Civil War reenactment comes to local park
LISBON, Ohio (WKBN) — Civil War reenactors are camped out at Scenic Vista Park in Lisbon where it's looking more like the 1800s than the 21st century.
The Civil War reenactors are camped out there all weekend and they're inviting the public to come learn about what they do.
'I got into this because I'm a history major and the Civil War was my favorite subject. I learned, I only ever learned a little bit about it in school and I never got enough,' said Matthew Yurkovich acting as First Sergeant of the 27th Virginia Infantry.
There are about a dozen members of the 27th Virginia Infantry camped in an old log cabin in Scenic Vista Park.
The Confederate reenactors are living just how Civil War soldiers would for a whole weekend. Many of the guys like Captain Jeff Wormley have been doing this for decades. Wormley got his start visiting a camp just like theirs.
'I showed up with my youngest son and we met people just like they did coming here today and it was awesome,' Wormley said.
Over the weekend, they camp out and train new members on reenacting doing drills and shooting muskets.
'We don't do this for politics. Everybody always thinks that like we're in this about politics. This is purely for fun and education. Like them kids over here. That's the most important thing,' Wormley said.
'It's all about portraying an infantryman that served in a time of war during the United States,' Yurkovich said.
And they spend a lot of time teaching history, making sure the next generation knows about our past.
'They don't know that much about the North and the South in the Civil War so we learned about firearms and the camping out and what they do,' said visitor Jamie McCorkhill.
The encampment will be there Saturday and Sunday and it's free.
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