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2010 Old Sacramento Performer Missives Page
Historic Old Sacramento (HOS) Members of the National Civil War Association (NCWA) will be camped in Waterfront Park. They will be recruiting troops for the war back east and drilling young recruits in the art of close order marching. They will also be demonstrating the latest in battlefield medicine, and the laundress will be there to keep our boys in blue all shiny clean and parade-ready. We will be featuring the Civil War for two weekends, so you have plenty of time to join up and save the Union! Many thanks to our fabulous actors who make the Road Raising Rally and the Women's Suffragette March come alive. Another well deserved thanks to the performers who portray historical greats on the stage every day: Lydia Thompson and Her British Blonds, Lotta Crabtree, Lola Montez, the inimitable Uncle Sam, and more! More thanks to the devoted team that keeps the kids entertained and amazed with crafts and games of the time. There's something new every week - it's amazing to behold! In this HOS Missive:
The Civil War in California Ask yourself what your character might have thought about the great conflict. Contrary to modern thought, the issue was very complicated and there were many points of view. There were staunch supporters of the Union in every state that seceded and, in fact, slave owners in these loyalist areas of the CSA were not penalized by the Emancipation Proclamation. It did not apply to loyal slave owners. Their slaves were freed by the 13th amendment, as were the slaves in the two slave states that fought for the Union. The reading of the Proclamation to the troops touched off a massive desertion of Union volunteers, perhaps as much as 25%. Remember, both the CSA & the USA fought the Civil War as slave-owning countries. Many Northerners agreed with Horace Greely that the seceding states were making a mistake, but that they had the right to do so. His cry was, "Let the erring sisters depart in peace." Many abolitionists believed that Africans should not be in slavery in America, that in fact they shouldn't be here at all. Many people wanted to free them, and then ship them back to Africa, as had been done in 1820 when the USA conquered a small part of the West African coast and established the country of Liberia, whose capital, Monrovia, was named for the US President. They hoped to avoid a Haiti-like slave revolt that ended in the deaths of most Europeans and the establishment of the first African-run country in the Americas. John Brown was trying to start just such an attack when his men stormed the local military armory. Lincoln himself is thought to have preferred the plan to ship them to Colombia before meeting Fredrick Douglas. The point is that there was a lot more than the Blue & Gray. Talk to some of the NCWA folks to get some more ideas about the greatest debate of 19th century America. Then take your arguments to the streets. Join us for the Patriotic Parade which will start at 2:15 from the CW camp in Waterfront Park and wind its way through town, ending in a historical tableau on the stage at the Eagle Theater! The New Golden Melodeon Review will include Civil War-era songs, so start brushing up on your rendition of the Battle Hymn of the Republic and Dixie! Ladies Edification Society What ails you? Carpool from The East Bay Video Recording Needed RSVP - Enjoy the Bountiful Buffet Previous Missives - and signing up for the missive Please review previous missives to answer many questions. Here's how to find them: Contact - The RBP directors and how to find them: Jeffrey Weissman <jeffreyweissman@sbcglobal.net> -- Characters, Medicine Shows Robert Young Missive Maven Historic Old Sacramento robert@redbarnproductions.org |
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