"The Washington Rifles"     
1ST Virginia Cavalry, Company D, Abingdon, Virginia

Pictures from Three Different Events are Below

 

"Christmas in July" West Jefferson, N.C. 

July 1-2, 2006

 
 
 
 
 
Ladies in camp preparing for the day.
 

 

Cook Fire

             

Randy, Tom, Brent, and Jamie watching the
load and shoot competition.

      

2nd National Flag and stream 

 

  

General Lee and General Longstreet

 

 

              

General Longstreet       

Andrea as the sick child that was "killed" by deserters.

 

Bill and Joe as two of the deserters.

     

Lt. Baker and Capt. Seymore, portraying the Home Guard, check things out after deserters have "killed" a sick child.                    

1st Virginia portrays Home Guard that fights against the deserters.

 

Parson James and wife check on the wounded Sergeant Glass.
 
 
Checking the dead and dying.

Parsons James taking a rifle off a dead soldier to protect his friends and family.

Doing his share to protect the women and children.
 

Susie, James and Jarod making music.

 

Captain Seymore and Susie making music.

 

 

Virginia Highlands Festival

Living History @ Fields-Penn House

Abingdon, Va.

August 4-6

 

Lt Baker leading the guard for the Generals

 

 

Nap time.

 

 

 

Mr. Clatterbuck in the shade at the back of the Fields-Penn house

 

"Baby" 12 lb. Napoleon cannon

 
 

General Robert E. Lee and his headquarters staff, with wives.

 

Author Gary Walker
 

The Docs

General Jubal Early
 

General Lee with Gen. Longstreet, Gen. Morgan, and Confederate Commander Farrond

General Trimble
 

Joe Cress with his hand made Logan Creek Desks

General John Hunt Morgan

 

 

Tunnel Hill, Ga.

September 8-10

 
        The battle started at 2:00 p.m. with the artillery firing.  Then came the infantry and Cavalry.  There was absolutely no pause in the firing for forty-five minutes.  This was, by far, the best battle yet.

 

Formed up with 35th Tennessee Inf. and the 28th Alabama Inf.

  

Fighting around the Hospital

 

 

Third from left Larry Lyons, Fourth from right Jarrod Lyons

 

 

Fife and Drum Corps

 

Jarrod and Monte return from Battle

 

 

 

Commanding General

 

Clisby Austin House

 

 

Taking a walk through the Old Tunnel

 

Into the dark... tunnel that is

 

 

Western and Atlantic Railroad Tunnel, Tunnel Hill, Georgia

 

Andrea waits on us before entering the tunnel

 

The Grand March

 

Mother and sons ready to dance

 

 

Rock wall built by Confederates at Dug Gap on Rocky Face Mountain

 

 

Close up of Confederate Memorial, to the right, in Dalton, Ga.

 

 

 

 

Confederate Memorial listing the names of the dead buried in the cemetery. Grave stones are reflected in the memorial.

  Look closely and you might see a confederate soldier with a flag looking for fallen comrades.