84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15, 1992
Living In The Past
said jokingly
The men credit the ladies for
making the re-enactments a class
act and a family affair. “We
couldn’t be in this hobby without
them”, said Mr. Underwood. “The
ladies in their finery make the
event,” Mr. Barber concurred.
When Cecilia is all dressed, “she
wears 22 pieces of clothing,”
reported her husband, Charles
Underwood. “Ladies were sup
posed to wear no less than five
pieces of clothing,” she explained.
“Women could hide things under
those hoop slprts,” she said, as she
lifted the hem of her dress to re
veal a small derringer pistol
strapped to her leg. “That’s to
proect us from the Yankees,”
quipped Brenda.
Brenda Barber stitches every
thing from her sons’ cotton shirts,
her husband’s wool uniform, to
her own frilly undergarments and
hoop skirts. In their costumes,
they resemble photographs from
the pages of history.
The Unit is family oriented. The
duties of the women include cook
ing over open fires, laundering
clothes, tending the children, “and
we go shopping,” said Brenda.
They spend their Confederate
money at tents run by sutlers, just
like the women did more than a
century ago. The sutlers follow the
military units and sell their wares
from wagons, tents or blankets
spread on the ground. The women
And everything from hat pins and
snoods to material and brogans,
the leather shoes that are worn by
the troops.
When the period clothes are
donned, re-enactors assume the
personalities of Civil War era
characters. As a Georgia unit, the
Barbers and Underwoods also add
a bit of southern jargon and a
drawl to their speech to add
authenticity. They talk about sow
belly (bacon) and sing a song
about goober-peas (peanuts) and
they keep an eye out for the Feder
ate (Yankees).
After the excitement of a battle,
the men go back to camp to the
dinner that the ladies have pre
pared. It may be a rump of venison
or a chicken roasting on a spit
The children are involved in per
iod games and sing-a-longs, and
everyone sleeps in a tent A fire
and brimstone church service is
offered by a circuit preacher on
Cowiown Rodeo
Delaware Memorial Bridge in Salem County
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Sundays at the site of an event
The Barbers host boot camp for
their unit twice each year at their
New Windsor farm on Dr. Stitely
Road. He packs his haver sack
with hard tack that Brenda bakes
from an original recipe of flour,
salt and water, a tin cup, a plate
made from half of a canteen, a
fork and knife, rations and letters
from home. “I slept out on a
16-degree night on a pile of straw
when my bed was just 600 feet
away.” recalled Rick.
The Underwoods and the Bar
bers say that they participate in re
enactments for their own enjoy
ment and sense of historical
responsibility. "We do it for
ourselves,” said Cecilia. “The best
part is the comraderie,” said Rick.
“We’re like an extended family.
And we’re historians.” The group
occasionally sets up an authentic
looking camp for'school and com
munity groups. "I’m forever read
ing and looking for more,” he
added. “People test you, especial
ly the kids. They can come up
with some good questions.”
Rick said that his favorite re
enactment site is at Cedar Creek,
Virginia. “Marching through that
Held... it was like they were there
with us,” he recalled. There were
about 1,000 men in the 19th Geor
gia regiment and 250 remained at
the time of their surrender.
“It’s hard to leave the century
you’re in and come back to this,”
said Mr. Underwood. “It’s a great
way of getting away from the
stresses of modem day life,” said
Cecilia. “There’s nothing like it. It
gets you real deep,” added Mr.
Barber.
The 19th Georgia Infantry
marched from the Carroll County
Farm Museum on July 3rd
through Union Mills and on to the
Gettysburg Battlefield where they
engaged in mock battles on the
fourth of July. The 19th Georgia is
always looking for a few good
men (there is no place for women
on the battlefield, “unless she can
pass for a man,” said Cecilia).
Recruits must be at least 16 years
of age to carry a rifle, in good
shape (it’s a physically demanding
hobby, reminded Cecilia), and
have a serious interest in Civil
War history. Call Rick Barba* at
(410)-635-2819 for more informa
tion on the local re-enactment
group.
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New York’s Onondaga County Co-Dairy Princess, Karen Sweetland, was on hand
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More than 1,300 participants walked the course, winding through country lanes and
wooded trails on the John and Nancy Hourigan dairy farm in Elbridge, NY. Walkers
were encouraged to stop to learn about dairy farming and enjoy refreshing milk and
ice cream products. The Syracuse YMCA June Folksmarch, sponsored by American
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