27th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Kindly invite you to
The Battle of Appomattox Reenactment
event of American Civil War
that happened
on 9th April, 1865
Program:
Friday, May 12th, 2017
14:00 - Arrival, building up the military camp
18:00 - Captain meeting
Saturday, May 13th, 2017
08:00 - Reveille
08:10 - Roll Call
08:30 - Breakfast, camp life
09:30 - Drill – by units
11:30 - Lunch, camp life
13:30 - Units presentation in Bzince pod Javorinou village
15:30 - Main battle
17:00 - Rifle cleaning, camp life
18:00 - Recapitulation of the event
18:30 - Dinner
Sunday, May 14th, 2017
07:30 - Reveille
08:00 - Breakfast
10:00 - Packing up, bring the camp place to the original state
(cleaning up)
12:00 - Departure
Payment on the place:
2,00 € - soldiers
Ladies and children free of charge
May 12th – 14th, 2017
Bzince pod Javorinou, Slovak republic
Maleník - location Chrast
GPS: 48°47'45.05"N, 17°46'09.41"E
Registration:
Definitive registration has to be sent by email at the latest by April 30th, 2017.
Boarding (food):
Self-supplies, Lunch provided on Saturday.
Water and timber provided.
Straw provided. Bring your own contemporary bunk.
Arrive on the camp place:
CAUTION:
From border Strání (Květná) - Moravské Lieskové continue olong the road no. 54
direction to Moravské Lieskové (don’t turn into the village; continue along the
road no. 54). Turn right after approximately 9 km from the border to Bzince pod
Javorinou (at the end of the village Moravské Lieskové). Turn right after app. 2,5
km - direction Cetuna (near village Bzince pod Javorinou). Turn left app. 1,7 km
after the end of the village to the marked country road. Continue according to
marks app. 1 km.
All active participants are requested to come for registration. At the
registration point the registration fee will be paid and every firearm shall be
submitted for inspect. Every participant will obtain commemorative certificate
with his own name.
Organizer is not liable for any damage on belongings and health.
Firing is allowed only on commanders` order during the event. All participants
(soldiers, accompanying people and spectators) take part in the reenactment on
their own responsibility. Conditions of the reenactment and rifle manipulation
will be subject to Slovak Laws & Regulations for guns and munitions. Anyone
who would break any of these Laws & Regulations will be excluded from the
event. Any use of short guns and rammers is forbidden! There will be forbidden
to drink an alcohol and to use addictive substances during the drill time and the
battle demonstration.
Conditions of horse housing can be negotiated only with previous registration.
From border Hodonín – Holíč continue through Holíč along the road no. 51 direction Senica. Turn into the road no. 581 - direction Myjava after app. 21 km
from the border. Go through Myjava and continue along the road no. 581 to Stará
Turá and then to Nové Mesto nad Váhom. Turn left to the village Bzince pod
Javorinou after app. 5,5 km form Stará Turá. Continue through village - direction
Cetuna. Turn left app. 1,7 km after the end of the village to the marked country
road. Continue according to marks app. 1 km.
From the town Nové Mesto nad Váhom continue along the road no. 54 direction
Moravské Lieskové. Behind the town Nové Mesto n/V take the second (function)
exit on the roundabout to the road no. 581 - direction Stará Turá. Turn right into
village Bzince pod Javorinou after app. 3 km from the roundabout. Turn right to
the direction Cetuna after app. 250 m. Turn left app. 1,7 km after the end of the
village to the marked country road. Continue according to marks app. 1 km.
For More information please contact:
Vlado Kucharovic alias sgt. Chriss Cook
Email: [email protected], tel.: +421 944 168 630
Michaela Černáčková Lužná alias lady Michelle
Email: [email protected], tel.: +421 902 620 623
or:
Email: [email protected]