Division Commander
Chief of Staff
  Aide-De-Camp
  Adjutant General's Department
  Inspector General's Department
  Quartermaster's Department
  Medical Department
  Corps of Engineers/ Topographical Engineers
   
   
   

Assistant Inspector-General Position Description

Assistant Inspector General

Major Michael Maurier

Major Maurier has been reenacting since 1997. He spent the first six years in gray, most of the rest in blue, and has traveled extensively, galvanizing as required, and served in various ranks in a wide variety of units at major events all over the US.

Major Maurier was a member of the National Civil War Association (NCWA) in Northern California where he rose through the ranks to become the NCWA's Confederate Brigade Adjutant and later, the Ordnance Sgt. for the Union Brigade. Major Maurier then served on detachment from General Halleck's staff as the beleagured Inspector General for the NCWA's eminently and perpetually disreputable 2nd Brigade, 2nd Divison, 2nd Corps (Army of the Potomac — Motto: We're No. 2!). He has also been a member of the California Historical Artillery Association, home of the much-admired and respected, entirely horse-drawn 3rd US Artillery.

Major Maurier joined the Army of the Pacific in 2000 and served as AAIG on the First Federal Division Staff in 2006 and 2007. He then became Captain of the Headquarters (Police) Guard and Provost Marshal for Living History for the First Federal Division. He advanced to the post of First Federal Division AIG in 2009.

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

  

Major Michael Maurier

     

Provost Marshal Position Description

Provost Marshal

Major Ronald Beeman

 

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Major Ronald Beeman
 
     

Chief of Signals Position Description

Chief of Signals

Vacant

 

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Chief of Couriers Position Description

Chief of Couriers

Sergeant Tom Smith

Sgt. Smith is a lifelong resident of St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Truman State University.  He began reenacting in 1998, following in his son's footsteps as a member of the 10th Missouri Cavalry after the untimely death of Tom Smith Jr., a St. Louis County Police officer in his third year who was killed in the line of duty Dec. 5th 1997. Tom Jr. was a Sgt. in the cavalry at the time.

Tom Sr., who is currently a Sgt. in the 10th Missouri Cavalry, Division Cavalry Brigade, has been a member of the St. Louis County Police Department for 35 years. His son was following in his footsteps as well. Tom Sr. currently holds the rank of Sgt. and supervises the Intelligence Unit and the Federal Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force, for the St. Louis Office of the FBI.  He has served as a member of the Narcotics Enforcement Unit (Detective), Special Weapons and Tactics Unit, (Detective) of Crimes Against Persons Unit as well.

He also is an active soccer official for the NCAA and Assessor, MSHAA, United States Soccer Federation and a former professional official for the MLS, NPSL, MISL.

Tom's lovely wife of over 35 years Ms. Fran (Bommarito) Smith is also active in reenacting.

The Smith's son-in-law Chris and their beautiful daughter Nichole Johnson remain close, and have a 7 year old blue-eyed son Christopher who has been riding with his Grandpa since he was 5 and is already anxious to begin his career in reenacting as well. 

We are very proud to have Tom and his family with us and he will bring tremendous experience and knowledge to the First Federal Division.

  

Sergeant Tom Smith

In Memory of Thomas Smith Jr.

     

 

    
     
     
 
Masthead Photo : David Stephenson, Lexington Herald-Leader. Perryville, 2006

   
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