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American Civil War Society Inc

Company Dispatch

JuneJuly 2005

Official Newsletter of the American Civil War Society

American Civil War Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of our history for

future generations

Signed editorials and letters are the views of the author and do not necessarily representthe opinions of the American Civil War Society

FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUNJULY 1861

BOARD OF DIRECTORS - ACWS

President - Paul Denubilo

(805) 497-7020denubiloadelphianetVice President - Bill Schurmann(760) 741-5439frontierarmy1coxnetSecretary - Dennis Gibbs(760) 355-4688den_gibbsprodigynetTreasurer - Ted Riley(760) 344-9693riley_IIIhotmailcomMembership - Gary Iverson(562) 863-0319gary_iversondotcagovConfederate Brigade - Keith Harriott(909) 336-9114keithharriotthotmailcomUnion Brigade - Jeff Copeland(323) 463-6981jeffrcopejunocomCivilian Corps - Shelley Peters

SDPeters99aolcomPublic Relations - Joyce Bolin(949) 422-8163jbolinbonnebridgescomAPPOINTMENTSArtillery Coordinator - Roger PriceCavalry Coordinator - Union BrigadeBrigade Commander - Maj Jeff CopelandAdjunct - 2nd Lt Dennis OConnellInfantry Commander - Capt Dan BergmanArtillery Commander -Cavalry Commander - 2nd Lt Robert KuehlBrigade Chaplain - Capt Roger HurleyBrigade Provost - Sgt Major Mike CollinsConfederate BrigadeBrigade Commander - Maj Keith HarriottAdjunct - Capt Gary HeineInfantry Commander - Capt Tom AtkinsArtillery Commander - Capt Robert HayesCavalry Commander -Brigade Chaplain -Brigade Provost - Sgt Major Ken SmithCivilian CorpsCivilian Corps Director - Shelley PetersAsst DirectorBand Director - David PowellHospital Corps Coordinator - Catherine ElliottSutler Coordinator - Rocky MoralesNewsletter Editor - Joyce Bolin

ACW S is a nonprofit organization

with the purposes of charitable and

educational activities for the general

public that dem onstrate the language

conduct and manner of daily liv ing of the

civilian population and m ilitary forces

during the Am erican Civil W ar period

(1861-1865) and the issues they faced

during that conflict

ACWS 2005 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

July Support your local event4 of July Julian Paradeth

4 of July Temecula Paradeth

July 9 and 10th Fort MacArthur TimelineSan Pedro CA

August 6 2 Cavalry Cotillionth nd

Escondido CAAugust 20 amp 21 Ft Tejon Invitational Lebec

CA FTHA(ACWS Supported)September 3 amp 4 Huntington Beach Central Park

HBHS(ACWS Supported)October 7 - 9 Fresno Invitational Kearney

Park Fresno CANCWA(ACWS Supported)

October 1 amp 2 st nd The Battle of CorinthCorinth Mississippi

October 22 amp 23 Crescent Moon WildernessLakes Preserve Menifee CAACWS

October 22 amp 23 Am Vets Marching ThruHistory Prado Park

November 10-13 American Heritage WeekendQueen Creek AZ We MakeHistory (ACWS Supported)

December Dark

EDITORrsquoS NOTE Please send all articles in no laterthan August 10 to th jbolin57yahoocom

Next Company Dispatch August 20 2005

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

I regret that I had to miss the Wooden Nickel this year

I only have to work three times a year and that was one of the weekends One year I drove allnight on Saturday to get there and slept right through all the Sunday battles

Perhaps the roses Janet and I sent for the Mothers made up for it But they were not sent as anapologia they were sent because we all sure appreciated all the ladies who came out for Mothersday to support the event

Thanks for the pictures of the pretty ladies giving out the roses

I heard about Lake Waller all you guys (except artillery) had to put up with

I hope that was only due to the unusually wet weather we had But it may be time to consider achange in the date

The Hunley visit turned out really well Look for the Hunley to return to Southern California inAugust as it pursues the Tall ships down the coast

Looks like June is a Month to rest but July is going to be busy

If you are planning to go to Fort Mac you will need to pre-register

I have also seen quite a few July 4th events go by in the ACWS groups correspondence

Remember July is Support your local 4th of July event Month get them listed on the calendarso we all know where they are

Paul

Dispatch From Major Harriott of the Confederate Troops

Gentleman

I trust you all are doing well and enjoyingthe start of summer Upcoming eventsinclude Fort MacArthur where we will bedoing living history school of the soldierand recruiting of troops We will be doingsome battles for the public as well This is agreat event that includes great scenery in theocean as well as meeting other reenactorsfrom different time lines This event willallow us the opportunity to do some trainingschooling and drilling which we do notalways have time for Also there is the eventin Vista that some of you may choose tosupport I hope you will all get out and puton your uniform for some event in July InAugust we will form up at Fort Tejon fortheir invitational with our eyes set onHuntington Beach in September I have beenproud of the turn out we have had at ourevents this year and look forward to seeingall of you at our upcoming events I feel thisyear we have taken great strides as a Brigadeand I look forward to continuing this with allof you My thoughts and prayers are with allof you and your families during thesesummer months Ill see you all at the nextevent

Maj K Harriott

Everyone is Invited This years major eventwill be Corinth Mississippi October 1st -2 nd httpwwwnsallianceorgcorinth

I have stated a link for this event on theACWS web page that I will continue toupdate with important information as itrelates to the event as well as a running listof those that will be filling out the companyI need all registration money by July 12th toinsure your spot on the company roster Thisis the deadline for all those that want to goto this event as confederates Airfare rightnow is around $12000 one way and we havehotel rooms blocked off already We willhave some driving back so you can sendweapons and powder with them If you havebeen with us to an event back east then youknow you will not want to miss this one andif you still have not made an event back eastnow might be the time All are welcomeboth confederate and union although we willbe fighting as confederates I hope to breakour number of 25+ at Franklin last yearPlease give me a call or drop me a line ifyou have any questions

Maj K Harriott

1

CIVILIAN CORPS NEWSI would like to announce that our Tea With the Ladies of the Civil War Tea Social Fundraiserwas a resounding success The Tea the Silent Auction and the Sale of the Teacups were allsuccessful And on top of thisthe USSC Quilt Raffle netted a tidy sum I am so proud andthankful to every one of you in the ACWS Civilian Corps who had a part in this fundraisingeffort Because of the effort of each person working together we now have the funds to purchaseour own ACWS Civilian Corps storageutility trailer and award our first ACWS Civilian Corpsscholarship

Not only did we earn money but it was an event that gave the ACWS exposure to more peoplefor recruiting educated us with special speakers and vintage displays and gave us a chance tosocialize and network with others in the CostumingLiving History Community It also inspiredus to continue on our mission of keeping the History of the Civil War Era alive and educating thepublic

Barbara Burden outdid herself creating masterminding and planning our Inaugural event and wethank her for her vision and hard work Because the Tea was so much fun and such a successthere already is a clamoring to attend the next one The mailing list is established the format is inplace but WHO will be the Tea Chairperson for 2006 If we want to keep this an annual eventwe need someone to volunteer for this job It should be a one time commitment and then passedon to another creative (or organized)individual for the next year The educational ideas areendless The decorating theme only up to our imagination (and funds) There are causes biggerthan ourselves to consider raising money for (like Battlefield Preservation) There are lots ofpeople that would be willing to help but we need someone to take on the responsibility to tie itall together Barbara has done the hard work of breaking the waters for the initial event and hasput together a notebook of her experience and expertise to help next years committee Ideally weshould have a core planning group of three persons the Tea Chairperson the assistant (to be intraining to head up the next years event) and the Civilian Director The rest of the Civilians willhelp We need to decide this NOW because venues need to be booked a year in advance Pleaselet me know if this is something you would like to take on As Barbara has said after the Tea wasall said and done I would be GLAD to let someone else have the chance to plan this event ANDto get ALL the glory (I think Richard made her say that)

THANK YOU Barbara

THANK YOU Connie Green and LisaBaughn for creating and sewing the USSanitary Commission Quilt and along withJoyce Bolin for selling tickets andconcluding the raffle paperworkresponsibilities

THANKS to Barbara Lois Tunnel andSheila Smoley for the work on the ticketsflyers and programs

THANKS to every one of you who sewed onthe goodie bag favor boots Barbara LynnHamilton Michelle Hamilton KrisAmerine Connie Green Jane De BeaumontShelley Peters and Sheila Smoley (We havesome left ever for next year)

THANKS to the people who brought theirsewn or vintage garments to displayBarbara Connie Green Nancy GuinnKimberly Fickas Marion Weiler ShelleyPeters and Sheila Smoley

Civilian Corps Meeting

Dear ACWS Civilians

Please mark Saturday July 23 on your

calendar We will be having a Finish Your

Project (UFO) sewing workshop day starting

at 9 AM and ACWS Civilian Corps Meeting at

3 PM This will be held in Nuevo with potluck

lunch (Or we could have the meeting at 9

AM or 10 AM and sew for the rest of the

day) Please let me know what you would

prefer I have the room starting at 9 AM

I will start asking for RSVPs and food choices

about a week before

Shelley Peters

THANKS to the people who helped set upon Friday Sheila and John Smoley (whoalso bought lunch) Richard Hanna BarbaraKimberly Fickas Shelley Peters and Lisaand Emily Baughn

THANKS to the people who asked for andreceived donated items for the door prizedrawings goodie bags and the SilentAuction Barbara Shelley Sheila and LynnHamilton

THANKS to Michelle and Lynn Hamiltonfor the delicious lemon curd and clottedcream to accompany the scones Barbaramade (We will have to educate the staff thatthey werent mustard and mayo for thesandwiches)

THANKS for all of you that came tomeetings passed out flyers talked up theTea and sold tickets all year especially LoisTunnel Michele Phillips MichaelAckerman Robin Young and VickiScidmore at the Dickens Faire

THANKS to Troy Russell who pitched in atthe last minute to help with the registrationtable And to her son Chris for escorting theladies yo the stairs

And lastly THANKS to all of you whobought tickets and attended not knowingwhat a wonderful day was in store for you

Shelley Peters

ACWS Civilian Director

ACWS Quilt Raises $788

Remember the ACWS quilt raffle of2004which featured the quilt made byTiffany Williams and her family The rafflewas held last year at the Huntington Beachre-enactment over the Labor Day weekendand netted $538 for Battlefield Preservation

The lucky winner Robin Young of theCivilian Corps thought that the quilt mighthave even further earning potential Shedonated it to the Civil War BattlefieldPreservation Trust who used it as a silentauction item at their annual meeting inApril 2005 in Chantilly Virginia A boardmember of that organization Paul BryantJr was the winning bidder He paid $250for Tiffanyrsquos quilt So now the total raisedfor this worthy cause now stands at $788

Submitted by Robin Young June 2005

CIVIL WAR RESEARCHDo you think you might have family thatfought during the Civil War Familyhistory is our link to our future throughour past Each issue of the CompanyDispatch will have more and moreinformation on how to research your roots

For starters1 wwwancestrycom for great links toresources unlimited

2 HISTORICAL DATA SYSTEMShttpwwwcivilwardatacommoreinfohtmlhttpwwwcivilwardatacomgenealgyhtml

If you are ready to start researching yourfamily history and find the lost civil warrelations these are great places to begin

Watch for more information in the nextCompany Dispatch

Joyce Bolin

Editor

The first engagement of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter on April 12 and 13 1861 After34 hours of fighting the Union surrendered the fort to the Confederates From 1863 to 1865 theConfederates at Fort Sumter withstood a 22 month siege by Union forces During this time mostof the fort was reduced to brick rubble Fort Sumter became a national monument in 1948

DID YOU KNOW THAT

The snow was deep and the temperatureraw as Stonewall Jacksons troops woketo the early dawn This particularmorning the men had little respect fortheir famous general due to theirsituation A man sleeping under a nearbytree awoke and shook the snow from hisblanket Who was this person that hadridden into the camp at nightGen Thomas J (Stonewall) Jackson

ldquoThen Sir we will give them thebayonetrdquo (Stonewall Jacksons reply toColonel BE Bee when he reported thatthe enemy were beating them back Atthe first battle of Bull Run July 1861

What happened on July 1862

Following his withdrawal south across thePeninsula Gen George B McClellanconsolidates Union forces on Malvern HillProtected by artillery and within reach ofUnion gunboats on the James River Federaltroops withstand over five hours of heavybut uncoordinated Rebel attacks forcing theArmy of Northern Virginia to retire andending The Seven Days

Do you have any tidbits of history that Ishould know about Share yourthoughts and knowledge with the rest ofACWS Send in your articles quotestimelines etc to the Company Dispatchat jbolin57yahoocom

SS Virginia (former USS

Merrimack) fitting out in dry dockNo 1 at the Gosport Navy Yard inNorfolk Virginia February 1862

1

CIVIL WAR HISTORY

The 15th New York Cavalry

Formed principally in upstate New York the15th NYVC was a late addition to the Armyof the Potomac forming companies during1863 As a part of George Armstrong Custersdivision the units fought throughout theShenandoah Valley under the command ofPhil Sheridan They were present at FiveForks and Appomattox and participated inthe last cavalry charge of the Civil War ColRoot was killed at Appomattox Court House

In 1993 after 130 years the 15th New YorkVolunteer Cavalry was reactivated in order topreserve Civil War History

httpwww15thnewyorkcavalryorgindexhtml

Hello James Armstrong here Today

in school I wrote a poem and

thought that maybe I could put it

into the Company Dispatch but I

dont have a title for it yet Here

it is and thank you

James Armstrong

McGowans Sharpshooters

Up to the hill in which I see The

shiny barrels of musketry And a

waving flag high as a tree Along

with a platoon of cavalry To the

front our men begin to press Up to

the creek and that hilly crest

Being shot in the leg and breast I

see a hole and blood on my vest

Laying down and crying too I close

my eyes and I see you I hear a

silence too good to be true You

whisper me a request for me to do

My eyes open tho covered in tears

I forgot all my troubles forgot

all my fears Getting up I look for

my peers I see they are routed-the

enemy cheers Rejoining my lads with

utmost devotion I hear a crackle

pop and explosion I fall to my

knees due to the erosion Of my body

by blood in the midst of confusion

I try for the hill which is now

under our control The battle flag

waves upon a tall lengthy pole I

feel bitter now bitter and cold My

sweetheart in mind and this she

told Come to me be in my arms I

miss all your comforts I miss all

your charms This war is terrible

gosh o darn Please leave it away

from that harm A failed obligation

or some thought of it The tossed

my corpse into a dugout pit And

with many of my comrades I now sit

Going home to the last light lit

Join The ACWS E-MailGroup

Have you ever felt the urge to correspond withfellow ACWS members online and had no ideawhat their email address is or how to get a holdof people outside of your group Have youwanted to ask a question about an upcomingevent Have you wondered how to ask questionsto ACWS members outside your group aboutspecific events Or had the urge to share aterrific historical book you are reading Wouldyou like to learn how to sew period correctclothing and have the scoop on when the nextldquoBodice Classrdquo is coming up Or have you justhad general questions on reenacting or historyHave you wondered how to join into the ldquoGreatConversationrdquo and had no idea you were evenmissing out on one If this piques your interestyou are cordially invited to join the newly formedACWS Yahoo E-Mail Groups

Two different ACWS groups have been set up onYahoo to disseminate information quickly andefficiently within the ACWS Participatingmembers have proven to be friendly and willingto answer questions and offer advice You canjoin a general ACWS group a Civilian group orboth For those of you not familiar with thewonderful world of Yahoo Groups and feeling alittle leery let me reassure you that email groupsare a wonderful tool that the ACWS can use verysuccessfully to communicate with differentmembers They are quite safe private and opento ACWS members only The groups aremoderated by Dave and Lisa Baughn It takes buta few minutes to join at the Yahoo website youchoose how you want your email to come andyou control how long you stay in the groupJoining is very simple Civilian Group Join at the Yahoo site httpgroupsyahoocomgroupacws_civiliancorps or send an email to acws_civiliancorps-subscribeyahoogroupscom ACWS GroupJoin at the Yahoo sitehttpgroupsyahoocomgroupacws or send anemail to acws-subscribeyahoogroupscom

Interested in serving the ACWS

Are you outgoing excited ambitious and have a

strong desire to get involved Irsquom looking to

form a committee to assist with contacting TV

stations getting interviews for articles for the

Newsletter and just plain help me with the public

relations of the ACWS If you are interested

please contact me at jbolinbonnebridgescom

or (949) 422-8163

Thanks

Joyce Bolin

PR Director

Editor

Interested in a Corsetworkshop thissummer ContactShelley Petersforinformationand possibledates for thisworkshop andothersSDPeters99aolcomor

acwsyahoogroupscomacws_civiliancorpsyahoogroupscom

Artillery Battery Army ofNorthern Virginia

The chief purpose of battle flags was to serve asrallying points amid the chaos of combat Forthis purpose unit flags were often moreimportant than the over-arching flag of theConfederacy Perhaps for this reason the flag ofLees army with its distinctive X-like StAndrews cross is almost universally mistakenfor the Confederate flag The actual design ofthe first flag of the Confederacy was the Starsand Bars represented in four of the fivedesigns in this section The fifth flag representsan unusual variation on a later design the Stainless Banner

Because the similarity between the Stars and Bars and the Union flag caused confusion during the FirstBattle of Manassas (Bull Run) Gen PGT Beauregard instigated the use of a distinctive battle flagdesigned by William Porcher Miles Widely mistaken as the national flag of the Confederacy it wasactually the battle flag of Robert E Leersquos Army of Northern Virginia

USA flag 1861ndash1863 34 stars after the admission of Kansas to

While most people can immediately recognize the Confederate Civil War flag the Unionthe UnionCivil War flag is typically unrecognizable to anyone but Civil Warbuffs The Union Civil War flag was the current flag of the dayfor the United States It was a 34-star version of todays flag Thenumber of stars changed following the Civil War to 36representing the number of states at that time The Union CivilWar flag went into battle against the forces of the Confederacy asit did in every engagement entered into by the United StatesWhile different Union regiments also carried a representative staff

featuring their particular distinctive colors the Union Civil War flag was also carried and held highestAt the start of the Civil War the flag of the Confederacy looked very similar to the Union Civil War flagUpon seeing the Union Civil War flag instead of preparing for battle many Confederate troops falselybelieved that reinforcements were arriving

The Confederacy decided to change their newly createdflag to save their field troops from this confusionUnfortunately the change took more than two years toaccomplish It wasnt until 1863 that the new Confederatebattle flag was issued to the field But during those firsttwo years of battle the Union Civil War flag remainedunchanged It is uncertain whether the confusion over thesimilarity between the two flags gave any real advantage to the forces of the Union but it makes for agreat story Many people who enjoy researching the era of the Civil War also enjoy collecting flags of theday For those people a Union Civil War flag is an historical flag worthy of collection and display

1863ndash1865 35 stars after the admission of West Virginia)

GHOST STORIES OF THE CIVIL WARThe people of Frederick County Maryland are still reminded of the horror that came with theCivil War Men who were wounded in the battle of South Mountain in September of 1864 weretaken to the nearby town of Burkittsville where their wounds were attended to in the typicalfashion of the day The townspeople were employed to help bury the dead on the battlefieldEveryone lived with soldiers from both sides marching through or even commandeering theirhomes for hospitals or headquarters

It seems that Civil War GHOST stories are everywhere in this county

On September 10th 1864 the Confederate troops marched westward across Frederick Countyonly to turn back in defeat four days later One battle in the South Mountain area involvedConfederate men attempting to drag a cannon up a hill in a pre-dawn raid Unfortunately theother side surprised them before they reached the top Though the southerners retreated thisevent cost their side many lives

This area is now known as ldquoSpook Hillrdquo and there is a road running through it Legend has it thatif someone stops their car and puts it in neutral he or she will feel the car being pushed back upthe hill Apparently these are the spirits of the men who tried to push a cannon up that same hillin 1864

Phantom campfires have been reported all over Frederick County In open fields or on tops ofhills people have seen these fires at odd times Some have approached only to have the lightvanish as they got nearer Others have reported seeing ghostly soldiers warming themselves orgoing about their business One local landmark was a large stone urn that had been placed at thebase of a bridge It made a fine hiding place for whiskey as the soldier stationed to guard thebridge soon found out Long after the war was over visitors to the area reported the sound ofdrunken singing coming from around the jar

There were families in Frederick County sympathetic to both sides One day a young Confederatesoldier showed up on the doorstep of a home The family being southern sympathizers took himin Unfortunately for them Union troops showed up and made camp right in the front yard usingthe house for headquarters

There was little the family could do for the young man They hid him in the cellar but wereunable to care for him with the enemy right over his head Weeks later when the family was ableto get to the basement they found that the Confederate soldier had died

They never forgot the young man nor did anyone else living in the home At times moaning andscratching sounds could be heard coming from the basement People going about their businessin the cellar would often turn around to see a young Confederate soldier staring at them

httpwwwmarylandghostscomlinksphp

Recipe for the Month

Dutch Oven Baked Pork Chops

Ingredients

4 Tablespoons OLIVE OIL

frac12 Cup FLOUR

1 Tablespoon PEPPER

1 Tablespoon SALT

2 EGGS beaten

1-12 cups FRESH BREAD CRUMBS

1 Cup fresh ground PARMESAN CHEESE

1 Tablespoon dried SAGE

1 Teaspoon grated fresh LEMON PEEL

4 PORK CHOPS 1 inch thick center cut

Instructions

1 Pre heat a 12-inch Dutch Oven with Olive Oil2 In a pie plate mix Flour Pepper and Salt3 In a 2 pie plate beat 2 Eggsnd

4 In a 3 pie plate mix Bread Crumbsrd

Parmesan Cheese Sage and Lemon Peel5 Roll each chop in flour then egg then breadcrumb mixtures and put into kettle overmedium heat6 Cook chops for about 2 minutes on each sideuntil golden brown7 Place lid on the kettle and bake at 400~ forabout 20 minutes8 Use about 20 briquettes under the kettle tobrown chops Use about 10 to 12 briquettesunder the kettle and about 14 to 16 the lid9 Invert lid and place chops on the lid10 Put about 20 briquettes under the kettle anduse drippings to make gravy Hint Garnishchops with lemon andor orange wedges

COMING SOONJANUARY 7 2006THE STEAMBOAT

BALL

WATCH FOR MOREINFORMATION SOON

THE FIRST ANNUAL BLUE AND GRAY COTILLION

SPONSORED BY

COMPANY I 2 UNITED STATES CAVALRY REGIMENTND

This year it was decided by Company I to host a combined militarycivilian cotillion in theform of a loose ldquoDining Outrdquo While all the military units are welcome we also welcomeour civilian Reenactors and living historians While there is a dance with Captain TomAtkins calling and the Occasional Strings playing the event is really social in nature withan expansive outside area for sitting and talking as well as enjoying the beautiful summerevening in somewhat rural Escondido CA

Participants are urged to come early place your unit flags around the hall and find yourtables The social hour will begin at 5 PM with the cotillion beginning at 6 PM Softdrinks punch beer and wine will be served prior and during the evening

The combined populance will gather at their tables at 6 PM and the head table will beintroduced along with our combined color guard Captain Morrison will call for toasts todignitaries etc and then will initiate a short ceremony to the fallen and then honor theveterans among our group

We will then be directed to have dinner baked hams baked potatoes green been casserolesalad rolls and beverages Captain Atkins will begin the first half of the dance at 7PM then adjourn for dessert and hopefully an entertaining bit brief which many includean old fashioned melodrama cast and props permitting

We will then go to the second dance program It is thought that the evening will endsometime between 10 and 11 PM

The Cotillion will be held at the Community Lutheran Church East Valley Parkway inEscondido CA There is plenty of parking and directions are available on the websitewww2ndcavalryreenactorsorg

Tickets are $3000 per person or $5500 per couple Children chaperoned (of course) are$1000 if they do not eat too much Motels are available at reasonable prices in EscondidoDo not expect the Plaza Hotel

FORT TEJON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

INVITATIONAL

AUGUST 20-21 2005

Infantry - Cavalry - Artillery

Watch volunteers present skirmishes and demonstrate the tactics used in the easternUnited States during the American Civil War See troops of the Union and Confederate

Armies all authentically uniformed and equipped Meet the soldiers amp civilians Tour theircamps and see how they lived Living History presentations include Manual of Arms

Artillery and Field Hospital demonstrations

Sunday battles are at 1030 AM and 100 PM (Approximately 30-45 minutes each) Guidedtours of the camps are offered between the battles (There are no public demonstrations on

Saturdays) Arrive at least 30 minutes early to secure a good spot in the spectator areaBring a blanket or chair if you do not wish to stand The area is in the sun so sunscreen

andor hats are recommended Amateur photography of all kinds is welcomed Professionalfilm makers should contact the park in advance at 661) 248-6692 to make special

arrangements for filming

Directions to the Fort are given on the Map page Admission fees are listed under SpecialEvents on the Pricing page along with park hours There are no concessions at the parkso bring a picnic lunch and eat under the shade of the oaks (Water fountains and flush

toilets are available and the park is wheelchair accessible)

For more information contact the webmaster at tejonforttejonorg or call the park at

(661) 248-6692

American Civil War SocietyThe Company DispatchJoyce Bolin Editor21758 MiradorMission Viejo CA 92691