Meets 7:00 PM Thursdays
Shepherdsville Community Center

As our October Pack Activity of the Month, Pack 868 decided to make a return visit to the Civil War battlefield at Perryville, Kentucky to observe the annual re-enactment of the battle that was fought on October 8, 1862.

The Pack traveled as a group on one of the Troop 868 buses with Cubmaster Steven Frank at the wheel.  A total of 28 folks made the trip.

Upon arrival, Cubs and parents got to walk through the campsites of both the Union and the Confederate re-enactors to see what soldiering was like during the Civil War.  Scuttlers (wives and families that often followed the troops) were also there in period costume.

After lunch, everyone gathered on the hillside overlooking the field where the first engagements of the actual battle took place.  Scouts got to witness infantry, cavalry, and artillery re-enactors from both sides engage each other in mock warfare complete with plenty of musket, pistol, and cannon fire!

In the actual Battle of Perryville, more than 1,300 soldiers were killed and more than 6,000 wounded or captured in about 10 hours of fighting.  Union deaths were greater than Confederate losses which meant a tactical victory for the South, but confusion behind the lines and reports that the Union Army had reinforcements just a day's march away led the Southern forces to make a hasty overnight retreat, thus handing victory to the North.

If any of the "camera bugs" who went are willing to share their photos, we'll post a few.  Otherwise, a story is all you'll get!