Bienville Rifles
DEDICATED TO THE MEN WHO FOUGHT AND DIED UNDER THIS FLAG
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Our Prayers go to the family of Wayne Cosby
In Memory of
May God hold you in the palm of his hand
CHRISTIN CLAIRE COSBY
April 1978 - April 1998
Christin Claire Memorial Web Page
8th.htm updated April 7, 2007
by Steven L. Driskell
Welcome to the Home Page for the Bienville Rifles! Dedicated to preserving history through living history! We are a non-profit, living history and civil war reenactment organization. Organized in October 1991, the unit portrays Company B of the 8th Louisiana Infantry and Company D of the 75th New York Volunteer Infantry.
BIENVILLE RIFLE
Our newsletter, the Bienville Rifle is published online to provide our members, fellow reenactors and the public, information regarding the history and reenacting of the War between the States specific to Louisiana and surroundings.
September/October 1999
May/June 1999
March/April 1999
January/February 1999
November/December 1998
UNIT CONTACTS
For 8th Louisiana History, telegraph Wayne Cosby.
Web page content, telegraph Steven L. Driskell.
What is this Hobby?
Why the 8th Louisiana & 75th New York?
Organization
A Typical Event
Purchasing Uniforms & Equipment
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
8th Louisiana Company Rosters
8th Louisiana Regimental History
75th New York Regimental History
Flag History & Restoration
Siege of Port Hudson, a brief history
Louisiana Civil War Sources
Images: Pea Ridge 1995 Reenactment
AFFILIATIONS, ALLIANCES
Alabama Division of Reenactors, Inc.
APCWS ~ Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites
Camp Moore ~ Tangipoha, Louisiana
Confederate Memorial Hall ~ New Orleans
First Louisiana Brigade
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Young-Sanders Center
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES LINKS
If you have a web page related to the War Between the States, contact the web editor of one the below sites to have it added: