About this episode
As soon as we walked into the barracks at Fort Sisseton, we were handed muskets - heavy Springfield 63s from the Civil war era. That’s because we enlisted in the army. The Union Army that is. Join us as we march back in time to 1864 at the annual Sisseton historical festival, where calvary, artillery and infantry reenactors come together and bring the camp to life for a weekend, with period accurate food and music, military demonstrations, dances and much more. But we aren’t just there to watch the festival. We are in it. Listen as we take part in marching drills and then perform them in front of a big crowd, join some old-timers from the cavalry regiment for some tales around a blazing fire, sleep in the haunted military hospital and step on toes at the Military Ball. - Brian Thacker, presenter
