The History ofThe American Civil War Shooting Assn.20 Year Anniversary Gary Van Kauwenbergh, 8/15/2019 This year American Civil War Shooting Assn. (ACWSA) is celebrating its 20th anniversary. This brief history of our organization commemorates the occasion. The ACWSA did not invent the sport of skirmishing, and to understand its story, [ » ]
Stephen Sherry gave a presentation on the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry to about 50 Sons of Norway members at their meeting in Racine, Wisconsin on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. The soldiers 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry were ethnically Norwegian, and known as the Norwegian ‘Bear Hunters’. The presentation was part of [ » ]
Stephen Sherry, Al Borland and Gary Van Kauwenbergh hosted a station covering small arms use in the Civil War at the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Association’s School Day on May 17, 2018 in Milton, Wisconsin. About 2,000 students from the area schools attended. There were over two dozen stations covering [ » ]
Pards Stephen Sherry and Dan Christensen of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry ‘Norwegian Bear Hunters’ hosted a table at a recent Hands-on-History event at the Civil War Museum in Kenosha, WI. They displayed an assortment of military equipment and promoted the ACWSA.
The ACWSA was represented at the 2018 Civil War Museum Expo by Daniel Christiansen and Steve Sherry of the 15th Wisconsin. It was a good crowd and many people were interested. Hand brochures were handed out and many individuals expressed the interest in attending our skirmishes at Bristol this summer.
ACWSA Member Sharing their Hunting Pictures Gretta Gearing 2023 buck Gretta Gearing 2015 bear Jim Leinicke bags a 12-pointer with his Mississippi rifle Dick Tessmann copes with the deer infestation at his home near Rhinelander, where we hold our Labor Day skirmish. Rebecca Ortwerth, daughter of Doug Ortwerth (2WI) shot [ » ]
The 66NC shot perfect Smoothbore Team Pigeon Board and Hanging Tile events on 9/16/2017 at the skirmish in Bristol, WI. See video of the Hanging Tiles event at https://www.facebook.com/bill.osborne.7927/videos/10212237720035564/
On Thursday, May 25th, 2017 Wayne Blatherwick and Steve Sherry of the 15th Wisconsin, provided information about firearms to several school groups attending the annual Field Day in Kenosha, WI.
Company K, 2nd Volunteer Infantry Associations School Day was held on May 19, 2017 in Milton, WI and the ACWSA hosted one of their 26 different stations. Stephen Sherry (15WI), Al Bortles (2WI), and Gary Van Kauwenbergh (2WI) manned a table covering Civil War Small Arms. A record attendance [ » ]
The official ACWSA roster as of March 14, 2017 has 184 members. The Michigan region has 93 members spread out over 10 teams. The Wisconsin/Illinois region has 91 members on its 7 teams. The scatter diagram below shows where the majority of the membership is located, but not everyone [ » ]