Fort Loudoun winter garrison weekend
Jan 15, 2024 7:52:57 GMT -7
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Post by paranger on Jan 15, 2024 7:52:57 GMT -7
This weekend my Pennsylvania Provincial unit (Joseph Armstrong's Company, John Armstrong's Bn) met for our winter garrison weekend at Fort Loudoun, PA.
Highlights for me included testing out my newly made English half-axe while splitting wood for our reconstructed bake oven and "shooting at marks" (in this case 8x12" steel plates at 50 yds) from one of the fort bastions. We also test fired our 2 1/4" Cohorn mortar with tennis ball ammo.
The weather was bitter and blustery, but the camaraderie and the hearth were pleasantly warm, as usual. Our camp cooks outdid themselves this year, and dinner Saturday night consisted of quail breasts sautéed in bacon and stewed with rice and chicken broth, black strap molasses baked beans, and honey wheat bread and apple pie baked in the fort's wood-fired bake oven.
Highlights for me included testing out my newly made English half-axe while splitting wood for our reconstructed bake oven and "shooting at marks" (in this case 8x12" steel plates at 50 yds) from one of the fort bastions. We also test fired our 2 1/4" Cohorn mortar with tennis ball ammo.
The weather was bitter and blustery, but the camaraderie and the hearth were pleasantly warm, as usual. Our camp cooks outdid themselves this year, and dinner Saturday night consisted of quail breasts sautéed in bacon and stewed with rice and chicken broth, black strap molasses baked beans, and honey wheat bread and apple pie baked in the fort's wood-fired bake oven.
