UTR 2008 - Friday 27 June - Sunday 29 June 2008
The British Occupation of Williamsburg
This is the final three day schedule for UTR 2008. Even if you think you have read a UTR schedule before, read this one!! There are many changes - especially the Guard Posts. We will continue to interpret the Redcoats as the Provost Guard in charge of the security of the town. The weekend's events are similar to those of previous editions of UTR. There is one repeat element which was introduced at UTR/225: we plan a full Drumhead Church service on Sunday morning, which will include music and Colours from Cornwallis' army.
Colonial Williamsburg is continuing with its "Revolutionary City " programming. In the mornings a portion of Duke of Gloucester Street is roped off and open only to CW ticket holders. Please note the following warning:
Please take a look at the map. There is a large area outlined in red. There are to be no uniformed Crown forces in that area between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. “Revolutionary City” is a Colonial Williamsburg program that is set at a time before the Redcoats have taken the town. In fact, the last event of Revolutionary City is UTR's “The Town is Taken” scenario, which we will present on Friday as usual, and repeat on Saturday and Sunday!
PLEASE NOTE: events marked with an * are published in the Colonial Williamsburg's "This Week" brochure, with start times that must be observed.
From June 25 to July 4, 1781, British forces under the command of Lt. Gen. Cornwallis occupied Williamsburg and imposed martial law on the town's residents, resulting in hardship and loss of liberties. This weekend, the Historic Area will be populated by reenactors and Colonial Williamsburg interpreters, who will interpret Lord Cornwallis, his staff, the Provost Guard, other military and civilian personnel, and the townspeople.
Guests will be encouraged to experience the town under occupation by Cornwallis' Army. Visit the British encampment and observe the soldiers and their commanding officers go about the military routine of planning a campaign. Talk with the people of the town and live through their stories of war, privation and occupation. While Cornwallis prepares his battle plans, his troops rest and refit after an arduous Spring campaign, as well as sharpen their skills for the next clash with the young Marquis de Lafayette.
Activities include drill and exercise, mounted troop and artillery demonstrations, camp life and surgeons caring for the wounded and ailing in a military field hospital. The weekend re-enactment draws to a close late Sunday afternoon as Cornwallis with his army departs the city for Yorktown.
Friday, June 29th:
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Registration.
Registration of reenactors at Fife and Drum Building.
The parking lot for 20th/21st Century vehicles is at the Bruton Heights School Education Center lot. This is at Capitol Landing Road and Waller Street, just across Lafayette Street and the railroad tracks from the Fife and Drum building. There is a pedestrian tunnel at Botetourt and Lafayette that will allow access all night. On Sunday, the Crown forces will march East down Duke of Gloucester Street directly to their cars at the Bruton Heights lot.
Unit Commanders - please note that you or your official designate must be available at Registration to vouch for all late registrations from your unit.
(note: at 4:30 p.m. registration moves to Chowning's back garden.)
UTR registered participants please note: your "Freedom of the City" pass is your ticket to all of Colonial Williamsburg's ticketed venues. Please plan to spend some of your off duty time visiting the Historic Area, exhibit buildings, shops and museums. Your "Freedom of the City" pass is also good for a discount at the CW shops (except for the Prentis Store and trade items found at the Golden Ball)! You may begin to use your "Freedom of the City" immediately, but NO British uniforms are to be seen in town until after The Town is Taken program at 12:30 p.m. on Friday.
10:00 a.m. Rehearsal:
Review/coordination of Cornwallis' schedule for the weekend. At the Davidson Shop.
11:00 a.m. Safety Inspection for Dragoons. Fife & Drum Bldg.
11:30 a.m. Advance Party forms.
The Dragoons and soldiers involved in the Town is Taken scenario form at the Fife & Drum Bldg.
11:45 a.m. The Redcoats are Coming!
A few citizens race down Duke of Gloucester Street knocking on doors/ shouting warnings of the approaching British. *Noon
p.m. The Town is Taken. One American town after another falls into the hands of the seemingly unstoppable British Army and Williamsburg is about to be next. Witness the
arrival of the British Army as they seize Williamsburg, raise the British
flag over the Capitol and commence occupation of the town. Tarleton's Legion Dragoons enter town at the Capitol, accompanied by a
patrol of Infantry. A party of the patrol goes into the Capitol, removes the American Flag, and replaces it with a British Flag. The patrol makes its way down Duke of Gloucester
Street to Market Square, where it secures the area for the Quartermaster and
Camp Colourmen. Geoff
Sheffer (Captain - 4th Coy. Brigade of Guards) will be Town Major for the Event. He will arrange
the patrol and camp security details. The Provost-Marshal for Friday will be determined. As his Deputy Provost-Marshal, Ensign Prym (Col's. Coy.
33rd Foot - brevetted Lt. for the day) will be responsible for communications
and make sure the Friday events occur at the proper time. ca. 1:30
p.m. Laying out the camp The
Quartermaster, Camp Colourmen, and Pioneers arrive and lay out camp. The
staging area for this is the Fife and Drum parking lot. If available, CW will provide a cart or wagon for your canvas, poles, and equipment. The Quartermaster and Camp
Colourmen should be loaded and ready to depart at 1:30 p.m. PLEASE-
no "off duty" Crown forces wandering around town until after 4:00 p.m. The Crown
forces in town will be engaged in camp layout, camp security duties, and
organized patrolling until after the Provost Guard comes in at 3:00 p.m. 2:30
p.m. Safety inspection for reenactor artillery. At Fife and Drum. * 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. The Consequences of Occupation. Every 20 min. at the Raleigh Tavern Join
townspeople and express your concerns of the British Army entering
Williamsburg. *3:00
p.m. The Provost Guard and refugees March In. Weather permitting. The
troops will form in the parking lot of the Fife and Drum building, ready to
step off beginning at 2:45 p.m. We want to have a large formation march in at this
time. From the parking lot
troops will march onto Nicholson Street west toward Botetourt Street, turn left
onto Botetourt, proceed to Duke of Gloucester, turn right onto Duke of
Gloucester and proceed to the Market Square. This
march in represents the arrival of a force which had spent many hard miles on
the road, so we ask: that the soldiers wear their worst condition clothing,
that they not polish or clean anything, and if they can get away with it, a
couple of days not shaving would look good, too. The baggage
wagons from CW are to be loaded with period tentage only (soldiers' tents,
poles, and pegs - troops may carry their tent poles if desired). They will
accompany the troops as they come in. The baggage wagons will load at the Fife
and Drum building. There will be only two trips; one by the ox team and one by
the draft horse team. The departure times will be 3:00 and 4:30. If you miss
the second wagon there will be a handcart available, or you can wait until 6:00
and drive your car into Market Square to unload your tentage.
Units or troops who plan to arrive on Friday in time to load onto the baggage wagons can drop off their baggage at Fife and Drum, park at Bruton Heights, load their kit onto the wagons, and march in. Troops must accompany the wagon with their tentage! The CW driver will not load and unload the wagon.
Since the army baggage wagons are loading at the Fife and Drum parking lot, the parking lot for 20th/21st Century vehicles is at the Bruton Heights School Education Center lot. This is at Capitol Landing Road and Waller Street, just across Lafayette Street and the railroad tracks from the Fife and Drum building. There is a pedestrian tunnel at Botetourt and Lafayette that will allow access all night. On Sunday, the Crown forces will march East down Duke of Gloucester Street directly to their cars at the Bruton Heights lot.
4:00 p.m. - on. The Provost Guard sets up camp. Period style only.
We will set up the camp as a period interpretive activity. The soldiers may be in their fatigue clothing. No mixing of 18th/21st C. clothing is allowed until after 6:00 p.m. The Pioneers assemble their field fortifications (Cheval-de-Frise, etc.). A portion of the Provost Guard is on picket duty with fixed bayonets to prevent anyone from entering the camp with their vehicles before 6:00 p.m. Another portion of the Provost Guard is on patrol in town.
4:00 p.m. Walk through and briefing for the 5:00 event at the Courthouse.
Mostly CW personnel plus invited reenactors.
4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration. Registration of reenactors moves to Chowning's back garden.
Unit Commanders - please note that you or your official designate must be available at Registration to vouch for all late registrations from your unit.
*5:00 p.m. Declaration of Martial Law. At the Court House.
The terms of occupation are read to the citizens of the town. A Crown Officer (CW Interpreter) reads the Proclamation to the city's inhabitants at the Court House. The Provost-Marshal will arrange guard detail.
6:00 p.m. Evening Gun
In front of the Guard House. Check for safe firing direction.
6:00 p.m. Vehicles allowed in camp for setup.
Vehicles must be removed from camp once setup is complete.
VEHICLES MUST USE APPROVED ROUTES INTO MARKET SQUARE.
The approved routes are marked in blue on the map.
Please use North England Street to get to Nicholson Street.
Please use Queen Street to get to Duke of Gloucester Street.
Saturday, June 28th:
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Registration of reenactors in Chowning's back garden.
Unit Commanders - please note that you or your official designate must be available at Registration to vouch for all late registrations from your unit.
8:00 a.m. Beat Reveille. (Duty Drummer - Reveille)
8:00 a.m. Staff meeting.
Meeting of CW staff, Unit Commanders, and Unit Head Distaff in the Court House.
It is very important for safety and organizational reasons to have a commander or deputy commander from each participating unit at this meeting.
8:45 a.m. (Duty Drummer - Drummers' Call)
The Drummers assemble on the Parade. The Companies will assemble in the Company streets. The Serjeants will perform their preliminary inspections.
9:00 a.m. Morning Gun
The morning gun will be fired in the artillery park in front of the Guard House.
* 9:00 a.m. Roll
Call and safety inspection. (Duty Drummer
- Assembly)
In the camp on Market Square. Please
note: this is not a battalion formation; this is the morning line up of the
Provost Guard. There is no Adjutant, there will be no separate posting of the
officers, there will be no Serjeant-major lining up the troops. All officers
and troops form in the Company Streets at Drummer's Call and form up on the
Parade at Assembly, under the command of the Provost-Marshal. The
overall military commander will be the Town Major, whose subordinate officers
will be the Provost-Marshal and his Lieutenants. The "Captain" (and Serjeant
and Corporal) of the Guard may change for each of the guard mounts. All
participants will assemble on the Parade for roll call. Attached civilians and ration strength
women & children will line up at the rear of their respective units. The Serjeants will call roll (every Serjeant should have a Roll Book), the Corporals will fill out their Morning Reports. The Serjeants will collate the information from the Morning Reports on to a Company Return. The Company Returns are to be turned in to the Provost-Marshal by 11:00 each day. A separate Roll will be taken of the attached civilians, this information to be noted on the Company Return as well. The
Provost-Marshal will read the Orders of the Day to the assembled Provost Guard.
He will then detail troops off into Guard Mounts. The CW Safety Officers will
inspect the troops warned for the first Guard Mount. Those troops will then be
sent to the Guard House to begin Guard Duty for the day while the CW Safety
Officers inspect the rest of the troops. Music
- One drummer will be detached for duty with the Guard, and one Drummer and one
Fifer will be detached as Duty Music (the Duty Music's post is at the Town
Major's marquis). All
troops should carry Muskets, Bayonets, Pouches, and Ammunition at Saturday's
Roll Call. There will be a detailed inspection of Muskets, Pouches, and Ammunition. This will be conducted by unit officers in conjunction with CW
safety personnel. Canteens
will be inspected at every formation to make sure they are full of water. Please
make sure that you; your troops, and your attached civilians drink plenty of
water! There is water available from the tap behind the Court House. Ice is
available from Chownings. The Detached Hospital (in the East Advance building of
the Governor's Palace) is equipped to re-hydrate and revive people who have
been felled by the heat. First Aid
and emergency services can be summoned by using the cell phone in the Town
Major's Marquis, but it is much better to keep people from requiring those services.
Drink! For
the whole weekend, the troops not on guard duty shall actively interpret the
lives of the Crown Forces and attached civilians. UTR is looking for detailed,
personal, interactive character interpretation. Interact with each other!
Interact with the public! Colonial Williamsburg wants the visitors to feel
welcome to interact with the troops. v
Greet the visitors. Recognize that they are there. Make eye
contact. v
Identify what the visitors are seeing. v
Invite the visitors to look around. v
Encourage the visitors to ask questions. All
troops, but particularly the sentries on duty, are not only responsible for
their military duties but they should also be
prepared with the answers to common questions from the visitors. These may be
as simple as "Where is the restroom?" or
"When is the next event?", or as
complex as "Why are you redcoats trying to take over our country?". If the sentry is not able to answer the question he
should be able to direct the visitor to someone who can. It need not be out of
character to plead simple ignorance and refer the questioner to a more
knowledgeable person. Saturday
should be a "settling in" day for the troops. Please be ready with a lot of in
camp activities. The army has had a hard campaign season already. Take time to
look over your kit, and mend, repair, replace, polish, whiten, ("buffen" for the 22nd) or blacken as necessary. ca. 9:30
a.m. Posting of the Guard. There will be two Guards. The Guard will operate out of the Guard House. In addition, the Guard will patrol the Historic Area. The Quarter Guard area will be determined. They will post sentries as follows: The Guard: v Duke of
Gloucester Street (plus Cheval-de-Frise) NCO plus 2 or 3 men v Magazine v Court
House v Guard
House The Quarter Guard: v The St. George Tucker House
v The England Street Barricade (plus Cheval des Frise)
v The Town Major's quarters
In addition, the Guard will patrol the Historic Area - with the exception of the Revolutionary City area between the times of 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
*9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. The Business of War.
Lt. Gen. Cornwallis and staff conduct the business of war. At the St. George Tucker House (Old kitchen - West side of house)
*10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Following the Army
This ongoing program of demonstrations highlights the role of the people who traveled with the army. Several areas will be set up in and around the camp on Market Square, where the Army's attached civilian men, women, and children will demonstrate and explain what they did to support the troops on campaign. Representative activities such as nursing, teaching, mending, baking, sewing, doing laundry and yes, even cooking for the officers will be interpreted to the public.
*10:00 a.m. A Dragoon's Story. Pasture next to the Prentis House.
The Dragoons discuss life in the cavalry.
10:00 a.m. Artillery Maintenance. The Guard House. (ongoing)
The Royal Artillery does routine maintenance on their guns.
The yard in front of the Guard House is the "Artillery Park", where CW's guns will be stored for the weekend. If the guns need to be brought from their normal parking spot at the West end of Market Square that could be part of the activity. The Royal Artillery will take advantage of a few days' rest and refit to pull the barrels off the guns, inspect the carriages, pull the wheels, grease the axles, and re-assemble the guns. To do this, they will first build a gin with block and tackle to raise the gun barrels off of the carriages. After the gin is built, they will work on the guns. Battery H, RA will perform this service on their gun. This will be an ongoing activity.
*10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Military Field Hospital.
Surgeons care for wounded patients and smallpox victims. The Hospital will be in the East Advance building of the Governor's Palace, and in the grounds of the Brush-Everard House at the North East corner of the Palace Green. The Hospital will conduct ongoing interpretation of life in a military field hospital. If anyone wants to sit for a while or even take a nap - go to the Hospital! The Hospital is also equipped for minor medical care. If anyone has a minor injury or is feeling the effects of the heat - go to the Hospital!
11:40 a.m. Changing of the Guard.
We will do a full formal guard change. Get out your copies of "Guard Mount, Sentry Duty, and Relief" and study the section on Changing of the Guard. Please note that the New Guard must be at the Guard House at 11:40. The Captain of the New Guard needs to get his troops in camp up, ready, and lined up in time to arrive at the Guard House at 11:40. The Corporals marching the relief should bear in mind that the entire Guard must wait for them to relieve all the old sentries and bring them back to the Guard House. The old sentries must be returned to the Old Guard before the Old Guard may march off and the New Guard may lodge its arms in the Guard House.
The Quarter Guard will relieve in a similar fashion.
Noon Noon Gun.
The Royal Artillery will load and fire precisely at Noon. We need to keep Market Square clear down range until after the gun is fired.
*Note to Gun Commander - keep a watch out for horses on Duke of Gloucester Street near Market Square. Do not fire the gun until the horses are clear.
Noon Registration is closed at 12:00.
*Noon The Town is Taken.
One American town after another falls into the hands of the seemingly unstoppable British Army and Williamsburg is about to be next. Witness the arrival of the British Army as they seize Williamsburg, raise the British flag over the Capitol and commence occupation of the town.
The Tarleton's Legion Dragoons enter town at the Capitol, accompanied by a patrol of Light Infantry. A party of the patrol goes to the Capitol, removes the American Flag and replaces it with a British Flag. The patrol makes its way to Market Square.
Noon Second Roll Call of the day.
With Roll Books in hand, the Serjeants take roll to combat the ever-present problem of malingering and desertion.
12:45 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. (after the Town is Taken) Phillipsburg Proclamation.
A Crown Officer re-reads General Clinton's 1779 Phillipsburg Proclamation which granted sanctuary and freedom to any black slaves who ran away from their white masters and made it to the British lines. At the Raleigh Stage.
*1:00 p.m. Artillery Demonstration on Market Square.
Battery H, Royal Artillery will give a demonstration of the Ultimate Argument of Kings.
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Loyalist Recruiting Party. Along Duke of Gloucester Street.
A Loyalist regiment will recruit loyal subjects to the King's standard. The new recruits will be given their enlistment papers and warned to assemble for drill at 4:30 p.m.
*1:00 - 2:00 p.m. "To the Victors Go the Spoils" Hennage Auditorium.
Audience with Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton discussing his Southern campaign, highlighting the Colors captured by his command.
1:30 p.m. Safety Inspection.
All late coming troops who missed the 9:00 a.m. Safety Inspection will report to the Guard House for inspection. Please note that CW will provide a list of names of those who registered too late for the 9:00 a.m. Safety Inspection.
*2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Following the Army. (in the camp in Market Square - see 10:00 a.m.)
This ongoing program of demonstrations highlights the roles of civilians who traveled with the army.
2:10 p.m. Changing of the Guard.
We will do a full formal guard change. (see 11:40 a.m.) Please remember that the New Guard must be at the Guard House at 2:10.
*3:00 p.m. An Interview with his Lordship. At the Courthouse
3:00 p.m.
- 3:45 p.m. Company
Drill. On Market
Square. The
troops not on guard duty do some serious drilling. This is not a battalion
formation. This is a drill, with Serjeants shouting and making corrections.
You are welcome to drill at any time you are off guard duty, but it may be in
your interest to drill now. Why now? Because: *4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Drill
and Firing competition. On Market Square, facing West. We
all know that "No recruit to be dismissed from the drill until he can fire
fifteen rounds in three minutes and three quarters." The public gets to see how close we can come to the period ideal.
Team rapid fire. CW will provide prizes for the fastest team. Form counts. Timing starts at the
word "Load" of "Prime and Load!", and stops at the fifth shot. Misfires count
against the team. Rammers will not be used. The
size and composition of the teams will depend on the troops present, and will
be determined during the day. There will be another competition on Sunday. You
will be judged on speed by timing, you will be judged on form by the
spectators, both 18th and 21st Century. UTR
expects much betting and heckling by the spectators. Make
sure there are no visitors down range at any distance. We need to keep Market Square roped off until after
firing the evening gun. The spent
cartridges are to be policed after the firing. We need a crowd
control/cartridge pickup detail. *4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The Business of War. Lt. Gen. Cornwallis and staff conduct the business of war. At the St. George Tucker House (Old kitchen - West side of house) 5:00 p.m. Guard stands down. Barricades removed from streets. Please
note that the Guard is to start pulling in the sentries in time to leave the Guard House by 5:00. The Guard marches directly
to the Parade. *5:00 p.m. Retreat. (Duty Drummer - Retreat) On Market Square. The
entire Provost Guard assembles on the Parade for Retreat and evening Roll Call.
Orders of the Day for Sunday are read. Evening Gun. Firing
of the gun on Market Square signals the end of Retreat. We need to keep Market
Square clear down range until after the gun is fired. *Note
to Gun Commander - keep a watch out for horses on Duke of Gloucester Street
near Market Square. Do not fire the gun until the horses are clear. *8:00 p.m. Tat-too. The
sentries on duty Challenge after the Tat-too is played. The Town Major may
inspect the Guard. Please
note: Drummers and Fifers are strenuously encouraged to participate in the Tat-too. The Tat-too will step off from the Capitol at 8:00 p.m., playing stirring tunes
while on the march down Duke of Gloucester Street to Market Square, stopping at
every tavern to beat the Tat-too. It is hugely popular with the visitors! CW
will provide torch bearers to light your way. Soldiers!
Please plan to join the Tat-too as it marches back to camp. The purpose of the
Tat-too was to warn the publicans to turn their taps to (as in shut off the
ale!) and warn the soldiers it was time to return to camp. The good news is at
UTR you can "stagger" out of the tavern, have a jolly march back to camp - and
then go right back to the tavern because CW doesn't turn the taps to until
much, much later!
Sunday, June 29th:
8:00 a.m. Beat Reveille. (Duty Drummer - Reveille)
8:00 a.m. Staff meeting.
Meeting of CW staff, Unit Commanders, and Unit Head Distaff in the Court House.
It is very important for safety and organizational reasons to have a commander or deputy commander from each participating unit at this meeting.
8:45 a.m. (Duty Drummer - Drummers' Call)
The Drummers assemble on the Parade. The Companies will assemble in the Company streets. The Serjeants will perform their preliminary inspections.
9:00 a.m. Roll Call. (Duty Drummer - Assembly). In the camp on Market Square.
Please note: this is not a battalion formation; this is the morning line up of the Provost Guard. There is no Adjutant, there will be no separate posting of the officers, there will be no Serjeant-major lining up the troops. All officers and troops form in the Company Streets at Drummer's Call and form up on the Parade at Assembly, under the command of the Provost-Marshal.
All participants will assemble on the Parade for roll call. Attached civilians and ration strength women & children will line up at the rear of their respective units. The Serjeants will call roll (every Serjeant should have a Roll Book), the Corporals will fill out their Morning Reports. The Serjeants will collate the information from the Morning Reports on to a Company Return. The Company Returns are to be turned in to the Provost-Marshal by 11:00 each day. A separate Roll will be taken of the attached civilians, this information to be noted on the Company Return as well.
The Provost-Marshal will read the Orders of the Day to the assembled Provost Guard. He will then detail troops off into Guard Mounts. The Orders of the Day will be read to the assembled Provost Guard. The troops warned for the first Guard Mount will be inspected, then sent to the Guard House to begin Guard Duty for the day.
Canteens will be inspected at every formation to make sure they are full of water.
Music - One drummer will be detached for duty with the Guard, and one Drummer and one Fifer will be detached as Duty Music (the Duty Music's post is at the Town Major's marquis).
ca. 9:00 a.m. Escort for the Colours moves to the Capitol.
(after Roll Call) All the Officers carrying Colours and the Escort for the Colours make their way quietly down Nicholson Street to the courtyard in front of the Capitol. The Colours and Escort need to be at the Capitol, ready to step off by 9:45 a.m.
ca. 9:00 a.m. Posting of the Guard.
There will be two Guards. The Guard will operate out of the Guard House. In addition, the Guard will patrol the Historic Area. The Quarter Guard area will be determined. They will post sentries as follows:
The Guard:
v Duke of Gloucester Street (plus Cheval-de-Frise) NCO plus 2 or 3 men
v Magazine
v Court House
v Guard House
The Quarter Guard:
v The St. George Tucker House
v The England Street Barricade (plus Cheval des Frise)
v The Town Major's quarters
In addition, the Guard will patrol the Historic Area - with the exception of the Revolutionary City area between the times of 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
*9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. The Business of War.
Lt. Gen. Cornwallis and staff conduct the business of war. At the St. George Tucker House (Old kitchen - West side of house)
9:50 a.m. (duty drummer - beat Assembly!)
The Provost Guard assembles on the Parade, then marches to the back of the Court House where the altar will be laid.
10:00 a.m. Receive the Colours for the Drumhead Church Service. Market Square behind the Court House.
The Provost Guard (except those on duty) should be on the Parade (without arms) by the time the Colours and Escort arrive in Market Square. The Colours and Escort halt behind to the Court House. The drums altar is assembled behind the Court House, and the Colours are laid across them to form an altar of Drums and Colours.
*10:00 a.m. Divine Service. (Field Music - God Save the King)
On Market Square, behind the Court House. (approx. 20 min.) The Chaplain performs a drumhead Church Service, with a reading of the Articles of War. It will be followed by God Save the King. The Serjeants to turn out with Halberds (if any) at the rear of the formation. At the conclusion of Divine Services the Colours are posted in camp, and the Provost Guard is dismissed to its duties.
*10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Military Field Hospital.
Surgeons care for wounded patients and smallpox victims. The Hospital will be in the East Advance building of the Governor's Palace, and in the grounds of the Brush-Everard House at the North East corner of the Palace Green. The Hospital will conduct ongoing interpretation of life in a military field hospital. If anyone wants to sit for a while or even take a nap - go to the Hospital! The Hospital is also equipped for minor medical care. If anyone has a minor injury or is feeling the effects of the heat - go to the Hospital!
11:40 a.m. Changing of the Guard. (see Saturday at 11:40)
Noon p.m. Noon Gun.
The Royal Artillery will fire precisely at Noon in the Artillery Park in front of the Guard House
*Note to Gun Commander - keep a watch out for horses on Duke of Gloucester Street near Market Square. Do not fire the gun until the horses are clear.
Noon Second Roll Call of the day and ammunition inspection.
Second Roll Call of the day. Roll Books in hand, the Serjeants take Roll.
From the 43rd Orderly Book:
Head Quarters Williamsburg
29th June 1781
Brigade Orders
The 43d, 76th and 80th Regiments to inspect their Ammunition and give in Returns to morrow at Orderly Time of The Number of Cartridges wanting to Compleat to 40 Rounds a man
We are going to re-create this 227 years later to the day! The Serjeants will inspect the men's ammunition, and take note of how many rounds are wanting to complete each man to 40 rounds. Ammunition returns will be supplied.
*Noon The Town is Taken.
One American town after another falls into the hands of the seemingly unstoppable British Army and Williamsburg is about to be next. Witness the arrival of the British Army as they seize Williamsburg, raise the British flag over the Capitol and commence occupation of the town.
The Tarleton's Legion Dragoons enter town at the Capitol, accompanied by a patrol of Infantry. A party of the patrol goes to the Capitol, removes the American Flag and replaces it with a British Flag. The patrol makes its way to Market Square.
*1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Following the Army. (see 10:00 a.m.)
*1:30 p.m. Laying a Trap. At the Courthouse
2:10
p.m. Changing of the Guard. (see Saturday at 11:40) *3:00 p.m. Artillery
Demonstration on Market Square. Battery H, Royal Artillery will give a demonstration of the Ultimate Argument of Kings. 3:30 p.m.
- 4:00 p.m. Company Drill. On Market Square. The
troops not on guard duty do some serious drilling. This is not a battalion
formation. This is a drill, with Serjeants shouting and making corrections.
You are welcome to drill at any time you are off guard duty. *4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The Business of War. Lt. Gen. Cornwallis and staff conduct the business of war. At the St. George Tucker House (Old kitchen - West side of house) 4:15 p.m. (Duty
Music- The General) Drop ’em and roll
’em. Breakdown/rolling/folding
of tentage and camp gear. This is not when to discover that you left that blue
plastic ground sheet under your blanket! *4:30 p.m. Drill
and Firing competition. On Market Square, facing West. This is Sunday's
competition for the troops who could not compete because they were on duty on
Saturday. We
all know that "No recruit to be dismissed from the drill until he can fire
fifteen rounds in three minutes and three quarters." The public gets to see how close we can come to the period ideal.
CW will provide prizes for the fastest team. Form counts. Timing starts at the
word "Load" of "Prime and Load!", and stops at the fifth shot. Misfires count
against the team. Rammers will not be used. You will be judged on speed by timing, you will be judged on form by the spectators, both 18th and 21st Century. UTR
expects much betting and heckling by the spectators. Make
sure there are no visitors down range at any distance. We need to keep Market Square roped off until after
firing the evening gun. The
spent cartridges are to be policed after the firing. We need a crowd
control/cartridge pickup detail. 4:30 p.m. The
Guard stands down. The barricades are cleared from the streets. Please note that
the Guard is to start pulling in the sentries in time to leave the Guard House by 4:30. The Guard
marches directly to the Parade. *5:00 p.m. The
Army prepares to march. (Field Music - TO ARMS!) The
Battalion assembles on the Parade in Full Marching Order. The Marching Orders
are read. Cornwallis speaks. The
Army moves out. (Field Music - March tunes as per
Drum Major) The British Column leaves town. The route of march is East
down Duke of Gloucester Street toward the Capitol. We will make a left onto
Botetourt Street, and stop in the shade where Botetourt Street meets Franklin Street. From there it is easy to get back to camp or to the Bruton Heights parking lot. A camp guard will be left behind
for camp security and not so incidentally to prevent re-enactors from entering
the camp with their vehicles until 5:45. 5:45 p.m.
Evening Gun Firing
of the gun on Market Square signals the end of Retreat. We need to keep Market
Square clear down range until after the gun is fired. *Note to Gun Commander -
keep a watch out for horses on Duke of Gloucester Street near Market Square. Do
not fire the gun until the horses are clear. 5:45 p.m. Vehicles
may enter the historic area for loading of remaining camp gear. VEHICLES MUST
USE APPROVED ROUTES INTO MARKET SQUARE. NO VEHICLES
ON THE GRASS!!! NO VEHICLES
ON THE SHELL PATH!! Drive home safely! We want to see you next year!!