On November 5th
2011 Taylor-Wilson Camp #10's commander, Kevin Shroyer joined with eight other
re-enactors, blue and grey, to present a program of remembrance on the grounds
of Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park near Farmville, VA. The nine men stood for more than three and a
half hours, at various positions in the
fields and woods of the Battlefield, as
park rangers guided sixty-eight hearty visitors up and down the slopes and
valleys that comprise the Battlefields terrain.
This assembly of
ghostly figures must have made for quite an experience; for as the visitors came to each of the men a
lantern was slowly lifted to reveal a war worn face, which hushed the voices of
the visitors as each man told his story.
On through the deepening darkness the
visitors trekked until each ghostly
character was visited in turn. The most
gripping moment however, was left to the end; for as the tour came to a close,
the cold stillness of the night was broken by the sound of taps being played in
the distance and echoing hauntingly over
the scene.
Each of the
re-enactors represented an individual who was killed during the battle. Commander Shroyer's character was that of
Union 2nd Lt George Peck of the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry. Commander Shroyer later said that this was
one of the best events he had ever participated in and that he had been proud
to do it.
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