Apr23
Bucktail Departure Ceremony 1861
Bucktail Departure Ceremony, McKean County Court House, Smethport, PA
I will be selling and autographing books during breakfast at Court of Angels Restaurant from 8:30 until 9:30 before the Bucktail Departure Ceremony, which will begin on the steps of the McKean County Court House immediately after. Here is a list of the events: 9:30 a.m. Welcome/Introduction 9:30-10:00 Signing of the Muster Roll by Bucktail recruits 10:00 Oath of enlistment given to recruits by Thomas Kane 10:05--10:20 Drill of recruits by Wiliam Blanchard 10:20--10:30 Speeches by Byran Hamlin & N.E. Eldred 10:30 Colonel Kane leads the march of the recruits from Smethport