Search Resources:

Chat Logout Feedback

Join the 104th PV! Experience the Civil War first hand. Enroll yourself under the Stars and Stripes. March in defense of the Union -- and protect our Glorious Flag, the Star Spangled Banner, that has already been trampled in the dust by miserable Traitors.     The 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers The McClellan Rangers Reenactment Association (MRRA) is a family-oriented reenacting organization with the mission of preserving the history and heritage of the Civil War era and presenting that history to the public. We reenact as the 104th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the McClellan Rangers Fife and Drum Corps. Contact Information Infantry -- Captain Doug Racz. Civilians -- Les Salsbury Educational & Living History Programs -- Les Salsbury Telephone: 609-397-4943 Click here to read the full article.     McClellan Rangers Fife & Drum Corps The American Civil War was perhaps the period of greatest innovation in American martial music. Not only did musicians in the armies play the camp and battle calls, they learned and played a variety of other tunes. The McClellan Rangers Fife & Drum Corps has the mission of preserving this music and playing it for the public. Check our calendar for practice and event dates and times. Click here to read the full article.     Draft Standards for Functional Musicians Draft Standards of skill for musicians in the McClellan Rangers Fife and Drum Corps. Click here to read the full article.     Lambertville 2008 Registration Information This is where you will find all of the information needed to register for the 2008 Lambertville, NJ Reenactment.                 More Join the 104th PV! links     History of the 104th PV Learn about the men and battles of the 104th PV from 1861 to 1865!     A Short Regimental History On August 21, 1861, W. W. H. Davis of Doylestown, Bucks County received authority from the War Department in Washington to raise a regiment of infantry and a six gun battery. This regiment became the 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Click here to read the full article.     To the Patriotic Young Men of Pennsylvania! The 104th Penna. Volts. was raised in the Fall of 1861. The founder, W. W. H. Davis, published the first notice of authority to raise the regiment on August 27, 1861. In addition to the infantry, Davis was authorized to raise a battery of light artillery. Click here to read the full article.     Two Stands of Colors A stand of colors is a flag or a set of flags. The 104th received two stands of colors at their camp of instruction in Doylestown in 1861. Click here to read the full article.         More History of the 104th PV links     Holcombe-Jimison Event Aug. 4-5, 2007 in Lambertville, NJ. Battles Saturday and Sunday afternoon Living history demonstrations both days Tacticals both days     Directions to the Hocombe/Jimison Farmstead     Lambertville 2008 Registration Forms             More Holcombe-Jimison Event links     2008 Picture Gallery         Annual Meeting Photo 2007 The 2007 annual meeting photo of the 104th PA VOL.     Holding The Colors! Sepia print of the colors being proudly held by officers of the 104th PA VOL.     Event Information Information packets and links for upcoming events. Look here for driving directions. Photographs from past events.     2008 MRRA Events 2008 community and reenactment quick reference event list. Posted April 9, 2008.     MRRA Event Registration 2008 2008 event registration form. This is a pdf version of the form.         The Swamp Angel Newsletter Below you can click on each volume to find all of the latest regimental, and reenacting news for 2007.     March - Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 1     June - Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 2         Web Sites This section is dedicated to information to help reenactors connect within the hobby and give a better period impression. Find links to web sites of other regiments and organizing bodies, of period information including rules for games, camp life scenarios, links to other web sites, and more!! General Civil War related web sites are available in "More links".     Reenactment How To's Links to infantry tactics, instructions for rolling cartridges, weapons maintenance, and other useful reenactment guidelines. Click here to read the full article.     Reenacting Community Organizing groups and regiments, sutlers and others involved in reenacting. Listing of sutlers does not suggest in any way, shape, form, or manner endorsement by MRRA. Links are provided for the convenience of our members and readers. Click here to read the full article.     Fife and Drum Corps Links Looking for links related to fife and drum corps and the Civil War? Check these out! Look here for music and work sheets from practices. Click here to read the full article.     Partners and Friends These are our friends and partners -- organizations involved with MRRA in preservation efforts. Click here to read the full article.         More Web Sites links     Corporate Information Bylaws, Corporate Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes and other stuff about the corporation you may or may not want to know. That includes past press releases and archived newsletters (look under more links for the newsletters)!     2007 Board of Directors and Committee Chairpersons Click here to read the full article.         More Corporate Information links     Rescue the Colors! For the past three years, the members of the McClellan Rangers Reenactment Association in concert with various Quester groups, and members of the community have worked with the Bucks County Historical Society to conserve the Ringgold Flag given to the men of the 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers in October 1861. We are proud to announce that the Ringgold Flag has now been conserved and is on display at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown through August, 2006. Click on the link immediately below for information about the conservation effort!         More Rescue the Colors! links     BACK