r/SonsofUnionVeteransCW

I was kind of amused when I got to looking at the Ritual and Ceremonies booklet. Members of my camp have referred to the "long version" of the ceremony in a joking manner a number of times, usually at the end of the "short" version as a way to say "if you thought that was long, you won't believe this!"

I'm genuinely aghast at how long it actually is, 5 whole full sized pages. Do any camps actually use this? I don't want to be that guy but it honestly reads like a bunch of pomp and circumstance.

And what's this stuff about WW2, Korea, Vietnam and the middle eastern conflicts, just feels way out of place.

Feels like the short version was made as a revision of this long version but for whatever reason people wanted to have their cake and eat it too, so now there's both

(Sorry if this post isn't allowed) For a little bit of context, I reenact the 1st Michigan Engineers and I'm actively looking for reference for my impression, I'm doing three impressions which would be their state issued uniform from 1861 that I unfortunately wont wear in the field, 1862 to 1863 while they were in Kentucky and Tennessee, and 1864-1865 when they were in Georgia and North Carolina, and I'd like to see any pictures from any of those years of the war to base my impressions off of.