Boys of ’61 Re-enactment

April 22-23, 2006 near Essex , MD  

          Several members of the 78^th PVI, Co. F traveled to the site of the historic Ballestone Plantation on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay to re-enact the battles of Big Bethel, Ball’s Bluff, and Dranesville.  Rain and more rain seemed to be the theme of the weekend, however.  

Aaron and Mike H. stand on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay .

The Hooks brothers stand on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay .

The 5^th New York drills in the bayonet exercise prior to the Big Bethel re-enactment.

The Ballestone Manor dates to the 18^th Century.

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