3rd Regiment ANV Dispatches

The Regimental Dispatch

3^rd Regiment, 1^st Division ANV

“Britton’s Battalion”

January 15th 2012 Edition

Confederate Winter by Mort Kunstler

Ladies and Gentlemen of Third Regiment:

I’d like to wish you all a very Happy New Year! I hope this will be a great year for you and your families. I am excited as this will be the 150^th of the 1862 Campaigns and the year of many Confederate victories. I know Third Regiment will continue to work hard and enjoy much success during this campaign year. We have a lot of neat events taking place and I ask that you please pay attention to the “Upcoming Events” section of each Dispatch and pay attention to all details concerning each event. Also, if your unit is hosting or attending an event not listed, please send me the details and I will include it in the events section. Remember, The Dispatch is a Third Regiment newsletter and you are welcome to include any of your unit news within this newsletter. I usually try to send the Dispatch out around the 15^th of each month. If you would like for me to include something, please send to me at least a week before the 15^th.

Keep in mind that Charleston is our first Regimental event of the year. Please start getting prepared for that if you are going. I know the event is going to be just as good or even better that last year. I can tell you it was a blast last year!

As always, lets all work together to continue to make Third Regiment the best there is out there. I am so proud to be a part of the Regiment and I am so honored that you have asked me back as your Colonel. I will do my best not to disappoint you.

Regards

Troy

Charleston, SC During the War

Upcoming Events

March 23-25, 2012	Battle of Charleston www.battleofchas.com
April 27th-29th	3rd Regiment Camp of Instruction/COI Brentsville Historic District Courthouse Brentsvillle, Virginia http://www.pwcgov.org/default.aspx?topic=030039002160000792
June 9th-10th	Battle of Port Republic/Cross Keys Middletown, Virginia http://www.cedarcreekbattlefield.org/ccpr.html
Aug. 3rd-5th	Battle of 2nd Manassas More information to come
Aug. 17th-19th	Montpelier Orange County, Virginia
Sept. 8th-9th	Battle of Sharpsburg/South Mountain REGISTER NOW!!! http://www.marylandcampaign150.org/Reenactment.html
Oct. 20th-21st	Battle of Cedar Creek Middletown, Virginia

INFORMATION ON EVENTS FOR 2012

Charleston:

This event is hosted by the Regiment’s own 7^th South Carolina. This event last year was truly a good one and a great way to start the year. Charleston is beautiful and offers a lot of Civil War history. The 7^th SC will be having work days down there soon. Buddy Jarrells will be in passing along event information as it becomes available. I am quite sure that we will be able to set up on Thursday as we did last year. This will give everyone a chance to spend time in beautiful Charleston. The tactical was a great one last year. It reminded me of the tacticals we used to have years ago. They also feed us on Saturday night. It is truly a nice event and well worth the drive.

3^rd Regiment COI:

This years COI will be held at Historic Old Town Brentsville. This is a beautiful location packed with Civil War history. We will be able to camp in what was once the county seat of Price William County. The location offers restored buildings and a nice walking trail. Bristow Station battlefield is just up the road. More info will be coming shortly concerning this event.

ANV: Sharpsburg's numbers are limited, so please register NOW!

PLEASE GO TO ADJUTANTS PAGE FOR A MESSAGE FROM CAPT. BARTEL, Jan. 2012

Please check out the below web sites for more info on 150^th events.

www.150thcivilwarevents.com

As always keep an eye on the Regimental web site at: www.3rdregiment.com for updates, news, and event information.