091318 LCJ Civil War Battle (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Union soldiers from the Chicago Light Artillery shoot off their cannon while fighting the Confederates in a narrated battle during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. (9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Kevin J. Wood, of Oak Park portrays President Abraham Lincoln as he recites the Gettysburg Address after a narrated battle between Union and Confederate soldiers during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. (9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Tracy Balla, of Grayslake, an AP U.S.history teacher with Round Lake High School, and her students Nadia McPherson, 17, and Jayda Delatorre, 16, both of Round Lake Beach talk with President Abraham Lincoln (Kevin J. Wood) in a barn during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. (9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Joseph Powell, of Forest View, a Union soldier with the 10th Illinois Calvary, and Kevin Wright, of Peotone, a Confederate soldier with the 3rd Tennessee Calvary, fight with swords in a narrated battle during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. (9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Elaine Masciale, of Palatine (on the right) plays 19th Century music on a jawbone with her husband, John, on the banjo, as they portray Mr. & Mrs. Bryant with the Tin Cremona band during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. The jawbone was a found instrument used to make music during the time of the Civil War.(9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Eric Weaver, of Round Lake holds on to his son, Marshal, 3, as he sits on a 3rd Tennessee Calvary horse named, Jack, during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. (9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Derrek Uriostegui, 4, of Round Lake shows off his Autograph Scavenger Hunt paper with signatures he has collected during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. (9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Micah Zahir, 10, and his grandfather, Jim Jesse, both of Hainesville talk with Mike Miller, of Woodridge, about his 1853 Enfield rifle musket during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. Miller portrayed a Confederate soldier named, Mordai Dettweiller, from the 154th Tennessee Infantry Company K.(9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jonah Weaver, 4, of Round Lake pets a 3rd Tennessee Calvary horse named, Jack, during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. (9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Ben Tuggle and his father, Frank, both of Lakemoor talk with Kevin Wright, of Peotone as he stands next to his horse named, Jack, during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road.Wright portrayed a Confederate soldier with the 3rd Tennessee Calvary. (9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Ryan Schuda, of Lemont, portrays a Union soldier with the 45th Illinois Infantry, shoots a rifled musket in a battle against the Confederates during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. (9/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Kevin Wright, of Peotone, a Confederate soldier with the 3rd Tennessee Calvary, and Eric Percy, of Plainfied, an overrall Federal commander for the Union army, shake hands in a Narrated Battle to get their wounded soldiers off the field during Hainesville's Civil War Encampment & Battle at the Northbrook Sports Club on Hainesville Road. (9/9/18)