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No worries. We took some video, and I may turn it into a RUclips video soon! I'll see you at another Civil War event in the future.

@@mr.roywulf ok

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it.

@@Sporty2.0 You are very welcome. It will be fun tomorrow!

Oh yes, very good to hear from you. Yes, I will be at the Battle of Gettysburg reenactment this coming weekend at the Daniel Lady Farm. I will be the bugler for the 2nd Regiment Federal Volunteer Brigade (FVB), and I will be setting up my field music tent near the FVB Headquarters. Do you plan to come to the reenactment perhaps?

By the way, I will be marching in the Fairfax Parade tomorrow (July 4th). The parade starts at 10am, and I'll be near the front of the parade playing bagpipes in my World War I uniform.

@@mr.roywulf ok thank you this is my first year of civil war reenacting and I’m very excited, I will be attending the 161st battle of Gettysburg with my dad we are not officially a part of a unit yet

@@henry6644 Ah, that's wonderful. Please feel free to visit the 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Co. D (part of the Federal Volunteer Brigade - FBV). They are commanded by Kyle Sabol. First Sergeant Farmer would also be good to talk to as well. Tell them Roy Wulf sent you! That's my home unit, and the people in that unit are outstanding. Please seek me out at the reenactment and introduce yourself! It would be great to meet you in person.

@@mr.roywulf ok I will

Hi there! Artificial? How so? Did something in the video look unreal to you?

@@mr.roywulf nah man I’m just joking, it seems like you read off a script that’s all

@@Wake-up90 Oh, I thought that maybe I looked AI-generated or something! LOL. The video was unscripted, but I thought up things to say before I filmed each segment. I'm not always smooth talking in front of a camera, but I manage to get a good take on the fourth or fifth attempt. The one scripted thing was repeating Chamberlain's speech from the film 'Gods and Generals'.

Yes, it works to sing or to think of a tune in your head.

Semper Paratus!

Thank you so much! It was such an honor to participate in this event!

You could try sending an email to info@shipscompanyhistory.org, for example. It would be great to have you aboard!

Thanks I appreciate it

Sorry to break it to you but it’s a civil war union navy uniform

Thank you, sir! Glad you liked the video.

Well, there is always the possibility of some Johnny Rebs sneaking into the crew. :)

Oh no the jig is up

Run boys let’s skedaddle :0

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is on my list of historical locations that I hope to visit at some point.

@@mr.roywulf I hope to visit there in a few days. I always like to go around the 4th of July. I like walking the driving trail around the park. Much of it is wooded as it was at the time of the battle and you can imagine the fighting that went on in those woods.

@@MarkWYoung-ky4uc I live near the Manassas Battlefield, and it is very well preserved from the time that the battles of First and Second Manassas were fought there. Unfortunately, there is a plan to build the largest data center complex on earth right next to the battlefield. I fear it will be very detrimental to the tranquility of the land there.

So glad you enjoyed that one. I dug the trench myself!

@@mr.roywulf Great job Highlander!

@@MarkWYoung-ky4uc Thank you. Both of those videos were filmed on location in our back yard! :)

I'm glad that you were involved in Civil War reenacting too! That harpsichord is perhaps my favorite thing in our house. I play it almost every day.

Thank you for remembering your ancestors. It's a good thing not to forget the struggles that they faced and the lives that they led.

Thank you so much. It's not so easy to do Civil War Navy as there is just one ship from the Civil War still afloat, and that's the USS Constellation. Fortunately, I live pretty close to that ship. Actually, just last weekend, I was aboard Constellation for Maryland's Fleet Week, and I took some video. I hope to post something on RUclips about that pretty soon, so stay tuned!

I just posted that new video about Maryland Fleet Week if you care to check it out!

@@mr.roywulf Just did!

It was a particularly excellent day. Other than being a bit windy, the weather was perfect. Memorial Day weekend on the battlefield this year was also fine, but more low key for some reason. There was just a lot less happening this year.

Glad you enjoyed this trip into 80 years ago!

Thanks so much! It is an amateur effort, but we put some care into making it good!

Yes, but camping can be fun also!

That’s true btw I’m getting the dress blues that you told be about a while back

@@Ruz-T Okay, very good to hear that!

Slight problem they ran out of dress blue trousers that are my size but I can still can use my ww2 dress blue trousers so no need to cry over spilled milk

@@Ruz-T Some parts of the uniform didn't change much over a very long period of time!

Glad you enjoyed the video! That was quite an amazing event, and it was fun to put the video together too. Hope you're enjoying the summer so far.

@@mr.roywulf I have enjoyed it so far. I participated in my first reenactment earlier this month and I'm excited for my trip to Gettysburg in two weeks! How has your summer been?

Yes, you are right that replacing traditional music with popular music didn't even win over "the youth" it was designed to win over. By the time the Church implemented the change, because tastes in music are so fleeting, that pop music was unpopular. Chant has no meter so it is perfect for enhancing prayer as any words can be chanted. By contrast, other music has meter and lyrics must rhyme, so it is necessary to change the words for that to happen. Thank you for lending your voice to your local scola. Traditional music will win out in the long run (but perhaps it will be a very, very long run before it does)! God bless!

Although the original Monitor sank about a year after it was built, there were other ships of that type built. The last one was the USS Wyoming that was scrapped in 1939. As for the Constellation, it was decommissioned in 1933 but then recommissioned in 1940. It was used as a reserve flagship for a number of commanders. It was finally decommissioned in 1955, but then eventually became a museum ship in Baltimore. Yes, Frank E. Ragland could certainly have been on such ships. I thank him for his service to our country!

'We Will Rock You' as it was always meant to be played ... on the bagpipes!

Excellent! It was a great reenactment!

Thank you so much. And good luck with your video productions too!

@@mr.roywulf I have a question what regiment are you in for civil war reenacting?

@@henry6644 I reenact with a few. My original unit was the 1st Pennsylvania, Co. D. That is a fantastic unit. They belong to the 2nd Regiment FVB (Federal Volunteer Brigade), and I am the 2nd Regiment's bugler. I am also bugler for the 72nd Pennsylvania Fire Zouaves (Baxter's Brigade), which is another amazing unit. Then, I play Eb and Bb cornet with the 46th Pennsylvsnia Logan's Guard brass band. The navy unit on the USS Constellation in Baltimore is called Ship's Company.

@@henry6644 Recently, I have been playing fife in two fife and drum corps. The first is the Monocacy Field Music. The other is the 28th Massachusetts Co B. When I have time to finish it, I will be posting a video about fifing with those corps at a fife & drum muster. By the way, I am here in Colonial Williamsburg today at the Drummer's Call event. Doing fife, drum, or bugle is a great way for anyone under 17 years of age to participate in reenacting.

@@mr.roywulf hi Roy I’m ten and I’m thinking about joining a unit in the army of the Potomac and I’m also getting a civil war drum for my birthday which is very soon

Very nice! You are the second guy I know who lives and Alexandria, who is interested in history and aviation, and who is named Henry! Good job with your videos by the way. Concerning the building of a Lego Bleriot 11, you probably already know about it, but there is a Bleriot 11 replica in the Military Aviation Museum down in Virginia Beach.

How good to hear from you and thank you for your kind invitation. We have listened to some of your excellent podcasts! I have sent an email to the contact email address listed on your RUclips Channel.

Yes, you have heard correctly. Reenacting is a wonderful hobby. It combines history, enjoying the outdoors, and making friends. In our case, we do a lot with historical music too. There is a bit of an initial investment in order to get outfitted in a uniform, but units sometimes have loaner uniform parts and gear. My family is involved in Civil War and Revolutionary War reenacting (and a bit of other things too, as you will see from the videos on this channel). If you are interested at all in this hobby, please look into it further, and I'll be happy to answer questions for you also! :)

And it was out of cigars.

Thanks so much! :)

That's a horrible situation to lead you to this video, but thanks for watching anyway!

@@mr.roywulf this will also be part of history.. 🤷🏾

@@love4lust7301 Yes, indeed!

At what time stamp do you think maybe johnny howe is there?

@@mr.roywulf timestamp 4:30 last on the left i don't know if it is him just looks like him hard to tell

@@joefisher8929 Yes! I checked, and the first sergeant is indeed Johnny Howe. Well spottted!

@@mr.roywulf by the way love the bugle I have my ancestors bugle 5th ohio cav. company i

@@joefisher8929 Congratulations on your bugling ancestor. That's excellent! As you may have seen from another video that I posted, one of my ancestors was in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry (but he was not a bugler).

Yes, that's me too. facebook.com/regtvonhuyn/videos/we-are-now-5-days-away-for-the-regimental-field-day-this-saturday-march-9th-in-w/720656926570828

@@mr.roywulf Neat! I thought it was you!

@@sp00k48 So, were you there in person or did you see a video of it posted?

@@mr.roywulfSorry for the late response, I saw a video of it.

@@sp00k48 Yes, very good. Thanks!

Thanks for your question. I got my hat from Dirty Billy's in Gettysburg. I got my wool frock and 13-button pants by ordering them from the shop of the National Civil War Navy Museum in Columbus, Georgia. The stock of available uniform parts there has unfortunately been very minimal. Talking with other Civil War Navy reenactors and admiring their uniforms, I was told that they were made by an excellent tailor shop in Gettysburg who will perfectly create any uniform needed. I was told the name of the shop, but I cannot remember it now.

@@mr.roywulf Thanks for the info! Would love to know the name of the shop lol

@@donaldlopuzzo5064 I may see a friend who knows next month. Hopefully, I can remember to ask, and then I'll let you know.

The Victorian Dance Ensemble is able to teach a variety of old-time dances to people very quickly. It's amazing what they manage to achieve with people who have never danced this way before!

Ok that’s interesting

Thanks for this. We wanted to add subtitles to the rap portion of the video, but there wasn't time. We through this video together very quickly to meet our due date (which was today)!

@@mr.roywulfSeems relatable. I've written an essay the night it was due and turned it in 10 minutes before the due date.

And my speech from last week was a similar ordeal.

@@sp00k48 What was that one?

@@mr.roywulf My essay was on Anne Frank and my speech (which was originally an essay which was also presented as a speech) was on animal testing.

My class was assigned to do an advertising pitch for a technology of the early 1800s, such as canal boats, textile mills, the mechanical reaper, etc. My group was assigned the locomotive.

​@@mr.roywulfI had to do a quackery advertisement the other day for health class, and I drew Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in front of their RV with meth. Funny part is, she gave me full credit.

@@sp00k48 The Breaking Bad assignment, eh? :)

​@@mr.roywulf Now that I'm thinking about it, I need to start watching Breaking Bad again.

All five-year-olds love trains!

I was such a huge fan of monorails that people complained that I had a one track mind! :)

Lol

Well, not gas, but steam! :)

Cute! I loved it!@@mr.roywulf

You are correct!

​@@mr.roywulf Aha, I recognized it from it being whistled in Red Dead Redemption Two.

That's quite a coincidence! I own a Peeler Ferrary fife, and I also purchased another Peeler Ferrary (in the mopane wood) as a gift for a friend who plays the flute. I'm very happy with the Ferrary, so I am sure you will like the Firth and Pond replica.

​@@mr.roywulf Also, any advice on fifing would be greatly appreciated.

@@sp00k48 I'll see if I can find time to get around to posting some videos about that.

Yes, I agree. I bought my suspenders at a sutler, but I didn't realize that they were not accurate. A new pair are on my to-buy list! Tell me, is there a particular maker of suspenders that you would recommend?

Merci beaucoup, Madame Hansberger!! Je vous remercie encore d'être venu à ma présentation! C'était incroyable pendant mes recherches de trouver beaucoup de connexions françaises dans l'histoire de la musique sacrée de l'Église Catholique.

Ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus! I am so glad you enjoyed, Mrs. Gurley! I feel so blessed to be in the true Church that happens to have the most beautiful Sacred Music!

That was by miraculous good fortune. The school I used to attend is run by the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia who recently built a new monastery. They held a big sale of items from the old monastery, and I was amazed to see that this harpsichord was among the things being sold. Because they know me well, they sold it to my family at a very modest price. I promised to play it for them after getting it repaired, which I did! The harpsichord was fixed by Mark Adler of Cembaloworks in Gaithersburg, MD. My harpsichord is small enough to haul around in the back of our minivan, so I have even played it out at Mount Vernon!

@@mr.roywulfInteresting, thank you for the information!

@@sp00k48 You're welcome!

And more will be coming along. I will post videos whenever I get a chance to do so! 🙂

This Eb cornet is an actual period musical instrument. It was expensive unfortunately, but worth it. I got it from a private individual who collects period instruments. This configuration (with the bell pointing backward) is called 'over the shoulder' or 'OTS'. There are also bell forward (like a modern cornet) and circular (with the bell pointing upward). I just talked to lots of people involved in historical brass until I found someone willing to sell a horn from their collection.

Alright, thank you for the response! I'm quite interested in the idea of owning a period cornet myself. Would you happen to have any contact information or know of any resources where I could find individuals who collect or sell similar instruments? I'd greatly appreciate any guidance or assistance you could provide in my search. Thank you again for your insight!

@@sp00k48 There are a number of people to contact to start asking around. For example, there is Mark Metzler of Metzler Brass in Elkhart, IN. The website is www.metzlerbrass.com/. He repairs such instruments, so he might have suggestions for you about where to find a horn to buy.

Mr. Dobbs, it was an honor and a privilege to participate with you at this event. You do a great job portraying a fascinating and controversial personality from history!