To Arms! To Arms!
NC Secedes
June 25 & 26, 2011
At the Carl J. McEwen Historic Village
7601 Matthews Mint Hill Road
Visit with the 35th Regiment NCT Saturday (9 am – 9 pm) and Sunday (9 am – 1 pm)
The Recruiter is prepared to sign up all able bodied and patriotic men to strengthen the ranks of the
35th Regiment!
Fill out the muster card, see Dr. L. Pendleton for an examination and line up for drills.
Visit the schoolhouse to see a display of period clothing and ask the children about their old fashioned toys.
Special presentations schedule:
Saturday
10 am - Infantry Drill - marching and musket firing
11 am - Period clothing for women and children civilians
1 pm - Infantry Drill - marching and musket firing
1:30 pm – Vintage Toy presentation
8:30 pm – Join the regiment’s evening campfire
Sunday
10 am – Confederate Church Service for the Troops
Civilians welcomed
11 am – “March To Glory” history
12 pm - Infantry Drill - marching and musket firing
Note: Camp meals will be prepared over fire as they were 150 years ago.
“March To Glory” – Save the Date!
August 19-21, 2011
It is fall 1861 and ever since the firing on Fort Sumter, men from all states have been enlisting in either the confederate or Union Army. The overwhelming Southern victory at Manassas in July has spurred on these enlistments. Northerners want to avenge their defeat and Southerners want to repeat their victory. Those who have enlisted must now travel great distances to camps of instructions where they will learn how to be a soldier.
Follow along as a group of brave Southern men honor the 150 year anniversary of the Civil War by marching the 35 miles from Waxhaw to the Harrisburg Train Depot, where soldiers would have boarded the train for Camp Mangum in Raleigh. Along the way, marchers will camp overnight at the VFW in Indian Trail and the Carl J. McEwen Historic Village in Mint Hill. For more information contact Captain R. M. “Jack” Flagg at nct35th@yahoo.com
