About the Inspector General's Department

About the Headquarters Guard

Nomininations for the Headquarters (Honor) Guard are now open. Click here for criteria and application procedure.

Captain Michael Maurier
pmcog@firstfederaldivision.com

Captain Maurier has been reenacting since 1997. He spent the first five years in gray, the second five in blue, and has traveled extensively and served at various ranks in a wide variety of units in events all over the US.

He is a member of the National Civil War Association in Northern California and has served as Confederate Brigade Adjutant and as Ordnance Sgt. for the Union Brigade. He is also a member of the California Historical Artillery Association. He joined the Army of the Pacific in 2000 and has served as AAIG on the First Federal Division Staff since 2006.

Captain Maurier holds a variety of advanced degrees including a Ph.D., plays upright bass and mandolin in various acoustic bands, is a high-tech publisher in Silicon Valley, and lives with his wife in Palo Alto, California.

About the Provost Marshal (Security)

Captain Michael Pierpoint
pm@firstfederaldivision.com

The Event Security Liaison Officer handles all the Division’s coordination with the (modern) event site, including coordination of vehicle management, re-enactor registration verification, emergency response plan coordination, battlefield public safety, and on-site logistics.

Captain Pierpoint started Reenacting in 1994 in the Confederate Artillery where he learned all the artillery positions. He went on to become one of the founding members of the 44th Illinois Company Infantry and held the rank of First Sergeant for several years.

He later served as a Provost Guard at Shiloh in 1996 (Mudloh) and held some high ground there. He was also Provost Guard at Franklin 2004 and was promoted to Provost Marshal there.

Since then, Captain Pierpoint has become very interested in the role of the Provost Marshal in the American Civil War and has studied this subject intensively.

Captain Pierpoint most enjoys working with the staff of First Federal Division and going to schools and talking about the American Civil War. He is a member of the Civil War Preservation Trust.

Captain Pierpoint and his wife, Gretel, reside in Southern Illinois.