Dakota State University
Madison, SD, USA
The American Civil War

Pipestone Civil War Festival, Pipestone, MN, August 10-11 2002

Photos 

Photo Credits: Jim Janke

Cannon firing demonstration in the Confederate camp. The cannon is 3/4 scale.
Fire!
Part of the Confederate camp.
Tent of the 1st Battalion, North Carolina Sharpshooters, Confederate camp.
Federal camp. Note the telegraph station in the left foreground.
The Federal camp.
Federal hospital tents.
"Hooker's Ladies" performing in the camp theater tent.

 The "ladies" following "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Union Army of the Potomac in 1863 were referred to as "Hooker's Ladies." The term got shortened to "hookers," which has been used to refer to prostitutes ever since.

"Hooker's Ladies" entertain a man from the audience.
Civil War era music performed by the 97th Regimental String Band. Much of the performance was a sing-along, to the delight of the audience.
Federal troops off to the battle.
A panorama of the opening of the battle reenactment.
Federal cannonfire from the bluff.
Fire!
Why it was often hard to see the enemy once the battle had started.
The two sides engage. Rebel cannon are firing from the road in the rear.
More of the battle reenactment.
View from the Rebel side.
On Saturday the Confederates won.

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October 12, 2002