Pilot Knob
MO
USA
Pilot Knob, MO: 150th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Pilot Knob
The Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site in Pilot Knob, MO, hosted the 150th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Pilot Knob September 27-28, 2014. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources reported 1,400 reenactors participated and 48,000 spectators watched over the two-day event.
Company M poses with its guns for its image at the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
Company M posts its guns and limbers inside the fort at the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
Company G forms up in its street before going into action at the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
The Turner ladies provide lunch to their troops at the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
The Ladies’ Union Aid Society distributes items for the comfort of Union soldiers at the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
A Company M crew fires the Woodruff gun from inside the fort at the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
Company E troops fire at the rebels from between two guns of Company M inside the fort during the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
Capt. Gary Dunakey directs his section of artillery outside the fort at the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
Union infantry forms up inside the fort during the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
A Union gun outside the fort shoots a smoke ring during the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
Union infantry fires on the rebel assault while Company M’s left section reloads during the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
The detonation of the fort’s powder magazine is reenacted at the Pilot Knob reenactment September 27-28, 2014.
Click here for event photos published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Click here for a brief reenactment video by Masters Touch Productions.
Click here for a YouTube slide show of photos.