There are really two different periods of American history to be found here at Pricketts Fort. The first period, of course, is the frontier period, centered around the year 1774 during the uprising of the Mingo and Shawnee tribes under Chief Logan and Lord Dunmore’s War which immediately followed. This [...]
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Strolling through the Old Camp Ground: the Civil War weekend, continued….
Posted in Aaron Bosnick, Civil War, Job Prickett House, Lee Miller on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Civil War Camp
Posted in Civil War, Michael Ray on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For three days and nights, during the last week of June, life here at Pricketts Fort took on shades of the “old camp ground”, as bugle calls and mournful bugle melodies mingled with musket-fire and cannon-shot. At various times one could hear shouted commands from the Manual of Arms, Company Fall In, Shoulder Arms, Support Arms, [...]
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