Pontoon boats
Re-enactors built two replica pontoon boats to reenact the amphibious landing made by Union troops in 1862, during a reenactment of the Battle of Fredericksburg, VA. 2012
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Civil War 150 Pinhole Project 
I’m the fellow seated, bottom right, with yellow stripes on my coat. It took us six months to build those two boats, we finished the first boat a week before the event and the second boat the day before the event. We started with 20 – 30 people building and by the time we were done had about four regulars furiously working to finish. I would never do it again but I’m glad I was involved, it taught me so much about pontoons, how they were built and how they worked. We donated one boat to Ferry Farm (they provided funds for materials) the other is sitting in my barn !