Wade House 2017

Ron Kind Visit

We were honored at Boscobel by a visit from Ron Kind, Congressman and Brad Pfaff, Deputy Chief of staff at our event Aug. 6.  Ron and Brad are very interested in Civil War History.

Rochester Photo's

One of our newer events that takes place in Minnesota is the Olmstead County History Center in Rochester. We are training the Poor Boy's Mess out of the LaCrosse Area as Artillerymen. These are photo's of the recent event.

Boscobel Aug. 5 & 6 2017

6th Wisconsin Battery will be at Boscobel this weekend.  The photo above is when members of the 6th Battery were part of Battery B 4th U S Light Artillery.  This event is new and called Reliving Our Heritage.  https://www.relivingourheritage.com/

2017 Schedule

5-May Fri. Appleton School Pierce Park  12-May Fri. Hartland School Day Pewaukee 19-May Fri School Day section 1 Milton WI 20-May Sat. Living History " 21-May Sun. " " 19-May Fri School Day section 2 West Salem School (cancelled) 20-May Sat. Drill TBD 10-Jun Sat. Lone Rock Lone Rock WI 11-Jun Sun. Living History Battery Park 24-Jun Sat. Heritage Green Bay WI 25-Jun Sun. Hills " 1-Jul Sat Berlin, Wis Riverside Park 15-Jul Sat Menomonie Falls   Section 1 Old Falls Village (cancelled) 16-Jul Sun " " 15-Jul Sat Rochester, MN  Section 2 New Olmstead 16-Jul Sun. 5-Aug Sat Boscobel Boscobel 6-Aug Sun. " timeline 22-Sep Fri. Wade House School Greenbush WI 23-Sep Sat. Battle/Reenactment " 24-Sep Sun. " " 13-Oct Fri School day Coon Valley 14-Oct Sat Norksedahlen Coon Valley 15-Oct Sun " "

Original Cannon 1844 6 pound smooth bore

The Cannon that appears green is actually 173 years old.  Yes, you are right 173 years old.  It has not been polished, therefore it is able to form it's patina in a soft green.  That is what Bronze does.  This is a 6 pound smooth bore.  A replica sits to the left of the original. Both cannons perform the same. There has been no change in the original version. The photo's were taken July 1,2017 and fired by the 6th Wisconsin Light Artillery, a modern day member of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Association.

Berlin Wisconsin July 1 2017

Our Unit was proud to be sponsored again by the Berlin VFW for their Independence Day Celebration at Riverside Park Celebration on July 1.  We were also honored with a tour to their GAR Park in downtown Berlin and a pontoon boat ride down the Fox River.