Photo by Paul Robeson
REGIMENTAL SONGFEST: Young recruits to the Union army enjoy a tune during a Civil War re-enactment last Friday at Anderson River Park.
Photo by Paul Robeson
CLEANING VEGETABLES: Civil War re-enacter Dieter Lorentzen, of Chico, prepares a pot of soup for his regiment.
Singing groups in 1860s costumes and accompanied by a fife and drum corps wearing Union uniforms provided music amidst the roar of cannon fire for several hundred Shasta County students witnessing a Civil War reenactment last Friday at Anderson River Park.
Some students sat in temporary bleachers to watch a cannon firing by Union troops “attacking” the Confederacy. Other students and teachers walked to the various soldier camps to learn about the 150-year-old battle that was explained by actors dressed in period costumes.
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