The Citadel Military Living History Society Takes on the role of reenactment to honor history. Our C veterans in combat.
The Citadel Military Living History Society, also known as the Reenactment Club, focuses on honoring the sacrifices made by Citadel alumni and all U.S. We wish to educate the public about the battles, uniforms, weaponry, and even just the daily life of soldiers through our reenactments. While we have fun at our events, the mission of the club for cadets goes much deeper. We train every cadet to be
Operating as usual
09/11/2023
Palmetto Battery Living History Group—our current organizations predecessor— in 1997.
*the Citadel Military Living History Society and it's members are in no way affiliated with any Pro-confederate, neo-confederate, or white supremacist groups or movements. Cadet participation in events is for educational and entertainment purposes only*
03/07/2023
Cadets and advisors attend the reenactment at Broxton’s Bridge in South Carolina!
*the Citadel Military Living History Society and it’s members are in no way affiliated with any Pro-confederate, neo-confederate, or white supremacist groups or movements. Cadet participation in events is for educational and entertainment purposes only*
02/19/2023
Cadets Grish and Lisowski, and other participants attend the 2023 Commemoration for the HL Hunley, which was one of the first effective manned submarine assaults. The Submarine attacked the Union sloop USS Housatonic. She was crewed by 21 sailors, and all hands were lost before the submarine could not return to port.
Photo credits go to Suzanna Mars Photography.
*the Citadel Military Living History Society and it’s members are in no way affiliated with any Pro-confederate, neo-confederate, or white supremacist groups or movements. Cadet participation in events is for educational and entertainment purposes only*
04/11/2022
Cadets with the citadel Academy join the officers and volunteers of the South Carolina Militia taking up residence in Fort Moultrie for the attack on Fort Sumpter.
01/23/2022
Cadets and advisors of the club play in the snow.
10/25/2021
Cadets and visitors of the CMLHS had a great time at the living history event at the this past weekend. We look forward to doing similar events in the future
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09/24/2021
Skirmishing is one of our specialities.
The Citadel Military Living History Society's cover photo
The Citadel's Military Living History Society is more than just a reenactment club for the 25 or so cadets who serve as its members—it offers additional training in teamwork, weapon safety and accountability. http://bit.ly/30u7X4V
2022 oath ceremony at Marion Square as the Old Guard.
There were over 1000 pictures taken at the Columns or "The Battle of Florence." It will take some time to get them all up and edited, so in the meantime, enjoy this "teaser" trailer of pictures from the event!
The cadets had a blast playing 1860's baseball, as well as educating a local Boy Scout troop on the proper way to move and fire a cannon.
Captain Cox and Senior Haley Osmer, playing the "Captain's Daughter" went down the spectator line before the battle, welcoming and talking to every guest. As well as posing for lots of pictures with some of the younger guests!
On the weekend of January 29-31, The Citadel Military Living History Society participated in the Battle of Charleston, timeline of wars that the United States had engaged in.
This year, for the second time, the club brought cadets to participate in two events: Civil War and World War II.
The Civil War battle that was being reenacted was the Battle of Bloody Bridge. On July 2nd, 1864, Union Brigadier General John Hatch landed on John's Island. His plan was to move forward and take James Island. His 8,000 men were met with 2,000 South Carolinian forces. The Confederacy held off the troops for 3 days until General Hatch and his men retreated.
While there was no specific engagement being recreated for the public WWII battle, here are a few words on it from a 2015 alumnus, Mike Santana
The Citadel Military Living History Society's (CMLHS) WWII contingent, "Dog Company," recreating one of thousands of nameless skirmishes on the Italian Front in the winter of '45. The CMLHS's mission of portraying and honoring all alumni who have gone on to serve our nation in her hour of need is upheld by cadets like these. Cadets who's greatest passion is ensuring their forbears on the Long Grey Line are never forgotten.
We have these amazing pictures from the Battle of Aiken 2015 thanks to our club photographers.
Thanks to Tripp Karitis for taking the photos and Haley Osmer for the editing.
We would be nothing without our club's seniors.
Cadets Tripp Karitis, Haley Osmer, Meriel Robinson, Rivers Crouse, Thomas Riherd, Tjark Aldeborgh, Kenneth Woodruff, Kyle Lewis, Landon Rohrer, and Weston Matthews have retrieved the sword from the Canadian Army. It is on its way back to The Citadel.
The lost sword of the first honor graduate, Col. Charles C. Tew, has officially been returned to the hands of The Citadel.
The cadets arrived at the Antietam battlefield around 0930 and after a quick tour of the Museum, met up with the color guard the Canadian Army sent and began to practice for the ceremony at 1300.
Today marks the 153rd anniversary of The Battle of Antietam and cadets are preparing to repatriate the lost sword of Col. Charles C. Tew, the Citadel’s first honor graduate.
In less than a week, a group of Citadel cadets from our very own CMLHS will be heading up to Antietam to receive the sword of the first Citadel's graduate, Col. Charles C. Tew.
We are very excited to be invited to be part of the ceremony that brings this piece of history home.
We will be keeping constant updates on our progress from our practices, drills, traveling, all the way to the actual ceremony from now until we return home next Thursday.
Are you a cadet who does reenacting outside of the Living History Society during the summer? Post pictures of yourself here! Show what knowledge and expertise you're bringing back to the Citadel once school starts up next year!
One of our members upon graduation was the recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan award for volunteer work and community outreach. Of important note was the spearheading of the creation of the wwii section of the living history society. It goes to show just how high our members can climb, and just how important our mission of preserving the history of the Citadel is to so many.
To all of the members who graduated this year, congratulations! To the rest, best of luck in the years ahead!
A weekend of cold rain and warm memories! "Dog Company" attended its first airshow in Peachtree City, Georgia.
The Old Guard in front of the newly recognized Class of 2018.
The reenactment club is leading the newly recognized Class of 2018 back from the march to Marion Square as the Old Guard from the Old Citadel.
We would like to congratulate all the society members of the class of 18 on their Recognition day. Welcome to the corps as full men and women. You've earned back your first names and shook hands with the devil! We look forward to seeing great things from you all.
We've still got some fight in us!
Two weeks from now, April 18-19, we'll be at WWII Heritage days in Peachtree City, GA. If you're in the Atlanta Area, come on out and see one of the largest airshows in the Southeast!
http://wwiidays.org/
wwiidays.org WWII Heritage Days | Presented by the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing
We'll have photos of our Civil War reenactments at Aiken and Florence up soon! Until then:
The Battling Boys of Dog Company at Blacksburg, SC last weekend after a hard night and day's fighting recreating the Battle of Anzio, '44.
We'd like to give special thanks to Ron Crawley, our newest adviser (not photographed) for being the best combined platoon NCO we could have asked for. Looking forward to fighting with the 30th ID, 1st ID, 505th and 504th PIR's again someday!
Timeline Photos
The first timers were taking up to Dragoon Horse Farm to be trained by the reenactment training cadre on setting up camp, cannon drill, and infantry drill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhNpccuyVtw
A good number of our cadets make an appearance in this video for another group. Looking good cadets!
Able Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry
Our Club Officers have been hard at work all week planning our Training Weekend at Dragoon Horse Farms. Tomorrow, the cadets head out for the weekend of drill!
This weekend, Cadets from the Citadel will train new recruits into the society at Dragoon Horse Farms. Here they will learn cannon and musket infantry drill, teamwork, and an appreciation for the warmth of a campfire!
Here's an album of a professional photographer who took some epic shots of the Battle of Charleston!
https://ralphsecoy.shutterfly.com/pictures/11641
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