School Days Living History Field Trip

School Days Living History is the start of the weekend presentation of Secessionville Living History and Battle Reenactment weekend. The program will take place on November 12, 2010. The School Days Living History field trip affords students and their teachers the opportunity to step back in time. Students and teachers will travel back to Antebellum South Carolina within the environment of a real working plantation. This special event has been planned to afford students an historical analysis to a way of life during 1860’s South Carolina. Students and teachers will interact with authentic reproduction portrayals from the 1860’s. They will obtain knowledge of what it may have been like to live in the low-country during the war. The students will interact with civilian and military re-enactors.

The following historical and interactive stops will be part of the Living History Field Trip.

Spinning and making cloth Re-enactors Jean and Chris demonstrate the process used in the 1860's to producing the twine and eventually cloth.
Flags of the South Flags are used to identify and symbolize countries. They are used in a battle to rally troops. Commander Cheney explains the style of flags utilized by the Southern people.
Black Confederate Impressions Impressions and stories from, James Adams, the descendant of a black Confederate. Stories passed down from his ancestor to him.
Medical Impressions Watch as a field hospital comes to life before your eyes. See the tools used by medical doctors of the era to save lives from the ravages of war.
School of the Soldier Join in as the 27th SCVI re-enactors take you back to the training of a volunteer. See how the officers prepared the young men into being an integral part of the confederate Army.
Drill & Stack Arms Fall in line with the 10th SCVI re-enactors as they show you first hand how to march, respond to commands and stack arms.
Santee Light Artillery The BIG GUNS! The Santee Light Artillery re-enactment unit takes on an education tour of the cannon. See the implements used. and their influence during a battle. Finally, you will hear the roar as the demonstration concludes with the actual loading and firing sequence of a reproduction cannon.
 Candle Making You always hear the term the old fashioned way. The South Carolina Ladies Auxiliary demonstrate the process of making candles during the 1860's.
Federal Officer Impression Local re-enactor Drew Barrett guides you through the uniform styles and accoutrements that were utilized by Federal Officer's during the war.
1860 School Life You know what school is like today, but step back into time as Vickie Wetstein demonstrates the education opportunities that were offered to the children of the 1860's
Cooking Impression No electricity here. The Black Oak Ladies demonstrate the tools of hard times with having to provide food for their troops and family.
Gullah Talk Explore the Gullah culture with Sharon Cooper Murray. An entertaining and educational view into the origins of the Gullah culture.
Plantation Life – Transportation and Land Management Step back into time to see how the plantation operated. You will see how people moved around on the large plantations. Lectures on how the land was utilized to make a plantation efficient.
Salt Marsh Ecosystem Lecture on the local ecosystem of the low-country and its effects to the people in the community.