Images of the Columbia Rifles 2001

The following images show the Columbia Rifles and its members in uniform.  To the extent possible the images are free of anachronisms, although a few spectators are visible in some photos.
 

• Burkittsville
• Gettysburg Living History
• Mumford
• Cold Harbor
• McDowell
• Camp of Instruction

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CR members (sitting in the foreground) resting after the Saturday re-creation of the battle of Crampton's Gap. (photo by Ray Legere)	Capt. Steve Dunfee watches the Saturday drill in the fog near Burkittsville (photo by Ray Legere)	The Federal battalion in line in front of the Arnold farmhouse on the Crampton's Gap battlefield (photo by Ray Legere)	The Federal battalion charges the Confederates in the re-creation of the battle of Crampton's Gap on the original ground. (photo by Lorraine Updegraff)

The Potomac Legion recreating the charge of the 1st Minnesota on the original ground; each man kneeling represents a casualty. (photo by Ray Legere)	The Columbia Rifles' camp at Gettysburg.	The battalion firing by file; CRs are at the left of the photo. (Photo by Irene Smith)	1st Lieutenant John Tobey supervises company drill. (photo by Irene Smith)

Corp. Jeff "Sparky" Henion with a "foraged" chicken dubbed "General Lee." (photo by Mike Peterson)	L-R: 1st Lt. John Tobey (front), Orderly Sergeant Kevin O'Beirne, Corporal Josey Albert (front), Mike “Roger” Peterson, Rob Willis (front), Karl Johnson, George “Soup Bone” Weymer (behind S. Tyler), Steve Tyler (front), Musician Chris W. Piering (kneeling) Randy Elliott (behind J. White), Jay White (front), Curt “Heinrich” Schmidt (back), John Pell (front, with beard), Fred Jordan (back), Chris Sedlak (front) David MacKenna (back), Sergeant Chris Piering (photo by Irene Smith)	Led by 1st Lt. John Tobey, the CR marches through the streets of the Genesee Country Village (photo by Irene Smith)	Kevin O’Beirne and Mike Peterson at Mumford 2001 (tintype by John Coffer)

CRs in camp at Cold Harbor.  L-R: 1st Sgt John Tobey, Rob Willis, Tom Fleming, Joe Albert, Don Williams (photo by Kevin O’Beirne)	Columbia Rifles members pose with the wreath they laid at the monument of the 8th New York Heavy Artillery in the Cold Harbor National Cemetery (photo by Chris Garcia)	The Columbia Rifles and 15th New Jersey drilling at Cold Harbor 2001 (photo courtesy of the 15th New Jersey)	The Columbia Rifles “burying Federal dead” during the candlelight tours at Cold Harbor 2001, on the real ground (photo courtesy of the National Park Service)

Led by 1st Lt. Kevin O’Beirne, the Columbia Rifles marches through the streets of McDowell, Virginia.  The CR mustered 53 men for the event (photo by Ray Legere)	CR officers and NCOs.jpg – CR members portraying officers and non-commissioned officers of Company C, 3rd Virginia (U.S.).  L-R: 2nd Lt. Chris Piering, 1st Sgt. John Tobey, Color Sgt. Dave Grieves, Unknown Corporal, Corporal Nate “Pretty” Albert, Sgt. Paul “Torch” Irish, Sgt. Garr Gast, Corporal Steve Tyler, Corporal Lonny Ryall, 1st Lt. Kevin O’Beirne (photo courtesy of Chris Piering)	The Sunday breakfast halt in Possum Hollow (photo by Chris Piering)	The Columbia Rifles doing one of the things they do best: running away during a “battle”.  This image was taken at the 2001 McDowell reenactment after the CR’s “failed bayonet charge” during the Sunday morning “battle” in the town. (photo by Julio Zangronitz)

The Columbia Rifles in line at the 2001 CR Camp of Instruction (photo by Chuck “Amos” Reynolds)	122nd New York members at the 2001 COI.  L-R: John Pell, Chris Piering, Dan Fleet, Garr Gast, Matt Dydo, and Dave Grieves (photo by Chuck “Amos” Reynolds)	A portion of the COI 2001 camp, using common (A) tents to partially replicate winter quarters (photo by Chuck “Amos” Reynolds)	Nate Albert and Joe Albert bundled up against the cold at the 2001 COI (photo by Chuck “Amos” Reynolds)