2nd Regiment, United States Volunteers, Annual School of the Battalion
The 2nd Regiment, USV, holds independent battalion training at the Brick House Museum in Montgomery, NY, in the spring of each year. 3rd Maine officers, NCOs, and motivated privates attend.
 
 
                                   Col. Dussinger and Sgt. Maj. Chambers
                                   meet under the command fly.
           Pvt. Beverage, a.k.a. the Fire God(dess)
        creates a blaze.
 
 
                      1st Sgt. Lawson waits for coffee...
         ...which fails to produce the desired effect.
     
 
       The battalion practices the evolutions of dress parade.
     
 
                               Drum Major Beverage provides instruction to                                future drummers.
                 Relaxing after a hard day of drill.