146th Fall National Pictures

from The Skirmish Line Winter 2022 Volume 67 - Issue 4

The Fireing Line

146th Fall National

Gold Pioneer Patches were awarded at opening cermonies to Nick Taylor, 21st VA; Danny Bethke, 3rd MD Arty; Brad Hale , 2nd MD Arty, and John Doyle, 2nd VA Walter ‘JR’ Zdon, 2nd Maryland Artillery, is awarded with the Skirmish Directors Star for the 145th Spring National.

4 Gold Pioneer patches being given out for the tremendous amount of work put back into the Association! The band during opening ceremonies

Front: Miller Awrds Winner - Daniel Finley, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves Rear: Uniform Commitee members: Mark Latham, Rick Simmons, Michael Vice, James Loba Certificates of Appreciation for their work on the Museum Updates. Left to right: Dave Cole, Kenneth Winklepleck, William Jordan, Donna Crawford - awards presented by Nancy Crockett (right).

110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co A - 1st Place A-1 Musket Team - with the Robert Hughes Trophy and the Jack Rawls Memorial Trophy (1st place Musket/Carbine Aggregate)

9th Virginia Cavalry, CSA, Co A - 2nd Place A-1 Musket Team - with the Robert Hughes Trophy and the Walt Taylor Memorial Trophy (2nd place Musket/Carbine Aggregate)

Musket Team

49th Virginia Infantry, CSA, Co A - 1st Place A-2 Musket Team - with the A-2 Musket Team Trophy

8th Regiment Virginia Voluntter Infantry, Co B - 1st Place B Musket Team - with the Franklin O Hayes Memorial Trophy Chiswell’s Exiles , Co A - 1st Place A-3 Musket Team - with the Army of the Tennessee Memorial Trophy

3rd Maryland Artillery, CSA, Co B - 1st Place B-2 Musket Team

Not Pictured:

5th Virginia Volunteer Infatry, Co C - 1st Place C Musket

Smoothbore Pistol

Nansemond Guards, Co A - 1st Place Smoothbore Pistol Team

50 & 60 Year Memberships

The N-SSA is proud and to award and recognize the following individuals for their long-standing memberships:

Not Pictured: 50 Year: Alan Robertson, 12th Pennsylvania Leonard Ohman, 34th Battalion Virginia Cav Howard Taylor, 2nd Maryland Cavalry

60 Year: Lars Anderson, Washington Blue Rifles Alan Cox, 3rd Maryland Artilley Bruce Welther, 24th Michigan Infantry David Mandy, 15th Virginia Cavalry Ralph Linley, 15th Virginia Cavalry

At Left: Russel Klotz, Chiswell’s Exiles - 50 Year N-SSA Veteran

Editor’s Correction - In the last issue a competitors name was spelled incorrectly - please accept our apologies

Thomas Kavanagh - Wheat’s Tigers - 50 Year Membership Pin Roger Bethke (right), 3rd Maryland Artillery - 60 Year N-SSA Veteran. Pictured with his son, Rob Bethke (left)

Revolver Team

Harris Light Cavalry, Co A - 1st Place Revolver Team - with the first place revolver team trophy

5th Virginia Vol. Cavalry, Co A - 1st Place A-2 Revolver 9th Virginia Cavalry, CSA, Co. C - 1st Place B Revolver

1st New York Dragoons, Co A - 1st Place A-3 Revolver 9th Virginia Cavalry, CSA, Co. B- 1st Place C Revolver

Breech-loader Rifle/Carbine II Team

110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co A - with the Private’vs Trophy for highest placing repeater team

Lancaster Fencibles - 1st place A-3 Breech-loader/Carbine II

T e a m e r p e n c S

46th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Co A - 1st Place Spencer Team

8th Virginia Infantry, Co B - 1st Place B Breech-loader/Carbine II

S i n g l e S h o t B r e e c h l o a d e r T e a m

110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co A - 1st Place Single-Shot Breechloader AND 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co B - 2nd Place Single-Shot Breechloader

Smoothbore Team

110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co A - 1st Place A-1 Smoothbore Team, with the Men of the West Trophy.

3rd Maryland Artillery, CSA, Co A - 1st Place A-3 Smoothbore Harlan’s Light Cavalry, Co B - 1st Place B Smoothbore

Not Pictured:

Tammany Regiment, Co A - 1st Place A-2 Breech-loader/Carbine II

29th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Co A - 1st Place A-2 Smoothbore

Nansemond Guard, Co C - 1st Place C Smoothbore

Mortar & Artillery

1st Maryland Cavalry (8 Inch) - 1st Place Mortar Team - with the first place mortar trophy

1st Valley Rangers - with the Russell L. Yeagy Memorial Trohpy for highest scoring rifled gun crew, and the Larry Beyer Memorial Artillery Trophy for highest spring/fall aggregate artillery crew. Total aggregate score of 100-9V!

Carbine Team

110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co A - 1st Place A-1 Carbine Team, with the Alan Bilby Memorial Trophy

13th Confederate Infantry, Co A - 1st Place A-2 Carbine Team Union Guards, Co B - 1st Place B-1 Carbine Team

First Rockbridge Artillery, Co A - 1st Place A-3 Carbine Team 48th Virginia Infantry, Co B - 1st Place B-2 Carbine Team

BB Gun Competition

1st Place Junior BB Gun Team (Jude Bethke pictured; Not pictured: Camyrn Blecher, Neala Brown, Alexander Weaver)

Junior Teams

2nd Place Junior BB Gun Team (Pictured: Jocelyn & Joey Plakis; Not pictured: Jeremy & Corey Cox)

3rd Place Junior BB Gun Team (Chase Early, Liliana & Lochlan Bechard)

Senior Teams

1st Place Senior BB Gun Team (Kullen O’Bryant, Carley Brennan, Jackson Lee Rock)

BB Gun Competition

2nd Place Senior BB Gun Team (Sammie Bowser, Cedric Keener, Moira Keener, Alex Noyalas)

3rd Place Senior BB Gun Team (Pictured: Clarissa Elton; Not Pictured: Nikolas Tomecek, Lawson Cherry, Tristan McCure)

Jr. BB Gun Individuals

Chase Early, McGregor’s 2nd Battery - 1st Place Junior Individuals, BB Gun Competition

Joey Plakis, 149th PVI Bucktailsv - 2nd Place Junior Individuals, BB Gun Competition Chase Early, McGregor’s 2nd Battery and Alex Noyalas, 11th Pennsylvania representing the Junior and Senior First Place Individual winners - with the Tenderfoot BB Gun first place individuals trophy

Not Pictured:

Senior BB Gun Individuals - Nikolas Tomecek, 2nd Maryland Artillery, CSA - 5th Place Senior Individuals

Junior BB Gun Individuals - Corey Cox, 2nd Maryland Artillery - 4th Place Junior Individuals; Camyrn Blecher, 73rd New York - 5th Place Junior Individuals; Neala Brown, Co C 2nd USSS - 6th Place Junior Individuals

Sr. BB Gun Individuals

Alex Noyalas, 11th Pennsylvania - 1st Place Senior Individuals, BB Gun Competition

Kullen O’Bryant, Southhampton Greys - 2nd Place Senior Individuals, BB Gun Competition Cedric Keener, Wheat’s Tigers - 4th Place Senior Individuals, BB Gun Competition

Unit & Individual Awards

Buzz Smith accepting the Lee A Wallace Unit Award, presented to the 34th Virginia Cavaley Battalion - for their service and commitment to public education about the history of the War Between the States

Benjamin T Waits, Nansemond Guards, DSCA 5-Gun Gold

Individual Awards

Joel C Rogers, Iredell Blues, DSCA 5-Gun Gold and DSCA Musket Bronze

Adam J Bumford, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry, DSCA Carbine Bronze. While not pcitured, Adam also won the following NRA Civil War National Championships: Carbine Aggregate, 1st Place; Smoothbore Aggregate, 2nd Place; and NRA Aggregate, 1st Place.

Individual Awards

Kent L Snyder - with the Patrick E Felker Memorial Trophy for Highest Musket Aggregate

Adam J Bumford - with the Bruce C. Warburton Memorial Trophy for Highest Carbine Aggregate; the Ernest W Peterkin N-SSA Grand Aggregate Trophy, for 1st Place Grand Aggregate; and the Wade O Huffman Memorial Trophy for the Highest 5-Gun Aggregate; and the Larry Brockmiller 7-Gun Aggregate Trophy for Highest 7-Gun Aggregate

Individual Awards

Todd H Hess - with the Brian Haack Memorial Trophy for Highest Smoothbore Aggregate

Edward W Schneeman - won the Ben Betterley Memorial Trophy for highest 50-yard Musket target and the Tom Blum Memorial Trophy for Highest Revolver Aggregate (pictured without trophies)