Name: Jim Lauderdale

Position: President & Lieutenant 

Weapon of Choice: Double Barrel Shotgun; have you ever seen what it can do to a tailcoat?

Years in Reenacting: 18 years

Years reenacting Texas Rev: 9 years

Other Time Periods you Reenact: Republic of Texas, Civil War, War of 1812 and Mexican War

 Favorite Place to do living history: Henkel Square

Favorite Historical Commander of all time: Albert Sidney Johnston

Best Living History moment: At Shiloh 1996, my "elephant", we marched into Frailey's Field at dawn to the sound of the fife and drums of our battalion.  Just as we reached a tree line at the edge of the field, the tree line erupted in fire.  I WAS THERE (1862)!

If you could live in any other time period when or where would you live: I would live in the post WWII United States of America.  The economy boost and return from a successful war made it a great place to live.

If you could challenge anyone (dead, alive, or fictional) to a duel  who would it be, why, and what weapon would be used: Osama bin Laden; because he's a terrorist; with an M-16, he doesn't seem to do too well when confronted face to face with one.   

 

 

Name: Andrew Gray

Position: 1st Sergeant & Secretary

Weapons of Choice: Research, Fiddle

Years in Reenacting(total): 18 years

Years reenacting Texas Rev.: 9 years

Other Time Periods you Reenacts: 1812, Civil War, anything in between that sounds fun

Favorite Commander (all time): US Grant

 Favorite Place to do living history: New Orleans 

Best Living History Moment: Using the Bible to convince a church camp group that God likes slavery.

If you could go back and live in any time period it would be: The late 1990s.  I'd invest $500 in Google, and spend the rest of my life in the Archives.  Also, I like Penicillin.  And computers.

If you could challenge anyone (dead, alive, or fictional) to a duel  who would it be, why, and what weapon would be used: Gandalf, paintball guns at 10 paces.  Let's see how cool he is without that staff

 

 

Name: Dusty Craig SpringField

Position: 2nd Sergeant, camp cricket

Weapon of Choice: My Pistol ( I've killed many a sassy bandit with just my pistol) 

Years in Reenacting (total):  27 years

Years Reenacting Texas Rev.: 12 Years

Other Time Periods you Reenact: What time is it?

Favorite Commander (all time): Forest

 Favorite Living History Location: Texas

Best Living History Moments:  Jumping a creek on horseback at the 125 Pleasent Hill Louisiana, my first monument hill.

If you could go back and live in any time period it would be:  In the Texas Hill Country in the late 1800's early 1900's

 If you could challenge anyone (dead, alive, or fictional) to a duel  who would it be, why, and what weapon would be used: Satan...because he's already been defeated. Something sharper than a two edged sword.

 

 

Name: Doug Gray

Position: Drummer, Recruiter & Quarter Master

Weapon of Choice: My beard

Years in Reenacting (total):  16 years

Years Reenacting Texas Rev.: 7 Years

Other Time Periods you Reenact: Civil War

Favorite Commander (all time): Dark Helmet


 Favorite Living History Location: I'd say it's a tie right now between Barrington Living History Farm and The Old State House in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Best Living History Moments:  One of my favorite memories from Civil War reenacting was several years ago in Shiloh, TN  while camped in the woods. It was too cold to sleep so I got up around midnight and headed for the nearest camp fire. I looked down the dirt road in each direction and saw fire after fire with 10 - 15 men standing around each one. When a new guy would arrive at the fire talking about how freak'n cold it was and then ask for the time (no matter what time it really was) we kept telling them it was 10:30pm. Some of the reactions were hilarious. Good times...

If you could go back and live in any time period it would be: I would love to see what Rome was like during the middle of Pax Romana, after the Coliseum was built.  I wouldn't want to live there too long though...

 If you could challenge anyone (dead, alive, or fictional) to a duel  who would it be, why, and what weapon would be used:  I would duel the rapper Doug E. Fresh, Doogie Howser and the cartoon character Doug Funny. They would use rubber band guns and I would have a shot gun. Their existence created too many jokes and annoying nick names for me while going to school in the 90's. 

 

 

Name: Kelly Serio

Position: Treasurer

Years in Reenacting (total):  5

Years Reenacting Texas Rev.: 5

Favorite Living History Location: Barrington Living History Farm

If you could go back and live in any other time period it would be: 1775 - 1815 New England

If you could challenge anyone (dead, alive, or fictional) to a duel  who would it be, why, and what weapon would be used: As a lady, it would be immoral for me to challenge another individual to a duel. However, I would not be opposed to publicly shaming the betrayer of the Frank family of Amsterdam.

 

 

Name: Randy Campbell

Position: Commissary