Battles for the Armory 2011

4 Day Event - November 10th through November 13th, Tallassee, Alabama

School Day Thursday, November 10th, Special Confederate Armory tours Friday, November 11th and Battles, Saturday and Sunday, November 12th and 13th.

 

This annual event is a family oriented event that you don't want to miss out on.  Visit this site often for updates for the 14th Annual Battle For The Armory in November 2011.

SCHEDULE, DIRECTIONS AND GATE INFORMATION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC

The 2011 'Battles for the Armory" will begin with our School Day Living History Encampment on Thursday Nov.10th. (see School Day Encampment page for complete details). Battles will be fought at 2:00pm Saturday and Sunday Nov.12th and 13th. Other attractions include, working blacksmith shop, carriage rides over the plantation, period foods, crafts, and modern concession stands, and vendors, and our usual large Sutler's Village providing unique shopping opportunities for WBTS items for reenactors and the general public. Gates open to public at 9:00am.

Historic Gibson's View Plantation provides expansive open fields well suited to cavalry, with camping areas that have piped water and shower facilities. Modern camping available with water, but no hook-ups. If the Lord provides water, we will provide hay for cavalry horses. We will make every effort to have hay available if possible. As always firewood will be plentiful and there will be ample powder rations to the first 10 full-scale guns registered before Oct. 1st, 2011.

Battles for the Armory is sponsored by the "Tallassee Armory Guards" SCV Camp 1921 and is hosted by the 53rd Alabama Cavalry. Proceeds from this event go towards various WBTS historic preservation projects with our main emphasis on the Confederate Armory Project here in Tallassee, last standing Confederate Armory in the South.