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Confederates To 'Capture' Greeneville This Weekend
Source: The Greeneville Sun
by Tom Yancey
Date: 2008-04-17
Confederate forces will "capture" Greeneville this Saturday, and camp downtown until Sunday night, when the Civil War reenactors dressed in gray will fade away.
Such events were common between 1861 and 1865 during the Civil War, when the town of Greeneville changed hands between Confederate and Union forces more than 30 times, typically as a result of battles fought elsewhere.
In remembrance of this era, and as part of the year-long bicentennial of the birth of President Andrew Johnson, a group Confederate reenactors will occupy Greeneville this Saturday, April 19, and again on June 21, said Carlos Whaley, a reenactor with the Battle of Blue Springs Planning Committee, which is in charge of this weekend's events.
Turnabout is fair play in reenacting circles, so Union reenactors will capture Greeneville on May 17 and July 26, Whaley said.
This Saturday, and on each of these Saturdays through the summer, the occupying force will present period lectures and demonstrations at the Andrew Johnson Homestead on Main Street and the Nathanael Greene Museum just across the street.
Soldiers will also occupy important Main Street buildings, he said. Citizens will have opportunities to "meet the generals and leaders" of the occupying force, see various demonstrations of medical, signal corps and communications, visit an authentic Civil War encampment, watch troops drilling and combat maneuvers.
"We will present an hour-long PowerPoint presentation on "The Battle of Blue Springs" at the Nathanael Greene Museum between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., Whaley said.
"After the presentation, ladies will participate in a period fashion show."
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