Doing some period camping

[Major Matt Lewis]

What else do I NEED?

I have a tent, lantern & Holder, tinware for chow, chairs and a folding table.  What else?

[Pvt Hoover]

Ya going to cook period?  Big iron skillet and a large pot will do what you need.  Beans Bacon and flour plus coffee,
Sounds fun

[Pony Soldier]

Wish I could go.  Unfortunately we just got 2 more feet of snow last night, so I be bust'n my hump shoveling.  Enjoy your trip.

[Major Matt Lewis]

Hoov,

The chuck wagon crew would be there serving up their yummy goodness....

Pony,

That stinks....Remind me to not live where you do....

[Zouave Officer]

Could just go Campaign style. Take you uniform, accoutrements, a Knapsack, a Shelter Half, get a messmate wth a second shelter half and make a pup tent. Toss a small fry pan on your knapsack, and a mucket or tin cup on your canteen and your good to go. Also helps to put 3 days rations in your Haversack though, ha ha.

Sorry old Civil War Campaigner got used to just walking in with everything on my back, but I'm still young enough to do that kind of stupid stuff, ha ha. 

[Delmonico]

If you don't want to rough it, you could get one a them sheepherder wagons, can be almost as fancy as a motor home.

[Forty Rod]

You might want to consider bedding of some sort. 

[Books OToole]

My basic kit:

9' X 9" Wall tent (w/fly & floor)
Campaign bed (From The Praire Traveler - 1859)
Bed Roll = 1 3-point wool blanket, 1 cotton Mexican blanket & 1 linen sheet, all wrapped up in canvas.
1 small folding table (From The Art of Travel - 1856)
1 medium trunk - for clothes etc.
1 folding campaign chair (better known as a "Directors" chair - patented in 1863)

My liquor/mess chest *w/
    1 plate
    1 bowl
    silver ware
    1 silver 'julep cup'
    1 silver wine cup
    1 coffe cup
    small salt & pepper
    1-2 small candle holders w/candles
    a box for cigars
    2 crystal decanters (1 Bourbon & 1 Port).

Cooking Equipment in a packing barrel:
    1 boiler
    1  medium coffe pot
    1 tin canister of rice
    1 tin canister of coffee
    1 green river knife
    2 "S" hooks
[It pays to be prepared in case you out march the supply wagon.]

Sometimes I add an oil lamp or two and a lantern and a larger folding table (also from  The Praire Traveler - 1859)


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* I make these up for fellow campaigners.

[Rancid Roy]

You will need some "period correct" Indians to raid your camp a couple of times.....

[Major 2]

Years ago... to many sadly ...I did quite a bit of horseback trekking ( as I called it )
as a mounted reenactor I enjoyed the Campaign events the best, these were out of the Saddle and only what your carried.

two Red River Campaigns
two Battle of Raymond (Miss.)
A Saylor Creek Campaign
a LaGrange,Tenn to Baton Rouge march (Sherman's Raid)
a Badlands Trek (Black Hills , and the Dakotas)
a Ft. Leavenworth to Ft Riley ride
and a Wilderness campaign ( My wife was 7 months Pregnant at home on that one, a tad nervous was I ! )
and the coldest a Shiloh campaign, SNOWED ! and the Saylor's Creek it should have snowed !

On horse back you learn to carry light...
I carried my change of Johns and a spare shirt rolled in my blanket..
had some Lucifer's in a tin for my fire and some therapeutic papers for the midnight trots.
2 gum blanket/ponchos, 1 served as roof and the other ground seepage deterrent ( if'y at best ! )
food ... smoked oysters ( no really ) the ones in the little flat key can ( quite period ) Jerky of course ( my own, also of course )
Raisins , Goober peas , my own hardtack ...and coffee
oh and peaches....

I returned, after one such event (the LaGrange Tenn, 2 week trip) ...with evil Montezuma revenge.
I mean evil the follow week had to sit for Jury Duty  needless to say  The Judge HAD to excuse me !
must have been the dam raisins