Lain, You did a great job, music, and sound effects added to it greatly, It is excellent to show to folks who don't undersand we insane re-enactors, Fraternally, Scoot Aldrich, Cof 42nd Vol Inf, "The Old Penn Bucktails"
Is this purposefully slowed down to be able to see what's going on and safety? I think it's quite unlikely to keep people marching at slow speed while under fire from 20 meters away.
I heard that at one of these big events a guy put pig intestines in his jacket and when a cannon fired he threw them out everywhere. It was so realistic people walked out thinking everyone else was gonna do the same thing. But they only had blood packets. lolz
I was just there this weekend... Not a great turnout for the 145th anniversary because of the awful weather... they even canceled the morning tactical :( oh well. next year comes quickly
my dad was with the infantry for a good 15 years and he said the tactical in the morning at cedar creek was always his favorite. Hes with 1st NY Light Artillery Reynolds Battery L with me and we're doing this event this year. Hope to see u all out there! (keep your heads low)
Vermont won Cedar Creek. There is no denying it, those were VT's glory days. They inspired one officer to order his troops to hold as long as vermont did (because they would hold FOREVER). Vermont troops single handedly brought about the confederate defeat. Look it up.
no. The confederates would have noticed vermont, and went around it, leaving it alone. So maybe vermont held its ground, but it would have been for nothing without the other militias.
READ!!! Do some research!!! The historical fact is that the confederates DIDN'T go around them but Vermont ACTUALLY played the pivotal role in the union victory of Cedar Creek. Don't tell me what would or wouldn't have happened... this is not a hypothetical situation, it WAS a real battle.
Early surprise attacked the union line and Vermont covered the union line and held the confederates long enough for the counter attack. That is when the order not to retreat before Vermotn was made.
If Vermont "won" Cedar Creek then why is it the 30th Mass. Infantry that is credited with being the first unit to recapture their field-works that day?
Its amazing how just a few decades and a couple hundreds of years ago, we used to fight in regiments and moved as units. Now we just deploy troops and place them in strategic spots and give them a task. They only go in groups and fight by cornering walls and forming lines. This is how true strategic military geniuses and combat tactic are determine and shown. Not just placing troops, hiding, bursting down doors and scattering troops in groups. War and battle was meant in battlefield face to face
wtf you talkin bout. face to face would result in loses. the USA has strategic spots to own the enemy, not to go up near them. This typ of fighting worked back then, not now buddy
Fighting like this DID require a lot more strategy than today. If you didn't move your people right, you lost. Sure today there's some strategy involved, but war today is more about over powering your enemy. This is the RTS of wars. Today war is more like an FPS.
Still dex, is strategy not flying airplanes and shooting other airplanes down. But yes i agree "Old School" strategy was hard. But todays i think is way more advanced.
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i love cedar creek, and let's all enjoy it while it's still there! (i dont know if you've heard about some of the projects they want in the battlefield area) see you fella's there!
-Nathan Valentine 3rd md co. b vincent's brigade, Corporal of Musicians or just an ordinary private with a rifle!
We hope to see you all again at our 2008 reenactment at Cedar Creek Battlefield held October 18 & 19th! If you have questions, please call our Visitor's Center at (540) 869-2064. Julie
CAPTAIN MORGAN! Thank you sir for your gentle words of encouragement and support. The 7th Lousiana Infantry is on the top of my list of visits to the camps next year! I hope you had a fantastic experience and will continue to carry the torch of freedom's message that our ancestors fought and died for in the War of the States.
man, i hate running back up that hill. you know when its time. mr. sheridan comes riding out along the union line. then all i hear is "rally on the colors!" and back up the hill we go...
true...so true. One fun time I had was at Antietam 1997 where both Yankees and Rebs, during the pre-dawn Cornfield battle, threw ears of corn at each other like hand grenades.
me too. Except in small events when someone on the other side shouts: "I shot you!" or if as a company we send one scathing, beautifully executed volley through the enemy ranks and no one falls.
is your favorite time of the event the actual battle or sitting around the campfire telling jokes that get more off-color as the night, and for some fellas, the alcohol consumption progresses?
I hope sunburn was the extent of your injuries. I once had a mild case of heatstroke. Not fun. Sitting in public deprived of uniform with ice packs all over. I learned then to drink water.
Lain, You did a great job, music, and sound effects added to it greatly, It is excellent to show to folks who don't undersand we insane re-enactors, Fraternally, Scoot Aldrich, Cof 42nd Vol Inf, "The Old Penn Bucktails"
oldgoatstudios 5 months ago
Is this purposefully slowed down to be able to see what's going on and safety? I think it's quite unlikely to keep people marching at slow speed while under fire from 20 meters away.
Yora21 10 months ago
I was with the 11th West Virgina. It was a hell of alot of fun.
Elliottjo 1 year ago
@Elliottjo i was in lees light artillery. i was General Robert E. Lees ascout and boty gaurd. amd yes it was a hell of a lot of fun.
redconfederate 1 year ago
The Jersey Brigdade was there! Hail the fighting 15th!
chapdog82 1 year ago
I heard that at one of these big events a guy put pig intestines in his jacket and when a cannon fired he threw them out everywhere. It was so realistic people walked out thinking everyone else was gonna do the same thing. But they only had blood packets. lolz
BurntDogProductions 1 year ago
i like lincoln
he massacred the racist
popomaniac1 1 year ago
hahahah, random car passes by the back of the reenactment XD
Dinoafhdd1 2 years ago
Ugh... I hate those tiny flags you always see, I know sometimes it's all you have but still ugh the ones you buy at walmart are better.
BurntDogProductions 2 years ago
I was just there this weekend... Not a great turnout for the 145th anniversary because of the awful weather... they even canceled the morning tactical :( oh well. next year comes quickly
XzTylerzX 2 years ago
I'll be at Cedar Creek this year with the 41st OVi. Can't wait! I plan to visit New Market on the way as well.
nc69th 2 years ago
my dad was with the infantry for a good 15 years and he said the tactical in the morning at cedar creek was always his favorite. Hes with 1st NY Light Artillery Reynolds Battery L with me and we're doing this event this year. Hope to see u all out there! (keep your heads low)
bullyboy1863 2 years ago
Im going to be in this reenactment!
funnyman7071 2 years ago
Cool, hey i have a question. do you think they'll let a 14 year old reenact as a soldier?
pharoah246 2 years ago
yeah if you have your rife and lie about your age, theyre not really that strict and they dont ask questions
IainDensmore 2 years ago
haha ok awesome =P
pharoah246 2 years ago
This is totally not my thing, but I can appreciate how much you care about the things you love. Keep it up.
I support anything my bud does.
tarheel290 3 years ago
Vermont won Cedar Creek. There is no denying it, those were VT's glory days. They inspired one officer to order his troops to hold as long as vermont did (because they would hold FOREVER). Vermont troops single handedly brought about the confederate defeat. Look it up.
LordTharrion 3 years ago
no. The confederates would have noticed vermont, and went around it, leaving it alone. So maybe vermont held its ground, but it would have been for nothing without the other militias.
jarretweber 2 years ago
READ!!! Do some research!!! The historical fact is that the confederates DIDN'T go around them but Vermont ACTUALLY played the pivotal role in the union victory of Cedar Creek. Don't tell me what would or wouldn't have happened... this is not a hypothetical situation, it WAS a real battle.
Early surprise attacked the union line and Vermont covered the union line and held the confederates long enough for the counter attack. That is when the order not to retreat before Vermotn was made.
LordTharrion 2 years ago
If Vermont "won" Cedar Creek then why is it the 30th Mass. Infantry that is credited with being the first unit to recapture their field-works that day?
Spyvey 2 years ago
i wanna be in a reenactment someday
thinketh 3 years ago
Its amazing how just a few decades and a couple hundreds of years ago, we used to fight in regiments and moved as units. Now we just deploy troops and place them in strategic spots and give them a task. They only go in groups and fight by cornering walls and forming lines. This is how true strategic military geniuses and combat tactic are determine and shown. Not just placing troops, hiding, bursting down doors and scattering troops in groups. War and battle was meant in battlefield face to face
Drbolla345 3 years ago
wtf you talkin bout. face to face would result in loses. the USA has strategic spots to own the enemy, not to go up near them. This typ of fighting worked back then, not now buddy
chile1212 3 years ago
Fighting like this DID require a lot more strategy than today. If you didn't move your people right, you lost. Sure today there's some strategy involved, but war today is more about over powering your enemy. This is the RTS of wars. Today war is more like an FPS.
dexluther 3 years ago
Still dex, is strategy not flying airplanes and shooting other airplanes down. But yes i agree "Old School" strategy was hard. But todays i think is way more advanced.
chile1212 3 years ago
I wasn't there that year, but I was there yesterday.
GettysburgGhost1863 3 years ago
muhaha i was actually in the battle that year! 55th VA woot! loving the sound effects.
VampireKitty5 3 years ago
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procommenter 3 years ago
i love cedar creek, and let's all enjoy it while it's still there! (i dont know if you've heard about some of the projects they want in the battlefield area) see you fella's there!
-Nathan Valentine 3rd md co. b vincent's brigade, Corporal of Musicians or just an ordinary private with a rifle!
teddythebear1234 3 years ago 2
We hope to see you all again at our 2008 reenactment at Cedar Creek Battlefield held October 18 & 19th! If you have questions, please call our Visitor's Center at (540) 869-2064. Julie
my3juls 3 years ago
Julie- The CCBF will always have the support of the 7th Louisiana Infantry! Your works of encouragement last year started this unit!. Captain Morgan
LordOfUndeathI 3 years ago
CAPTAIN MORGAN! Thank you sir for your gentle words of encouragement and support. The 7th Lousiana Infantry is on the top of my list of visits to the camps next year! I hope you had a fantastic experience and will continue to carry the torch of freedom's message that our ancestors fought and died for in the War of the States.
Julie
my3juls 3 years ago
the cars in the back are ruining my civil war moment. lol
reznahawks 3 years ago
yea
rebelwolfman 3 years ago
Watch for me this year! I'm the youngest member of my unit and I'm ready to fight at Cedar Creek! I'm with the 3rd PA Artillery, Battery "B".
GettysburgGhost1863 4 years ago
This is my favorite field to fight and camp on. Lovely territory. Saturday is my favorite day because....we win!
Sunday its oh gee, there goes Sheirdian, time to die!
liveanddiewithwings 4 years ago
This is what I love to hear- Cedar Creek is a real treasure! I hope to see you there again this year...Julie
my3juls 3 years ago
man, i hate running back up that hill. you know when its time. mr. sheridan comes riding out along the union line. then all i hear is "rally on the colors!" and back up the hill we go...
ColonelRaynes 4 years ago
Was any Custer reenactor there?
custerdivision 4 years ago
yea i saw a guy dressed as custer
IainDensmore 4 years ago
was there any Custer reenactor?
custerdivision 4 years ago
Damn Yankees!
SouthernRebeler 4 years ago
Ouch! How did they respond? Tiny darts made of splinters?
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
they charged us
IainDensmore 4 years ago
true...so true. One fun time I had was at Antietam 1997 where both Yankees and Rebs, during the pre-dawn Cornfield battle, threw ears of corn at each other like hand grenades.
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
last year at cedar creek we were throwing blocks of wood at the rebs
IainDensmore 4 years ago
me too. Except in small events when someone on the other side shouts: "I shot you!" or if as a company we send one scathing, beautifully executed volley through the enemy ranks and no one falls.
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
we're havin too much fun to die
IainDensmore 4 years ago
is your favorite time of the event the actual battle or sitting around the campfire telling jokes that get more off-color as the night, and for some fellas, the alcohol consumption progresses?
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
fighting
IainDensmore 4 years ago
some times I miss the hobby of reenacting.
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
its great thing to do
IainDensmore 4 years ago
Nothing starts a good reenactment video than Gerry Owen I always say.
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
great song
IainDensmore 4 years ago
I hope sunburn was the extent of your injuries. I once had a mild case of heatstroke. Not fun. Sitting in public deprived of uniform with ice packs all over. I learned then to drink water.
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
i was in the ranks at Gettysburg in 1998. The weather was surprisingly not bad, especially on the last day when there was Pickett's Charge.
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
last year for gettysburg it was postponed a week because the battlefield was flooded but it wasnt that bad, i did get badly sunburned tho
IainDensmore 4 years ago
i just posted the video from last years Gettysburg reenactment
IainDensmore 4 years ago
i hear it gets cold down there in October
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
not at all is so hot out there we all melt but not as bad as gettysburg we cook there
IainDensmore 4 years ago
it is a very good video. I had no idea the 20th Maine were at Cedar Creek.
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
not historically but my group always does this battle it's a lot of fun
IainDensmore 4 years ago
where is the 57th Virginia Co. B "Franklin County Sharpshooters" reenactment group???
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago
i roll with th north side 20th Maine i'm on the far side of the hill my dad shot this
IainDensmore 4 years ago