MEMOIRS

"CHIN MUSIC FROM A GREYHOUND!!"*

or

20 years to life with the Holmes Brigade

(*chin music: talking too much, to the point of rambling, unable to shut up)
Illustrated with photographs and images, here are my personal reflections and observations from over twenty years in the hobby. Please note that this is a work in progress and so far only covers the first couple of years of my involvement in civil war reenacting. It may take me another 20 years before I finish this literary labor of love. Check this site frequently. If you are a past or present Holmes Brigader or are familiar with events that occurred in the Trans-Mississippi arena during the 1980-2000 reenacting era and would like to add fuel to fire for future chapters, please send email to Robert W. Talbott.
CHAPTER ONE: IN THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER TWO: FIRST CONTACTS
CHAPTER THREE: I SEE THE ELEPHANT
CHAPTER FOUR: CANNONEER'S POST!
CHAPTER FIVE: FIRST TRIP TO PILOT KNOB
CHAPTER SIX: THE GUNS OF OCTOBER
CHAPTER SEVEN: WE FORM THE 18TH MISSOURI
CHAPTER EIGHT: QUINCY BRUCE AND A CAMPAIGN WITH GRANT
CHAPTER NINE: FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE COURTHOUSE
CHAPTER TEN: PRAIRIE GROVE YEARS
CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE MCWRA AND ME
CHAPTER TWELVE: THE COCKTAIL FLIGHTS
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SPOOKS
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: RAIN, RIBBONS, AND BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER'S
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: MARCELINE AND THE DEATH MARCH
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER?
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: A SIDESHOW OF THE WAR
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE GREYHOUNDS
CHAPTER NINETEEN: 'JUST A QUARTER-MILE MORE, BOYS!'
CHAPTER TWENTY: THE WETTEST EVENT
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: UNDER LIVE FIRE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE MEXICAN WAR
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: NEW MADRID
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: MISSOURI MISCHIEF AND KANSAS MASSACRE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: THE BAG LADIES
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: THE ROAD TO MANASSAS
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: "EUREKA!"
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: ADVENTURES OUT OF UNIFORM
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: THE ROAD TO SHILOH
CHAPTER THIRTY: LONE JACK AND RATTLESNAKE DICK