2149 Lutheran Church Road
Beaufort, MO 63013
USA
Beaufort, MO: NCWAA School of the Piece
Turners participated in the School of the Piece, a muzzle-loading artillery safety qualification program for reenactors and living historians, held June 24, 2017, on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, Missouri 63013. The program was presented by the National Civil War Artillery Association and the Sons of Veterans Reserve of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Sixty-seven cannoneers were qualified by nine NCWAA instructors.

First-time school participants listen to a classroom presentation at the NCWAA School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, MO, June 24, 2017.

Crews are instructed in field gun drill at the NCWAA School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, MO, June 24, 2017.

Crews are instructed in field gun drill at the NCWAA School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, MO, June 24, 2017.

A crew is instructed in mountain howitzer drill at the NCWAA School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, MO, June 24, 2017.

Crews are instructed in mountain howitzer drill at the NCWAA School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, MO, June 24, 2017.

Crews are instructed in mountain howitzer drill at the NCWAA School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, MO, June 24, 2017.

Crews are instructed in mountain howitzer drill at the NCWAA School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, MO, June 24, 2017.

A crew is instructed in mountain howitzer drill at the NCWAA School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, MO, June 24, 2017.

Crews are instructed in field gun drill at the NCWAA School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, MO, June 24, 2017.

Crews fire their pieces during a demonstration at the NCWAA School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, MO, June 24, 2017.