Photos and Coverage of Past Events:
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Coverage of past events:

Article written following McDowell 1999 by reenactor Don Hubbard
Article written following McDowell 2001 by Julio Zagroniz of Civil War News (reprinted with permission)

Photographs of past events:

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Page 1: The Site and the Battle

Bob Denton (right), Travis Haymaker (center), and Roo Haymaker (left), conducting a lecture at the first Battle of McDowell Living History back in 1996. It was here that the conversations began that lead to the McDowell event as we know it today!		The event takes place on the original site - an unspoiled place of unparalleled beauty in Virginia's Allegheny Highlands.		Possum Hollow, site of the Sunday tactical at the 2001 event.
View across the ford and towards Hogshead Field, the site of the Saturday Battle. This is the land where the Federal Forces formed up to attack the Confederate forces atop Sitlington's Hill. The McDowell 2001 event helped raise funds to finish paying off the mortgage of this important and endangered portion of the battlefield!		Scenarios include troop movements through mountain roads and trails.		A view in the hollow. Note the locust "worm" fences and dirt road.
Federal field music at dress parade.				The Federal army occupies the town (1999)
The Confederate Troops formed and ready to cross the Bullpasture River in preparation for the Saturday Battle.		Above: CS soldiers fording the river and (Right) crossing the bridge thrown across the Bullpasture by their pioneer corps. (1999)		After felling trees, Confederates cross the Bullpasture River on bridge they constructed.
The hot fight at the Bullpasture ford (note the Confederate troops pressing towards the gate).				Drummer Sam Harrelson dodges gunfire in the heat of the battle (1999)

Page 2: Townspeople Cope with Federal Occupation and Aftermath of Battle
Page 3: Confederates Reoccupy the Town
Page 4: Faces of McDowell