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May 8, 2014
Our 150th re-enactment happened on April
26th, 2014. The 2nd day was cancelled on Sunday
due to the threat of tornadoes, which that night hit about 50 miles north
of here at Vilonia and pretty near wiped that town out.
About 1500 people were at the re-enactment from many different states. A
choir sang the song I wrote for the sesquicentennial of Jenkins' Ferry. I
even had the CSA flag that was captured by the 9th Wisconsin on stage,
plus a descendant of Gen. Samuel Rice who was mortally wounded. His great
grandson, Dr. Kennedy, is a retired veterinarian from Iowa City, Iowa.
The black re-enactors from Camden got a grant
for their uniforms to portray the 2nd Kansas Colored troops. They captured
3 cannon at Jenkins' Ferry alongside the banks of Cox's Creek. I found
their history on the Kansas National Guard website.
All in all it was an enjoyable experience. The blast from one of the
cannon blew out a long light tube at the viewing building a quarter mile
away. My favorite scene was when a trained horse's rider was killed, he
came over to his soldier and nudged him a few times, wanting him to get up
off the ground. Gen. Rice's first cousin, 4 times removed, was there from
Tennessee -- Richard Rice.
Roy Wilson, Sheridan, AR |
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