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Jennie Burdette of Washington, W.Va., listens to Invoice Beardsley Jr., a Civil Struggle reenactor with the First Ohio Mild Artillery Battery Ok who had the Civil Struggle encampment on the Historical past within the Park occasion Saturday at Muskingum Park in Marietta.
MARIETTA — Individuals had been in a position to study a bit in regards to the Mid-Ohio Valley’s function within the American Civil Struggle Saturday at Muskingum Park in Marietta in the course of the second annual Historical past within the Park occasion.
The occasion featured numerous teams and organizations from all through the area coping with particular historic areas and durations in addition to how these locations performed a component in American Historical past, stated Nancy Arthur, president of the Civil Struggle Spherical Desk of the Mid-Ohio Valley.
“That is to point out the historical past of our space, as a result of there’s lots of it,” she stated. “We need to inform the general public in regards to the historical past that’s in our space and southeast Ohio and northwestern West Virginia.”
The occasion had representatives from numerous historic teams in addition to a duplicate of a Civil Struggle encampment. There have been distributors promoting books detailing lots of historical past and extra.
The teams represented included Henderson Corridor, Hidden Marietta, the Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Henry close to Wheeling, Fort Steuben close to Steubenville, Roscoe Village, Tuscarawas County Historic Society, the West Virginia State Farm Museum and others.
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Invoice Beardsley Sr. and Murray Stewart, Civil Struggle reenactors, play banjos Saturday on the Historical past within the Park occasion at Muskingum Park in Marietta.
Arthur stated many organizations had been there to commerce data and let others know what they provide.
“We need to let individuals know what is out there to allow them to plan and make day journeys to go to a few of these websites,” she stated. “I’ve heard a number of individuals strolling via the park say `I must go up there and see that. I didn’t know that was up there.’
“It serves a two-fold goal. We would like them to understand it extra and go to.”
Leight Murray, a previous president of the Civil Struggle Spherical Desk of the Mid-Ohio Valley, stated individuals are studying in regards to the historical past of the area and what’s accessible for them to see.
“Individuals are discovering issues which are close to us that they’d no thought about,” he stated. “That’s the complete level of this train.
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Rodney Ritchey and Sara Chichester, representing Henderson Corridor, performed the bagpipes Saturday in the course of the Historical past within the Park occasion held at Muskingum Park in Marietta.
“It’s discovery. We hope they find out about organizations they could not have discovered about and are intrigued by the story that they inform.”
Invoice Beardsley Sr., a Civil Struggle reenactor with the First Ohio Mild Artillery Battery Ok who had the Civil Struggle encampment on the occasion, stated they’re there to coach the general public in regards to the lives troopers lived in the course of the Civil Struggle.
“We’re getting individuals within the historical past of the Civil Struggle,” he stated. “It’s all historical past and it has nothing to do with race.”
The unique First Ohio Mild Artillery Battery Ok was a Union Military unit from Washington County and Marietta which included individuals from Washington, Monroe and Morgan counties, he stated.
“They had been famous for his or her gallantry on the Battle of Gettysburg and there’s a memorial to Battery Ok at Gettysburg,” Beardsley stated.
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Members of the First Ohio Mild Artillery Battery Ok had a Civil Struggle encampment arrange on the Historical past within the Park occasion on Saturday at Muskingum Park.
The camp featured gadgets that troopers of the interval would probably carry, together with shaving kits, canteens, haversack, stitching equipment, Bibles, enjoying playing cards, candles and extra.
“He tried to be as gentle as he may very well be,” Beardsley stated in regards to the troopers of the Civil Struggle. “He wouldn’t carry lots of issues with him if he may assist it.”
Beardsley additionally famous some items had been fashioned by Baptist preachers and lots of didn’t permit card enjoying, consuming or cussing.
Additionally they confirmed a cannon the unit would have used, a 10-pound Parrott rifle cannon.
“We’re right here to point out everybody one thing in regards to the historical past of the Civil Struggle,” Beardsley stated.
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Jackie Lyons of the West Virginia State Farm Museum talks in regards to the museum and a few of its gadgets displayed Saturday with Meredith Potts of Marietta in the course of the Historical past within the Park occasion at Muskingum Park in Marietta. The museum, which is positioned close to Level Nice, was one in every of numerous historic organizations that arrange on the park to focus on the area’s historical past and supply details about what they provide.
Jennie Burdette of Washington W.Va. was working some errands in Marietta, noticed the occasion occurring within the park and stopped by to see what was taking place. She listened to Beardsley’s son, Invoice Jr., speak in regards to the camp and extra.
“That is nice,” she stated. “It’s actually attention-grabbing.”
Meredith Potts of Marietta stated it was nice that each one the totally different historic teams got here to Marietta to share what they’ve accessible.
“It’s nice they got here down right here as a result of a lot of these items you don’t see anymore,” he stated. “There may be lots of previous stuff right here and it’s all very attention-grabbing.”
“I’m glad I obtained an opportunity to return and see a few of these issues.”
