15 May 2015

Rico hopes to be at whatever ends up as the celebration of the arrival of the last surrender of the Civil War, the CSS Stonewall, in Havana harbor.

Pickett's Charge, circa 1913

12 April 2015

Appomattox Court House at Appomattox, Virginia; the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Rico will be there, doubtless with a zillion other reenactors and observers.

20 March 2015

The Battle of Bentonville at Bentonville, North Carolina
Close enough (a hundred miles) to his mother to make the trip worthwhile, Rico will endeavor to be there.

5 March 2015

The Battle at Natural Bridge in Florida.
Too far, and too much else going on farther north; alas, Rico will not be there.

20 February 2015

The Battle of Aiken in South Carolina, during Sherman's March to the Sea.
Too far to go, so Rico will not, alas, be there.

18 October 2014

The Battle of Cedar Creek, in Virginia.
A definite gotta-be-there for Rico.

19 July 2014

Reenactment of Gilmor's Raid on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at the Jerusalem Mill Village, Kingsville, Maryland.
Under a hundred miles, Rico will be there.

15 May 2014

The Battle of Resaca, Georgia.
Too far, and too soon after Olustee; Rico will not be there.

20 February 2014

The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Olustee, Florida.
Close enough (less than a hundred miles) to his cousin's place in St. Augustine, Rico will be there.