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| Waiting for their turn in the trenches. |
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| Digging in with what ever they had. Cups, plates, shovels axes. |
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| Great posture and balance! |
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| The drum |
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| Col. Ivan Ingrahm |
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| Confederates lined up for |
Category: Clint Brownlee Photography
150th Battle of Bentonville Reenactment
This past weekend I was invited by the 10th Iowa (Adjunct) to the 150th Battle of Bentonville reenactment, to come along and photograph their unit. I have to say that it was an incredible experience with a truly impressive group of reenactors. Their attention to the detail in their period impressions was incredible. It was an honor and a pleasure to have the opportunity to photograph such a fine group of reenactors.
Photographs from the reenactment can be seen here:
150th Battle of Bentonville Reenactment
I also have a short video of the 10th Iowa marching into the reenactment of Saturday morning. They camped off site on Friday night and on Saturday morning they marched over 8 miles. They even did a little foraging for food along the way. If you look close you can see a few chickens. Be patient with the video, it takes about 12 seconds before it starts.
150th Bentonville March
For some reason, this image below is one of my favorite. A soldiers feet take them everywhere they need to go.
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| These boots have traveled many a mile to sway the tide of battle. |
Back to work!
Folks, I am sorry for not posting in such a long while, but honestly with the holidays and my participation in a few other projects, one with the Atlanta History Center, I have been a bit taxed for time. I am now back on task and moving forward with the completing the documentary. I will be working to find a publisher and if it proves to be too difficult a task I will be self publishing through Amazon or will publish a PDF e book. I will also be producing a selection of folios that will contain prints from various locations along the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea. I may also attempt another Kickstarter Campaign if I decide to self publish.
Last year I made a series of post under the title of “150 Years Ago Today”. This year I will be making post with a similar timeline, but they will be images of the current conditions of the location that is significant for that day.
Fort McAllister Reenactment
Here is a link to the images from the Fort McAllister Reenactment from mid December.
The images are free to download and if you see one that you would like for me to alter, by making it black and white, sepia, wet plate, etc, just let me know and I will do that for you. I can also try to DEFARB images as well if you would like that. Please share the images with any other reenactors that you know that were there.
Fort McAllister Reenactment Images
Photography Day 42 is Done!
Day 42: My friend Jeff and I were going to my Dad’s house in Woodbine, Ga. for a weekend of fishing, so, I decided to make the most of the drive and photograph as many locations of the March to the Sea as I could. We mostly followed the right wing for the trip. I was able to photograph 11 antebellum structures that were visited by Federal troops on the march. Three of them by Sherman himself.
We started at Jarrell Plantation Historic Site where I photographed the plantation house. From here we went to Round Oak where I photographed the area around the Battle of Sunshine Church. Not technically part of the March to the Sea, but for logistical reasons I photographed it out of sequence. From Round Oak we drove down to Clinton, where I photographed several home. One of which was Kilpatrick’s Headquarters while the March to the Sea moved through the area. After Clinton, we drove a short distance to the Griswoldville Battlefield. This was the site of the only major engagement or battle along the March to the Sea.
We left Griswoldville and headed toward Ball’s Ferry. Along the way we passed through Irwinton and Toomsboro. I photographed the river and surrounding area at the location of Balls Ferry. From here we traveled through Wrightsville and Kite and then made our way into Swainsboro, where we had lunch at the Crossroads Cafe. I had the Reuben and it was really good, but the best thing I had was their Chocolate Chip Toffee cookie.
From Swainsboro we traveled north toward Midville where we took Ga. 17 east toward Millen. Along the way I stopped at several cotton fields to make images. Before Millen, we took a detour to a place called Birdsville. It is the site of an antebellum plantation that suffered tragically from the passing of Sherman’s Army. It is you classic plantation with the ancient Live Oaks overhanging the lane that leads to the front of the house. It was truly a beautiful location. It has been in the same family since the King granted them the land in 1785. From Birdsville we went to Buckhead Church on Buckhead Creek.
After leaving Buckhead Church, we drove through Millen and then continued on Ga. 17 towards Savannah. Along the way we stopped to photograph the Little Ogeechee Baptist Church and then passed through Guyton and between Guyton and Bloomingdale, I photographed Zion Lutheran Church.
All in all it was a very productive day and I turned what is normally a six hour drive in to a 12 hour drive.
Below is an image of Birdsville Plantation.
Photographing Cannons
Wanted to share this blog post I wrote for my photography blog here because I think most of you will be interested and will like the images.
The image below is from the recent living history event at Allatoona Pass. I was allowed to set up and photograph the nighttime artillery demonstration. It was a great event and the images really turned out well.
More Battle of Atlanta Images
I have added some more images to the gallery for the 2014 Battle of Atlanta. I added 18 new images to the Battle gallery and then added images the camps to another gallery.
Here is the link again: Battle of Atlanta 2014 Images
Here are a few of the images from the camps.
Day 37 of Photography is done! The Tunnel Hill Reenactment
This past Sunday I took my children with me to the Tunnel Hill Reenactment and we had a great time. Sunday was a great day to go since it was not too crowded. The reenactors put on a great performance for use. What can I say, I love cannons!
The images are on my website here: Reenactment Images
Photography Day 36 is done!
I spent last Sunday photographing locations for the project. Most of them were not critical in a tactical sense and were location that needed to be included. I made a full day of it and shot at locations in Stone Mountain, Lithonia, Decatur, East Atlanta, Emory, Tucker, Chamblee, Brookhaven, and Dunwoody. I was able to photograph nine antebellum structures that used for various thing during the war. It was a long, but fruitful day and I was lucky to have such good weather. Made about 1000 images for the day.
Photography Day 35 is done!
Yesterday I set out early in the morning around 6am to go photograph all the former locations of the “Forts” that were part of the defensive perimeter around the city of Atlanta. There are over 20 locations and an additional 15 locations that were artillery batteries inside the perimeter. I was able to photograph all the forts and 10 of the batteries as well as the site of the Dexter Niles House, where Johnston was informed of his replacement by Hood, the Grant Mansion, former home of the engineer that designed the defensive perimeter and namesake of Grant Park, and the surrender site where Mayor Calhoun surrendered the city in Sept. of 1864. Sunday morning was a perfect time to go out in the city. It was fairly quite with very little traffic.
This is also a milestone post for me. It is number 100. I have also amassed .5 terabytes worth of images for the project, for a total of 38,060 image files. But, I shoot in the Raw + Jpeg mode on my camera, so that is really 19,030 images. I had no idea that I had shot that many images. I am just now at the halfway point. Looks Like I need to get another hard drive.
War Was Here 