Perfect weather, great battle re-enactments, wonderful
candlelight tours and night cannon firing made the 2005 event one of our
best.
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33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band
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President Lincoln's carriage
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President Lincoln reviewing troops
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Mississippi Fife and Drum Corps
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Union camp
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Confederate camp
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Union troops drilling
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Cleaning rifle with boiling water
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Artillery camp
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Before the battle
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Encampments
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A welcoming campfire
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Union camp
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Cavalry saddles
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Field surgical hospital awaiting patients
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Medical camp supplies
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Sutler for ladies dresses
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Sewing handicrafts
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Blacksmith's forge
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Blacksmith's hadicrafts
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Homemade brooms
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Flag bearers
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The opening volley
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Confederate artillery
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Artillery crew in action
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Rockets and cannon firing
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"Rockets red glare"
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Massed Union troops
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Union artillery and signal corps
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Confederate troops firing
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Bringing up reenforcements
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Union sharpshooters in camo green
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Taking cover
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Cavalry and infantry
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Union charge
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Confederates bringing up cannon
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Cannon crew protecting themselves
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All were Americans
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Felled Union commander
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Riderless horse
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