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WELCOME REENACTORS:
The Civil
War is back at Fort Adams!
Parade Field inside Historic Fort Adams
July 14-15,
2012
Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday 10:00am-2:00pm
Last Season's Daily Schedules
(click here)
CLICK HERE FOR
REGISTRATION FORM(PDF)
Questions? PLEASE CALL (401)841-0707
NO WALK-ONS
2011
Reenactment Participants:
Units:
Type:
Approx. #'s Date Confirmed:
| 4th Alabama, Co. B | Infantry | 6 | 5-Jul-11 |
| 7th Tennessee, Co. D | Infantry | 13 | 28-Jun-11 |
| 12th Georgia | Infantry | 29 | 16-May-11 |
| 35th Virginia Cavalry Co. B | Cavalry | 7 | 23-Jun-11 |
| Co H 1st MD | Infantry | 4 | 23-Jun-11 |
| Liberty Greys HQ | Officers & Staff | 10 | 11-Jun-11 |
| Morton's Battery | Artillery | 19 | 30-Jun-11 |
| Pvt. Patton 13th Mass Vol. | Infantry | 1 | 1-Jul-11 |
| 11th West Virginia Cavalry | Cavalry | 9 | 1-Jul-11 |
| 12th MA + Salem Zovanes | Infantry | 1 | 23-Jun-11 |
| 12th Mass Infantry Co.I | Infantry | 9 | 23-Jun-11 |
| 32 ND Mass Field Hospital | Medical | 10 | 17-Jun-11 |
| Boston Morning Journal | Civilian | 3 | 20-Jun-11 |
| Capt Raymond Germain | Engineer | 2 | 2-Jun-11 |
| New England Civilian League | Civilian | 1 | 17-May-11 |
| Northeast Topographical Engineers | Engineer | 3 | 1-Jun-11 |
| Rhode Island C.W. Vols | Infantry | 1 | 29-Jun-11 |
| What Remains | Civilian | 3 | 23-Jun-11 |
| BatteryC 1st RI Light Artillery | Artillery | 13 | 11-Jun-11 |
| Flapjack's | Sutler | 1 | 25-Jun-11 |
| Big Bear | Sutler | 1 | 30-Jun-11 |
| New England Brigade HQ | Officers & Staff | 8 | 15-May-11 |
Highlights:
?Overnight Barracks:
Barracks
will serve as Union HQ as well as Reenactors only restrooms
during this event!
Accommodates Up to 38 adults in three bunkrooms with a separate Kitchen/Mess
area and four modern Bathroom facilities
Kitchen/ Mess
Area
Commanding Quarters Two Large Bunk Rooms
Sits up to 40 people
Bunk Space for Four
Sleep 16 and 18 adults
Additional interior sleeping space available upon request.
The
section of the Officer’s Quarters stabilized for use by civilian reenactors as “Main Street” for the Town of Unity
for 2009 has been deemed unsafe by the RI Fire Marshall.
There will be no use of the unrestored Quarters
?Access to the Newly Restored Redoubt/Jail:
The Redoubt/Jail includes four jail cells from the 1860s
?Pre- and Post Event Activities
in the North Casemates:
Saturday Night: Desert in the Casemates 7:00pm-9:00pm
Sunday Morning: Religious Ceremony, 9:30am-10:00am
?Possible
Reenactor-Only Skirmish of
the Forts Land Defenses:
Cross Section of Fort Adams Land Defenses
Through the considerable efforts of our volunteers and staff,
the Trust has once again reclaimed much of the Fort's landward defenses.
Built to be the most formidable land defenses of their day,
this previously inaccessible area to the Fort is once again
open for use and interpretation.
Do
you think your unit could successfully assault
North America's most complex land defenses?
More to come...
?Venue Provides:
Four Reenactor-Only
Bathrooms (Inside Overnight Barracks)
Reenactor-Only Port-o-Johns in the Fort's Interior Ditch
Access to Running Water
Cut wood for Campfires
Hay for Horses
Ice
Free Secure Parking within the Fort's Interior Ditch
Fort Adams is only a 10 minute drive to Historic Downtown Newport
Display Space available upon request (space is limited)
Battle on Fort's North Lawn in the middle of Newport Harbor
CLICK HERE FOR
REGISTRATION FORM
PLEASE CALL (401)841-0707 FOR LATE REGISTRATION
NO WALK-ONS
CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO GENERAL INFO PAGE
This
will be a unique opportunity for Civil War reenactors (and their families)
from the northeast to completely immerse themselves in an
original,
authentic 19th century military setting.
For more info
contact Robert
McCormack at (401)841-0707 or
rmccormack@fortadams.org
