YANKEES, REBS TAKE TO FIELD : CIVIL WAR CAMP RE-CREATES SIGHTS, SOUNDS OF HISTORY.Byline: Gloria Gonzales Daily News Staff Writer The cannons' blast will crack the the air this weekend during the Stagecoach stagecoach, heavy, closed vehicle on wheels, usually drawn by horses, formerly used to transport passengers and goods overland. Throughout the Middle Ages and until about the end of the 18th cent. Inn Museum's Civil War Encampment. Four cannons - three replicas and one authentic 1862 ordnance rifle - will fire blank charges three times daily, all part of an effort to re-create the smells, sights and sounds of a behind-the-lines Civil War camp. ``The cannons are loud, and we tone it down a little,'' said Paul DeNubilo, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. resident and color sergeant Col´or ser´geant 1. See under Sergeant. Noun 1. color sergeant - a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors for the Richmond Howitzers, a Confederate artillery unit. ``We'll be firing four- to six-ounce blank charges.'' Though re-enactment units have staged the camp in previous years, this is the first year the cannons' roar will add to the scene's authenticity. In real battles, the cannons would have fired shells containing up to a pound of gunpowder gunpowder, explosive mixture; its most common formula, called "black powder," is a combination of saltpeter, sulfur, and carbon in the form of charcoal. Historically, the relative amounts of the components have varied. . The 1-ton field guns were pulled on horse-drawn carts to the battleground's edge, DeNubilo said. The 58-year-old retired IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) manager became interested in re-enactments after meeting the Richmond Howitzers' leader, Ed Mann, at a garage sale. ``Ed was there working on some cannon parts,'' DeNubilo said. ``I recognized the parts because I'd been a Civil War buff since high school.'' The two men became friends in 1993, and Mann convinced DeNubilo to join up about two years later. ``I was afraid of what it would do to my pocketbook,'' said DeNubilo, who has invested about $3,000 in his uniform and other Civil War artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. . ``You can join the regiment for about $100, but you can also spend thousands,'' he said. Most aficionados buy artifacts from collectors, antique shops antique shop n → tienda de antigüedades antique shop antique n → magasin m d'antiquités antique shop antique n or specialized catalogs. The four cannons on display are all privately owned and are valued between $12,000 and $14,000. The cannons pack a wallop, DeNubilo said, though they are smaller than cannons that would be permanently mounted on a fort's ramparts
``The field guns were designed to send charges up high in the air and have them come down on the other side,'' DeNubilo said. ``It was a fairly crude way to do battle.'' The cannons will be set at the edge of the camp, though they would have been closer to the front lines in a real battle. ``The men would never have had all this equipment at the line,'' DeNubilo said. ``The camp displays what it was like back from the line, where men would winter it out in full tents with cooks, stoves and card tables.'' Although authentic shells and ordnance are hard to come by, DeNubilo said, cards and personal items left behind when battle lines Battle Lines may refer to:
Cards, toothbrushes, sewing kits, knapsacks, tin plates, wallets and pens, along with weapons and ammunition, will be displayed throughout the encampment. Some of the items are authentic, while others are reproductions. DeNubilo will display an authentic Belgian smooth-bore musket musket: see small arms. musket Muzzle-loading shoulder firearm developed in 16th-century Spain. Designed as a larger version of the harquebus, muskets were fired with matchlocks until flintlocks were developed in the 17th century; flintlocks were at this camp. But of all the Civil War relics DeNubilo holds dear, he inherited the one collectible he won't part with. ``I wouldn't give up my Bible,'' he said. ``It's a Civil War-era pocket Bible that's been in my family for years.'' DeNubilo found the Bible in his family's home as a boy and likes to think it could have been carried by a Union soldier. DeNubilo's artillery unit, the Richmond Howitzers, will set up camp amid four Union units: the 1st U.S. Cavalry, the 2nd Vermont Infantry, the 4th U.S. Infantry and the 10th Brooklyn Infantry. But DeNubilo, who as color sergeant carries the Confederate flag for his unit, said he won't feel outnumbered Outnumbered is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One in 2007.[1] It stars Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as a mother and father who are outnumbered by their three children. . ``We have a few soldiers from each unit, not the whole group,'' he said. ``And the Richmond Howitzers always have a good turnout.'' All told, about 30 soldiers in Confederate gray and Union blue will be on hand to perform Civil War history and answer questions about artifacts and weapons. Visitors can observe daily life in the camp, from soldiers cleaning muskets to cooking soup. President and Mrs. Lincoln - played by Don Ansell and his wife, Susan, will also pay a visit to the camp. ``We're going to serve Mr. Lincoln some of our potato soup,'' said DeNubilo, who claims to wear the Confederate gray only because the uniforms are less expensive. ``And then he'll make that darn speech.'' THE FACTS WHAT: Civil War Encampment: Learn from Civil War enthusiasts who re-create a slice of soldiers' camp life. WHEN: Today and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Stagecoach Inn Museum Complex, 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (ran in SIMI SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative , CONEJO, AV and SAC--color in SIMI and CONEJO) Retired IBM manager and Civil War buff Paul DeNubilo displays an heirloom Navy Colt in Thousand Oaks on Friday. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News |
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