Southeast Coalition of Authentic Reenactors

SCAR will be hosting three, c/p/h events in in 2010-11.  Over five months the volunteers from the SCAR groups will work together to organize and execute three events!  Quite an undertaking!  We truly hope that everyone will attend and have an enjoyable and historic experience! Volunteers are still needed! Thanks for your patience and support.

SCAR and WIG are co-hosting "Before the Breakout" recreates the life of a man in the 8th Kansas Infantry (Co. A) just after the devastating battle of Chickamauga.  Although withdrawing in good order, the 8th suffered 50% casualties at Chickamauga. They retreated to Chattanooga and building heavy defenses around the city.  The Confederates would soon arrive and begin building their own works as well.  Before Orchard Knob men of the 45th Alabama and the 8th Kansas are assigned to Guard Mount. Their picket posts are a mere 40 yards apart in places.  Men weary of battle and the soldiers life call unofficial truces with their enemy.  Fraternization begins between the lines. Trading, gambling, drinking, and exchanging stories were the norm.  Sutlers and other civilians appear to sell their wares. Officers weary for war and ready to give up their commissions turn a blind eye to the odd socializations. Even the officers visit the sutlers and meet with opposing officers as well.

Ken Giddens commands the SCAR company A at BTB. Please register asap at the event website:
DATE: Sept 10-12, 2010 (be on site by 6-7 pm)
Location: Rome, GA (see website for details)
Event website: http://www.westernindependentgrays.org/beforebreakout/index.htm
Please review all the Dress Guidelines.


"Struggles of Secession":  It is October, 1863 in a small, rural, working-class town in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley of Georgia.  The days of hearts beating to the sounds of war drums is gone. Gone are the lavish suppers and barbeques. Forgotten are the long winded speeches advocating secession from the Union. The call to duty to defend home and hearth is quickly replaced by the cries of the Yeoman dying on the fields of Virginia and Pennsylvania and the pleas of their dear ones at home.  Vacant as the call to arms to defend Southern Rights are the vacant bellies of the soldier’s loved ones on their own homestead.  Too greedy and craven to fight for their own peculiar institutions, the wealthy, Planter class sends their poor brethren to do their bidding. While some men sit home with exemptions seemingly only procured by those of means, the poor Yeoman must join or be conscripted.  Even more overwhelming is the fact that the desire for cotton profits replaces the rational and obvious urgency to grow produce for the people and soldiers protecting the South and her industries.

SCAR groups are encouraged to volunteer with SCAR to be on Staff for the event.
DATE: Oct 20-24, 2010 (you can arrive up till 5 pm on the 22nd Fri)
Location: Westville Historic Village - Lumpkin, GA (Stewart Cty)
Event Website: http://www.strugglesofsecession.com/
Event Trailer: http://www.strugglesofsecession.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=15&Itemid=21

photos from the 2008 event "Sparks of Secession" at http://www.strugglesofsecession.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=15&Itemid=21

"To Prevent the Effusion of Blood":  The flash point of the American Civil War is accepted to be Charleston Harbor with the events of December 1860 and January 1861 providing an impetus on the part of the new Confederacy to organize their forces for combat and providing the Federal Government a breathing space until the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.
Major Robert Anderson had been sent to Fort Moultrie to take command by the Buchannan Administration in the hope that a Southern Gentlemen would be congizant and respectful of Southern Sensibilities. Major Anderson decided his duty lay with executing his vague orders from the Federal Government. He was mindful of the moves the State of South Carolina made to arm itself and the situation of his command. In his own words, Major Anderson decided to move the Fort Moultrie Garrison to Fort Sumter on the night of 26-27 December 1860 "To prevent the effusion of blood.

The Tramp Brigade is the host unit for this event. Please contact them for detailed questions.
DATE: Jan. 7-9, 2011
Location: Fort Moultrie/Fort Sumter, SC
Event website: http://topreventtheeffusionofblood.com/