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Pilot Knob, MO: Brigade Spring Drill.

When:
April 27, 2019 all-day
2019-04-27T00:00:00-05:00
2019-04-28T00:00:00-05:00
Where:
Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site
Pilot Knob
MO
USA
Cost:
Free

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.

 

Clouds cover Shepherd's Mountain April 25, 2019.

Thursday’s rain shrouded Shepherd’s Mountain in heavy low clouds before the Turner Brigade Spring Drill on Saturday, April 27, 2019.

 

Friday school day at Pilot Knob April 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.

 

Friday school day at Pilot Knob April 2019

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.

 

Friday school day at Pilot Knob April 2019

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.

 

Friday school day at Pilot Knob April 2019

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.

 

Friday school day at Pilot Knob April 2019

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.

 

Friday school day at Pilot Knob April 2019

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.

 

Friday school day at Pilot Knob April 2019

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.

 

Friday school day at Pilot Knob April 2019

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

 

Turners at 2019 Spring Drill

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.

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