Registration for “To Prevent the Effusion of Blood” opened on February 8, 2010 and will remain open until November 7, 2010. To register, each participant needs to complete and send in a registration form and pay their individual fee. The Registration Form with Instructions is available in the following formats:

MS Word
Adobe PDF

The registration fee is $40.00 per person, which will provide water ferry and local ground vehicle transportation as needed as well as cooked meals for Dinner Friday, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner on Saturday and Breakfast on Sunday. Any remaining funds not utilized to support event costs will be donated to the Fort Sumter / Fort Moultrie Trust - http://www.fortsumtertrust.org/

Your registration is not complete and you will not appear on the registration list at http://topreventtheeffusionofblood.com/ until you have paid your registration fee.

All Registrations and Fees Must be Received by November 7, 2010.

We have limitations on roles and caps on participants for this event. Please ensure you are likely to attend before registering. If a registration is received after a participant cap is reached, the individual will be contacted and offered a different role. If that is unacceptable the registration and payment will be returned.

1^st US Artillery (61 Participants)
- Staff and Band
- Company H
- Company E

South Carolina Militia (30 Participants)
- Rifle Company

Civilians (29 Participants)
- Fort Sumter Workers
- Women and Children of Garrison
- South Carolinian Civilians

Questions? Need more information? Please contact the Event Coordinator - Pete Berezuk at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it directly concerning them.