms Modern containers, items or foods are to be
hidden from sight. Television sets, portable radios, cassette recorders,
cameras, and propane-fueled lanterns/stoves are prohibited. Smoking of 20th
Century tobacco should be restricted from view.
Attire Construction techniques and materials used for garments
must conform to the period the event is portraying. Items such as modern
hairstyles, obvious makeup, modern eyeglasses, or garments made with zippers
are not reflective of the War years and should be considered as anachronisms.
Men camping in either the Period Civilian or Military Dependents area of the
Civilian Camp will be properly dressed with uniform jacket, civilian coat, or a
vest worn at all times. Ladies, it is not authentic to be seen in less than
full outer apparel.
Children Children must be properly dressed in period
apparel at all times. Parents are responsible for their children and their
behavior at all times.
Other All trash must be bagged and placed in designated
areas before leaving the camps on Sunday. NO ALCOHOL or illegal substances will
be tolerated in accordance with state and local laws and the rules of the
landowner. Offenders will be turned over to local law enforcement officials for
arrest and prosecution. All civilians will register through the normal
registration process.
SPECIAL RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR SUTLERS
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The Authentic Sutler area will be administered by Andy
Fulks, Sutler Coordinator, who has final authority on all issues and is
responsible for enforcing compliance of all sutlers rules and guidelines. Sutlers
will be by invitation only. Authentic Sutlers desiring to attend this event
will register using the Sutler Registration form and send the form (and fees)
to the Registration Committee address shown on the Sutler Registration Form. NOTE: The Mill Springs Battlefield
Association, as sponsor, has elected to have no modern vendors selling
souvenirs, paintings, T-shirts, bumper stickers, 20th Century food
items, etc., at this event. In addition, the sponsor will staff all modern
concessions. No outside concessions will be authorized.
The following guidelines below are applicable to Authentic
Sutlers: Fees: Only pre-registered sutlers will be allowed to participate. A
completed registration form sent to the Registration Committee with all fees
paid constitutes a pre-registered sutler. The Early Registrations Fee is $10.00
per person (sutler owner, employees, dependents- all ages) for registrations
postmarked on/before June 1, 2007. The Regular Registration Fee is $15.00 per
person for registrations postmarked on/before September 1, 2007. All sutler
establishment registrations must be postmarked NO LATER THAN September 1, 2007.
Additional sutler employees and dependents will be allowed to register on-site
and pay the Late Registration Fee of $20.00 at the event, but remember, the
sutlery must be pre-registered. In
addition to the registration fee per participant, there is a fee for tent
spaces. Tents up to 200 square feet (about a wall tent and a fly) are
$75.00. 201 Sq Ft. up to 800 Sq. ft. is $125.00. Tents over 800 sq. ft. will be
$150.00. Spaces will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis.
All sutlers, their employees and/or dependents that stay or
work in the Sutler Area at any time during the event must be dressed in the
period Civil War clothing. No 20th Century attire will be permitted
except when setting up and taking down the establishment. There are no hours
set for business, however, sutlers may not open until their vehicles have been
moved to the Reenactor Parking Lot. There will be no campers, trailers, or
modern vehicles of any kind parked in the sutler area.
Modern tables and equipment should be disguised. Plastic
display bins/shelves of any kind are not permitted. Sutlers are responsible for
having merchandise, supplies, etc., at their establishment for the weekend, as
vehicular deliveries will under no circumstances be allowed in the Sutler Area
at the time designated for vehicles to be out of the camps. Other than that
which is used for normal human consumption, the event will not supply water nor
make water available to Sutlers. Open fires in the Sutler Area will be allowed
in cases where a fire is needed for your Sutler business, however, prior
approval MUST be obtained from the Sutler Coordinator. To prevent
archeological damage to this historic site, no fire pits are to be dug on the
site. Campfires can be contained with pieces of firewood. All open fires
must be attended at all times, with a fire extinguisher in close proximity. All
trash must be bagged and left in the designated trash area before leaving the
site.
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