The Dahlgren Raid

[John Stanton]

It is nice that you brought up Dahlgren's Raid at this time. The area around Richmond just finished a reenactment of the entire raid in the places where there was action - all on Horseback. Stopped trafffic in some places. I SPOKE WITH COL. DAHLGREN ON SATURDAY. He "Officially" had 84 riders, but was joined by more riders and rideresses, as they went along. By th time I saw them there was well over 100 Troopers - in full uniform (Blue), all armed. I took some pictures - on film. SOme came from as far away as Canada. I must confess, Dahlgren was an imposter - he had rwo legs. But he allowed me to search him - and he had the orders in his pocket. (He knew what I was up to. My host for the day - Jim Baker- knew I was into spies, so he asked me to talk, during a rest period about the spy who tipped off the South. That's a story I need to write up for the Courrier.

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My server, limits the size of my transmissions, so I need to write MORE smaller posts - Here's some more.
In my "youth", up to about 10 years ago I was a reenactor. I was a "Confederate Regimental Surgeon" -Greeh hat and sash, black trim at the collar and cuffs. I'm adding this to let you know I have had experiences with reenactments. This one was different. The sponsers did a great job, telling the story of the Raid by going out and skirmishing where there were skirmishes. They did a better job telling the story of the raid, than any dash across a pasture, with lots of smoke and noise. The raid took several days.
Did anyone else see or participate in the Raid?