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That's pretty interesting, I didn't know that. Moving to Alaska removed me from the hobby. It was a really neat activity for a person interested in history, and the camaraderie was outstanding. I imagine these days everyone wanting to whip out a smart phone is the bane of reenacting.

I was a Johnny Reb reenactor in my younger days. You're right about the camaraderie. It was great. I don't miss the wool in the hot sun though

I’ve seen those earthworks there at Snake Spring a few times, but never really strayed too far up off the road. I never heard of any near Claysburg, but lots of interesting stuff gets lost in History. I’ve got a buddy that lives on GunClub Road, so if I see him at P-ville for the car show I’ll ask him. It runs in my mind that I heard of works to protect Morrison’s Cove, but I have no idea where they’d be. Do you happen to know any geo-cache folks? They might be able to tell you.
I know there’s a few graves there on the state line from soldiers who died of illness there, but again, I never did to much exploring.
Mike, it runs in my mind I read that support troops at that time were around a 1 to 1 ratio, but I can’t swear to it. I know that nowadays, there’s 3 or 4 support troops for each one in combat arms, maybe more.
I thought the Army back then employed a lot more civilian contractors due to the rapid expansion of the volunteer units. At that time, not many generals put much thought into logistics as they do today. They’ve come to realize that the best troops in the world aren’t that much unless they’ve got a good base of support troops.
From 85 to 89, I served in a support battalion of the 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry. My company was mechanical support, meaning if it broke, we fixed it. Another company transported supplies to the forward combat troops and a third company supplied medical support.
All told about 600 people in our battalion.
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Funny you mention this, the July 2021 issue of the Pa. Game News has an article about Game Lands #73. There's a picture of both the entrenchment and the historical marker in the article which mentions they are near Snake Spring.

Dale

I'll have to find that. Be interesting to read. But probably just rehashed what's on the board. Does it show the roofed little kiosk. Or just the highway marker.
The kiosk thing has the good info. And I think it's just someone's personal project.

If you are in the neighborhood.

At the hospital take Upper Snake Spring road to the T.
Turn left, it's at the top of the mountain.
There is a private road (I think) with a gate, on the left.
The kiosk is back that road.

I think you may find this interesting, referencing what it took to keep an army in the field. All of this was accomplished with the relatively rudimentary forms of record-keeping and communication available.

https://transportation.army.mil/History/PDF/Peninsula%20Campaign/Rodney%20Lackey%20Article_1.pdf

The Game News article is part of series they have been running about various gamelands across the state. Location, size, habitat types and interesting tidbits of info. Just a couple of photos of the marker and the entrenchment along with other photos from the gamelands. No actual information about the civil war except what's on the blue historical marker.

Dale