The Bienville Rifle

Welcome to the online edition of The Bienville Rifle. The goal of this newsletter is to provide our members and the public, information regarding the history and reenacting of the War between the States specific to Louisiana and surroundings.

Special thanks to Wayne Cosby for providing The Bienville Rifle over the years. Hopefully, this and future issues will provide the same quality of information both reenactors and historians enjoyed reading. Wayne will continue researching the 8th Louisiana and devoting many hours to preservation.

CONTENTS

• Page 2, New Writings
• Page 2, Upcoming Campaigns
• Page 3, Vicksburg
• Page 5, Battle of Bayou Bourbeux
• Page 6, Late News
• Page 6, Member Roster

You are welcome to print a copy for your personal use. Additional copies will be available at the Camp Moore event.

To submit an article for the January/February 1999 issue, please post by December 15, 1998;

Telegraph: SLDriskell@gmail.com

Vicksburg, Page 3

UPCOMING CAMPAIGNS

Camp Moore, Tangipahoa, Louisiana - 20, 21, 22 November, 1998 Please try to support this event as this is the single largest moneymaker for this place every year.

Upcoming Campaigns continued on page 2.

FROM THE FIELD by Steven L. Driskell

Excellent weather, but not a large turnout of reenactors for the Jackson Crossroads event held on October 9, 10, 1998. Members attending from the 8th Louisiana included Lee Bartlett, Paul Boudreaux, James Chauvin, Wayne Cosby,

From the Field continued on page 3.