One student listening and learning.
Another student listening and learning.
Miss Stacey is telling us about training for using a rifle, where equipment was carried, the drill soldiers would go through to load and fire a rifle.
She had the children repeat back the commands for firing a rifle. When it was time to actually fire the (not really) loaded rifle we were all supposed to shout "BANG" because when the hammer goes down one expects a big noise.
Food they would have used.
We are starting our tour of the battlefield here in front of the Hall of Valor. After lunch we saw the movie "Field of Lost Shoes" inside which tells of the battle that took place here at Bushong Farm. The lost shoes were because the battle was fought in May after a lot of rain. The fields were ready for planting but were muddy. As the soldiers went across the field their shoes got stuck in the mud.
Miss Stacey pointed out the farm house and some of the out buildings that were there during the war. The Bushong Family was actually in the cellar of the house during the battle, listening to the grandmother reading from the bible while the battle raged around them.
Above is the smaller residence and a kiln or oven. The bell called the workers and family to dinner.
This is the farm house.
The ice house.
The cellar.
The parlor. The cake looked really yummy.
The Dining Room which was used as a surgery. Note the fake blood splashed on the wall.
One of the bedrooms upstairs with mosquito netting.
The another bedroom upstairs.
The girls in the cookhouse.
A drinking gourd.
Inside the ice house.
The orchard where some of the battle was fought.
All the kids in our field trip group. The Bushong farm house is the white house in the background to the right. The barn is behind the children and the battle was fought around the farm house and in the fields beyond. It was the last Confederate victory in the Shenandoah Valley.
One student listening and learning.
Another student listening and learning.
Miss Stacey is telling us about training for using a rifle, where equipment was carried, the drill soldiers would go through to load and fire a rifle.
She had the children repeat back the commands for firing a rifle. When it was time to actually fire the (not really) loaded rifle we were all supposed to shout "BANG" because when the hammer goes down one expects a big noise.
Food they would have used.
We are starting our tour of the battlefield here in front of the Hall of Valor. After lunch we saw the movie "Field of Lost Shoes" inside which tells of the battle that took place here at Bushong Farm. The lost shoes were because the battle was fought in May after a lot of rain. The fields were ready for planting but were muddy. As the soldiers went across the field their shoes got stuck in the mud.
Miss Stacey pointed out the farm house and some of the out buildings that were there during the war. The Bushong Family was actually in the cellar of the house during the battle, listening to the grandmother reading from the bible while the battle raged around them.
Above is the smaller residence and a kiln or oven. The bell called the workers and family to dinner.
This is the farm house.
The ice house.
The cellar.
The parlor. The cake looked really yummy.
The Dining Room which was used as a surgery. Note the fake blood splashed on the wall.
One of the bedrooms upstairs with mosquito netting.
The another bedroom upstairs.
The girls in the cookhouse.
A drinking gourd.
Inside the ice house.
The orchard where some of the battle was fought.
All the kids in our field trip group. The Bushong farm house is the white house in the background to the right. The barn is behind the children and the battle was fought around the farm house and in the fields beyond. It was the last Confederate victory in the Shenandoah Valley.
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