Beaufort, MO: NCWAA School of the Piece

Beaufort, MO: NCWAA School of the Piece

Instructor Nancy Knotts (at left) instructs a participant crew in the field gun drill on Landis’s Battery’s Ordnance Rifle during the 2023 NCWAA Region XII School of the Piece on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort,MO, June 24, 2023.

A School of the Piece, a muzzle-loading artillery safety qualification program for re-enactors and living historians, will be held June 28, 2025, on the grounds of St. John’s Lutheran Church, 2149 Lutheran Church Road, Beaufort, Missouri 63013. The program is presented by the National Civil War Artillery Association and the Sons of Veterans Reserve of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Artillery reenactors, and others interested in learning about safe artillery operation are invited to attend.

Full information about the school, including registration materials, may be found at https://turnerbrigade.org/ncwaastl.htm.