Northeastern Military Department Alliance
The NEMDA is a group of re-enactors representing both the Union and the Confederacy in both military and civilian aspects of the war years. The purpose of this organization to support each others efforts in the Northeast U.S. and while centered in central and northern New York State also includes Vermont, Southern Ontario, and Southern Quebec.
A few years back it was an idea that several people had about the same time. The idea was that instead of several smaller events on the same weekend if we could co-ordinate our efforts at the end of a season towards next years events we could have larger events and both ourselves and the viewing public would get a bigger all round weekend for their efforts.
These events are worked around our various brigade and battalion national efforts and the NEMDA does not constitute a new brigade or battalion. We all have our parent organizations and unless I'm notified or someone wishes to make an annoucement in our news section my assumption is that everyone is happy with their lot in life. Just in case your interested the 2nd Michigan Vol. Infantry, "E" Company's National organization is the United States Volunteers commanded by Colonel Dana Heim. We fall in with the 1st Regiment, commanded by Lt-Col Burdell Waffler, and our line company - "I" - is commanded by Captain Craig Young. We are very happy with our home within this organization and we only regret that distance keeps us from seeing the folks more often.
The NEMDA has meeting once a year to arrange and plan the up coming season. This meeting is held in the town of Long Lake, New York, normally on the last weekend in October. Here units make their announcements as to events and try to co-ordinate the events for maximum participation, issues of safety are reviewed.
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