Waynesville, MO: Old Settlers Day Reenactment
The Pulaski County Museum and Historical Society hosted its 40th annual Old Settlers Day July 25-26, 2020, at Waynesville City Park in Waynesville, MO. Several Turner companies participated.
Waynesville was occupied by Union forces beginning in 1862. A fort was built near the bluff overlooking Roubidoux Spring. The site was of strategic importance to protect the “wire road” between St. Louis and Springfield, MO, and to curtail regional “bushwhacker” activities. During the occupation the Old Stagecoach Stop served as hospital.
Capt. Greg Zelinske gives instructions to Company G during a drill in camp at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
Cavalry of both sides drill together at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
One of Company M’s new Confederate mountain rifle replicas in camp at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO. This was the piece’s debut event.
The Company E Engineers displayed the tools and products of their trade at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
Reenactors portraying the U.S. Christian Commission came from the East and set up an impressive display at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
Reenactors portraying the U.S. Christian Commission display their replica “Coffee Caisson” at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
Members of Company M talk with a young visitor at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
Union infantry marches to a position blocking the Wire Road at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
Union infantry fires at the rebels during a reenactment of an engagement on the Wire Road at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
Union Gen. U. S. Grant was portrayed at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
A Company M crew drills a spectator on one of its new Confederate mountain rifles at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
Union infantry marches onto the battlefield at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.
A Company M crew loads one of its new Confederate mountain rifles on the battlefield at the 2020 Old Settlers’ Day event in Waynesville, MO.