Civil War Reenacting: Bentonville, NC March 2010

Sean Thornton · February 05, 2010, 10:56:45 AM

March 2010 is the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville, NC. This was a battle in which troops armed with Henrys were present and fought. These included the 66th Illinois WSS as well as the 7th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry and several other Henry armed troops. If any of you are Civil War reenactors and want to be a part of a Henry Company portraying the 7th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry at Bentonville this year we are looking for interested people. At present time we have 13 in our Company commanded by Lt. Todd Koster. If interested e-mail Todd at trk1862@msn.com for more information. Keep in mind we will be portraying an infantry company and the uniform will reflect that. We have members coming from Il, MI, IN, NY,TN.

For more information about reenacting with a Henry Repeating rifle http://44henryrifle.webs.com/index.htm

Victory thru rapid fire,
Andrew L. Bresnan
seanthornton13@hotmail.com

Sean Thornton · February 14, 2010, 09:25:52 AM

Bentonville is shaping up to be one great time for the Henrys. As right now we are up to 18 Henry rifles in our company. It will surely give the feel of what that many Henry rifles would have sounded like in the Civil War. It is still not to late to be a part of it.
Victory thru rapid fire,
Andrew L. Bresnan
seanthornton13@hotmail.com

ndnchf · February 15, 2010, 07:43:56 AM

I'll be there!

Unfortunately, I may be one of the unlucky Rebs that comes up against you

We can only hope to get a few volleys off before we get in range range of that infernal Yankee contraption.

Sean Thornton · February 22, 2010, 12:05:45 PM

I think that we are up to 22 Henrys in our company, now if all that have signed up will make the event. It should be an experience having that many Henrys ar an event. We had 22 for Recasa, GA in 1991.

Andrew L. Bresnan
National Henry Rifle Company
http://44henryrifle.webs.com/index.htm

Quote from: ndnchf on February 15, 2010, 07:43:56 AM
I'll be there!

Unfortunately, I may be one of the unlucky Rebs that comes up against you We can only hope to get a few volleys off before we get in range range of that infernal Yankee contraption.

Sean Thornton · March 11, 2010, 03:46:42 PM

Well we are only a week out. It still stands at 22 maybe 23 Henrys for Bentonville. The company should have approxamatly over 10,000 rounds(blanks) for the event. It should be interesting.

Cannon Fodder · March 13, 2010, 10:47:55 AM

I thought I had another 10+ henrys for you from ohio and georgia, but it has has fallen through. Keep us posted on how it turns out ! Check the spencer forum for the battle of selma al. in april. We are trying to get spencers/henrys for it and would love to have any of you.

Sean Thornton · March 22, 2010, 08:45:25 AM

What a sight, 23 Henry repeating rifles on line dealing "death" to the rebels. In taking an unofficial round count, the unit fired over 12,000 blanks, lost 5 simulated dead and 10 wounded in the 2 days of "fighting". The sound and firepower was very evident as the rebs tried to avoid our company on Sunday. http://44henryrifle.webs.com/
Victory thru rapid fire,
Andrew L. Bresnan

Driftwood Johnson · March 22, 2010, 05:27:41 PM

Howdy

I just want to say that I really like your alias. The Quiet Man is my favorite John Wayne movie.

Sean Thornton · March 23, 2010, 06:38:47 AM

Well here is our unit picture from Bentonville. Sure is a lot of Henry rifles.
http://44henryrifle.webs.com/bentonville2010.htm
A very quiet man Sean Thornton

Cannon Fodder · March 23, 2010, 11:07:51 AM

For those of us that couldnt make it,the photo is great! Could you give us more of an after action report? (ie , tactics , firing by squad,platoon, accouterments, any spencers, etc.)
12000 rounds divided by 23 is 522 a piece for the weekend. WOW!!!! WHAT A BLAST!!
Hope some of you can make it to Selma.
Best,Don