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✓ Published: 04-Oct-2018
✓ Published: 04-Oct-2018
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Civil War Reenactors from Battery G 2nd Illinois Light Artillery set up camp at Point Rock Park and lived there over the weekend, in a manner similar to what Civil War Soldiers would have lived in the 1860’s.nnMany folks from around the area came to see the soldiers and their families, as they portrayed what it was like to camp during the 1800’s. Many fun demonstrations took place, all having to do with historic day-to-day living in the 1800’s. Cannon and small arms were shot, while many v
Civil War Reenactors from Battery G 2nd Illinois Light Artillery set up camp at Point Rock Park and lived there over the weekend, in a manner similar to what Civil War Soldiers would have lived in the 1860’s.nnMany folks from around the area came to see the soldiers and their families, as they portrayed what it was like to camp during the 1800’s. Many fun demonstrations took place, all having to do with historic day-to-day living in the 1800’s. Cannon and small arms were shot, while many v
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