The 124th New York Infantry Regiment Civil War re-enactors teach cadets how to properly wield black powder muskets during the Overland Campaign Staff Ride, which is a hands-on Civil War Drill, Tuesday on The Plain.
The cadets were conducting a week-long intensive study of Civil War campaigns, including the Overland Campaign, Petersburg Campaign and the Appomattox Campaign, which ended the Civil War.
The cadets will write a paper about the campaigns they studied and, on Tuesday, they will be driven down to Virginia and walk through the battlefields where the campaigns took place. During the Civil War, the 124th New York Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the “Orange Blossoms,” hailed from Orange County.
They fought on numerous battlefields, including Gettysburg and Chancellorsville, under the leadership of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant until the end of the war.
Photos by Jorge Garcia/PV