Pilot Knob, MO: Brigade Spring Drill.
The Brigade Spring Drill was held April 27, 2019, at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site in Pilot Knob, MO. Companies of the Brigade met to practice their skills in preparation for the 2019 event season.
Thursday’s rain shrouded Shepherd’s Mountain in heavy low clouds before the Turner Brigade Spring Drill on Saturday, April 27, 2019.
About 120 4th grade students from Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves, MO, visited five Turner camp stations on the Friday school day, April 26, 2019, at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site in Pilot Knob, MO.
Company C’s Jim Flint Smith talks to 4th grade students from Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves, MO, about Civil War medicine during the Civil War on the Friday school day, April 26, 2019, at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site in Pilot Knob, MO.
Turner Randy Baehr talks to 4th grade students from Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves, MO, about the work of the Western Sanitary Commission during the Civil War on the Friday school day, April 26, 2019, at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site in Pilot Knob, MO.
Turners Patti House and Hope Eddleman guide 4th grade students from Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves, MO, in playing period games on the Friday school day, April 26, 2019, at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site in Pilot Knob, MO.
Turners Patti House and Hope Eddleman guide 4th grade students from Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves, MO, in playing period games on the Friday school day, April 26, 2019, at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site in Pilot Knob, MO.
Members of Company G demonstrate infantry drill to 4th grade students from Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves, MO, during the Civil War on the Friday school day, April 26, 2019, at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site in Pilot Knob, MO.
Members of Company M demonstrate artillery drill to 4th grade students from Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves, MO, during the Civil War on the Friday school day, April 26, 2019, at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site in Pilot Knob, MO.
Members of Company M demonstrate artillery drill to 4th grade students from Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves, MO, during the Civil War on the Friday school day, April 26, 2019, at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site in Pilot Knob, MO.
Boy Scouts from Troop 826 set up camp adjacent to the Turner camp at the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
Members of Company M prepare breakfast Saturday morning at the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
Members of the Turner Brigade form at the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
Members of Company C ride around the site during the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
Members of Company G practice infantry drill with Boy Scouts from Troop 826 at the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
Members of Company G practice infantry drill with Boy Scouts from Troop 826 at the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
Company M crews practice artillery drill during the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
Company M Lt. Mike McCubbins talks with spectators during the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
A Company M crew fires the Filley gun at the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
Their activities completed, members of Company E relax under their fly during the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
Gone with the Wind. Two strong gusts of wind leveled the Engineer camp on Saturday afternoon Members of Company G practice infantry drill with Boy Scouts from Troop 826 at the Brigade Spring Drill at the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site In Pilot Knob, MO, on April 27, 2019.
Information about the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site, including directions, can be found at http://www.mostateparks.com/park/battle-pilot-knob-state-historic-site.