Fredericktown, MO: Battle of Fredericktown Reenactment
The Historic Madison County Civil War Committee sponsored the Battle of Fredericktown reenactment October 18-20 in Fredericktown, Missouri. The event commemorated the original Battle of Fredericktown that occurred October 21, 1861.
Company M. left, and Company K, right, fire by piece during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
A Company M crew readies the Ames gun for firing during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
A Company M crew fires the Woodruff gun during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
A Company K crew fires the Parrott rifle during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
Company G and the Union infantry advances on the rebels in town during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
Mounted members of Company C wait to move in as the Union infantry advances on the town during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
Company G and the Union infantry volleys at the rebels defending the town during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
Company G and the Union infantry drive the rebels from the town during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
The town minister excoriates the Union occupiers during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
Residents of the town flee as Union troops set the town ablaze in reprisal for their cooperation with the rebels during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
Company G defends the town against at rebel counterattack during the Saturday battle at Fredericktown, MO, October 19, 2013.
In the Company M camp, Miss Shelly Chapman observes as Sgts. Just and Tullock read endorsement letters from a satisfied user of Dr. Natchez Vesuvius Butane’s Masculine Tonic.