WHO WE ARE
The Northwest Civil War Council (NCWC) is a non-profit living history organization dedicated to educating the public and our members about the American Civil War. Through membership in the NCWC one has the opportunity to recreate portions of the past in educational drama at reenactments, through which the spectator, as well as the participant, discover and learn more about their history and the people who lived during the Civil War.
Living history is our hobby and is one of the most dynamic mediums available to those in pursuit of the past. A reenactment is a gathering of period personalities living and working within the event portraying their particular impression. Our members wear authentically reproduced clothing, utilize black powder weapons, cook over open fires and sleep in canvas tents while they participate in battle reenactments and military or civilian life. Many speak in the manner and use the etiquette of the mid-19th century, they write in journals of their experiences and work in 1st person at events -- all in the name of "living history".
The NCWC is an umbrella organization that represents the reenacting units making up its membership. Our active membership is primarily made up of people from all over Oregon and the northwest. The organization sponsors events throughout Oregon and supports events by participation in adjoining states. Those events include four battle events open to the public, 2 'non-public' events including winter quarters and our tactical. Members also participate in school presentations. The Club also marches in several parades and provides honor guards and salutes at funerals and memorial services. Members also research, locate and document unmarked Civil War veterans grave sites, then acquire period head stones from the Federal Government, prepare the foundation for the headstones and have a period memorial service while marking those grave sites in cooperation with the Sons of Union Veterans.
We also have been supporting the restoration of Ft. Hoskins in Benton County. Events sponsored by the NCWC are organized by reenactor coordinators and approved by its board of directors and planning committee for its yearly reenactment calendar.
If you have the urge to step back in time for that split second when you really feel like you are there, or if you want to recognize the sacrifice our ancestors made by following in their footsteps in this way, or if you are interested in learning about the intricacies of the mid-19th century by utilizing the knowledge of others as well as your own research to portray a character of the Civil War explore our pages and get involved in this most unusual hobby by joining a unit today!
Living history is our hobby and is one of the most dynamic mediums available to those in pursuit of the past. A reenactment is a gathering of period personalities living and working within the event portraying their particular impression. Our members wear authentically reproduced clothing, utilize black powder weapons, cook over open fires and sleep in canvas tents while they participate in battle reenactments and military or civilian life. Many speak in the manner and use the etiquette of the mid-19th century, they write in journals of their experiences and work in 1st person at events -- all in the name of "living history".
The NCWC is an umbrella organization that represents the reenacting units making up its membership. Our active membership is primarily made up of people from all over Oregon and the northwest. The organization sponsors events throughout Oregon and supports events by participation in adjoining states. Those events include four battle events open to the public, 2 'non-public' events including winter quarters and our tactical. Members also participate in school presentations. The Club also marches in several parades and provides honor guards and salutes at funerals and memorial services. Members also research, locate and document unmarked Civil War veterans grave sites, then acquire period head stones from the Federal Government, prepare the foundation for the headstones and have a period memorial service while marking those grave sites in cooperation with the Sons of Union Veterans.
We also have been supporting the restoration of Ft. Hoskins in Benton County. Events sponsored by the NCWC are organized by reenactor coordinators and approved by its board of directors and planning committee for its yearly reenactment calendar.
If you have the urge to step back in time for that split second when you really feel like you are there, or if you want to recognize the sacrifice our ancestors made by following in their footsteps in this way, or if you are interested in learning about the intricacies of the mid-19th century by utilizing the knowledge of others as well as your own research to portray a character of the Civil War explore our pages and get involved in this most unusual hobby by joining a unit today!
