Travel back in time

'Smell the smoke, taste the black powder as you tip open a paper cartridge with your teeth! hear the rattle of hundreds of muskets, the earth shattering roar of the cannon! All over the UK hundreds of dedicated military history enthusiasts just like you are going beyond reading about the American Civil War, they are living it.'

Quote from Camp Chase Publishing.


The 55th is one of the oldest regiments within the Southern Skirmish Association, having been reactivated in 1979. Although primarily from the south and south east of England, it draws membership from all over the UK as well as having an honorary member in Virginia whose ancestor was in the original 55th.

For more information about the American Civil War, the Southern Skirmish Association and the 55th VA, please visit our links page, SOSKAN'S own website and of course, the rest of our regiments site.