Civil War Heritage Preservation
The North-South Skirmish Association held its 112th National Chapionship October 7-9, 2005 at Fort Shenandoah near Winchester, Virginia. Member units competed in live-fire matches with original or authentic reproduction Civil War period muskets, carbines, breechloading rifles, revolvers, mortars, and cannons. It is the largest Civil War event of its kind in the country.
The remarkable 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry won the musket match for an amazing seventh consecutive national. Their accomplishment certainly ranks the Ohioans among the elite units is the 55-year history of N-SSA competition. A total of 220 eight-member teams participated in this N-SSA signature competition. In a drizzle that soaked the entire weekend, the 8th Virginia Infantry bested 150 other companies and won the carbine match. The Buncombe Rifles won the revolver competition and the 14th Mississippi Infantry wont he smoothbore musket match. The magazine fed rifle competition was won by the 2nd Maryland (CSA) Artillery and the single-shot breechloading rifle title went to the 2nd Kentucky Cavlary. In the artillery competitions, 35 guns participated in the cannon matches. The winners included the 1st South Carolina in the rifled class, the 3rd Maryland in the smoothbore class, and the 3rd U.S. in the howitzer class. Completing the artillery competition was the 1st Illinois Light Artillery besting 43 other competitors to win the mortar match.
The N-SSA has 4,000 individuals that make up its more that 200 member units. Each represents a Civil War unit or regiment and proudly wears the uniform they wore over 140 years ago.
The 113th National Competition is scheduled for May 19-21, 2006 at Fort Shenandoah. For more information about the N-SSA, contact Public Information Officer, Bruce Miller, at (248) 258-9007 or spartan1@attglobal.net or visit our web-site at www.n-ssa.org.
The remarkable 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry won the musket match for an amazing seventh consecutive national. Their accomplishment certainly ranks the Ohioans among the elite units is the 55-year history of N-SSA competition. A total of 220 eight-member teams participated in this N-SSA signature competition. In a drizzle that soaked the entire weekend, the 8th Virginia Infantry bested 150 other companies and won the carbine match. The Buncombe Rifles won the revolver competition and the 14th Mississippi Infantry wont he smoothbore musket match. The magazine fed rifle competition was won by the 2nd Maryland (CSA) Artillery and the single-shot breechloading rifle title went to the 2nd Kentucky Cavlary. In the artillery competitions, 35 guns participated in the cannon matches. The winners included the 1st South Carolina in the rifled class, the 3rd Maryland in the smoothbore class, and the 3rd U.S. in the howitzer class. Completing the artillery competition was the 1st Illinois Light Artillery besting 43 other competitors to win the mortar match.
The N-SSA has 4,000 individuals that make up its more that 200 member units. Each represents a Civil War unit or regiment and proudly wears the uniform they wore over 140 years ago.
The 113th National Competition is scheduled for May 19-21, 2006 at Fort Shenandoah. For more information about the N-SSA, contact Public Information Officer, Bruce Miller, at (248) 258-9007 or spartan1@attglobal.net or visit our web-site at www.n-ssa.org.
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