"Scarcely any organization is doing so much for UNION and LIBERTY as The Confederation of Union Generals." - Boston Commonwealth.
The Confederation of Union Generals is registered as a Non-Profit Association in the Secretary's Office of the Department of State for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Confederation of Union Generals was founded in October of 2002 by Mike Riley who portrays Major General John F. Reynolds. It's genesis traces back to a Living History event at the Landis Valley Museum outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania in early August of that year. The museum directors sponsored a "Civil War Days" event on the grounds and asked Mike to coordinate the Living History part of it. He contacted friends he knew from his reenacting days to attend, many of whom were now doing Living History as general officers and or staff officers. That was the first presentation of what has come to be called "Meet The Generals". Following the success of that event, Mike contacted many of the officers and asked them "since we had all gotten along so well and been such a hit with the public" would you be interested in forming an informal group to do other similar events in the future. That group subsequently took on the name the Confederation Of Union Generals, or simply "COUG".
The following is a list of the "original" members "the gang of 13", who were either at Landis Valley in 2002, or were invited to attend:
1. Mike Riley (Major General John F. Reynolds)
2. Pat Fairbairn (Brigadier General Rufus Ingalls)
3. Ken Riley (*)
4. Jerry McCormick (Brigadier General Andrew A. Humphries)
5. Harry Sproehnle (*)
6. John Deppen (Major General Winfield S. Hancock)
7. Ed Max
8. Bill Gollatz
9. Joe Funk (Major General Godrey G. Weitzel)
10. Andy Waskie (Major General George G. Meade)
* Deceased
1. Mike Riley (Major General John F. Reynolds)
2. Pat Fairbairn (Brigadier General Rufus Ingalls)
3. Ken Riley (*)
4. Jerry McCormick (Brigadier General Andrew A. Humphries)
5. Harry Sproehnle (*)
6. John Deppen (Major General Winfield S. Hancock)
7. Ed Max
8. Bill Gollatz
9. Joe Funk (Major General Godrey G. Weitzel)
10. Andy Waskie (Major General George G. Meade)
* Deceased
For speaking engagements or public appearances, please contact the Confederation of Union Generals Event Coordinator, Brigadier General Rufus Ingalls at:
Rufus.Ingalls@uniongenerals.org
All appearances are "family" friendly. No activities, actions, language or behavior that are not fit for all ages is acceptable.
Rufus.Ingalls@uniongenerals.org
All appearances are "family" friendly. No activities, actions, language or behavior that are not fit for all ages is acceptable.
The Confederation of Union Generals is a Civil War Living History group based in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
If you would like more information about The Confederation of Union Generals please contact us.
info@uniongenerals.org
info@uniongenerals.org
