- at the officers' meeting the overall commander stresses authenticity while leaning on a gatling gun.
- standard amenities include Tetanus shots.
- the Confederate Commander's tent is fluorescent yellow nylon.
- a boy sits outside the registration tent playing "Dueling Banjos".
- the Union Commander is a TBW (Tubby Bearded Woman).
- the main camping area was just vacated by the state's largest dairy herd.
- rabies warning notices are posted on the Porta Potties.
- a sound system runs everywhere alternately playing the theme from "Glory" and the "Green Berets".
- the most prominent Sutler is from Coleman Coolers.
- the parking area contains the state's largest dairy herd.
- there are more paramedics on the field than Federals.
- the Registration Tent sits below the Ferris Wheel.
- the event organizer is the first to leave.
- it's Saturday morning and you're one of only 7 people to show up.
- the new guy in your unit goes ballistic when he hears you describe Civil War reenacting as a hobby instead of a lifestyle.
- the only food concessionaire is charging $3 for a cup of coffee and doing it with a straight face.
- the Reb commander looks like Charles Manson.
- the funnel cake vendor has obscured his health department rating with a wad of rancid dough.
- one of the vehicles not towed from the Reb camp is loaded with fertilizer and fuel oil.
- the Yank commander looks like Charles Manson.
- when the site coordinator sends you fourteen pages of authenticity regulations for sutlers and, when you arrive, they tell you to "set up next to the beer truck"!
Just a little reenactor humor. The Battle of Olustee bears no resemblance to the above.
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