@ghosthunter5656 There was actually blacks that fought for the Confederacy, They felt they were fighting for the place they lived just like how most Confederates fought for their homes and never owned slaves.
True. Folks often think it was strictly a war of morals- Confeds were evil and hated blacks, Union was wonderful and loved freedom- not necessarily true. As a left-wing activist and progressive individual, I can easily say I historically support the south.
I spent a lot of time in my university studying the conflict- it was a war of a seceding nation, not a war of race. ^^ Slavery played a very small part in it, but history has a way of accentuating points.
@warman505 They've told us on our first day, "When you get bored, take a hit" and "Sometimes the officer will say "Start taking hits!" and... well... you take a hit." I am just a fifer, but I still had to hear this whole thing because I guess I could take a hit... even thought I'm behind the whole battle.
@RandomProductions32 you know why they wanted states rights? So that they could keep the government from getting rid of their slaves, no matter what road you go down as to the cause of the war it all leads back to slavery.
Who Won the Civil war? The last I heard ,there where a few who refuse to stop fighting... on both sides.I'm just saying. It ain't over till there is no fight left. I know history says the North won but all they did is change stratigies. They still keep the south down through their politics. Thats why the poorest states are in the south and the wealthyer are out west or up north.
@ayayay111 then why did you waste your time learning our language? huh? us americans have invented so many things we have today. whats wrong with america? get off your ass and stfu about america!
@ayayay111 ok fine. i dont wanna hear the dumpster shit of your voice. seriously, gtfo about saying our country is a "herp derp" when clearly, you have never been to America before. fuck off
@donkylalex look, just deal with it. america is a huge fucking dump and people like you eat cock. you have no culture and you worship indians and turkey. suck a dick.
@ayayay111 Russia and Germany were on different sides in WWII. Russia was on the Alied forces and Germany was on the Axis forces. The Alied forces won, the Axis forces lost. There were many countries involved in both forces and by the way, America was in the Alied forces. Seriously, you are pretty dumb. Go troll somewhere else.
How can you have historical reenacting when most if not all the reenactors are too old or in many cases obese? It's getting to the point where people who were turned on to reenacting back when it became a huge fad in the 90s thanks to Ken Burns' Civil War documentary are now too old to be accurate reenactors.
@dalton9931 The average was younger and leaner in that era. Yes, there were all ages but the modern American re-enactors tend to be on the older and fatter side.
@egbduf Generally someone "dies" when he runs out of blank ammunition. As a reenactor you try to set up your "death" to coincide with running out of ammuniton. You get the most "bang for your buck" that way.
The civil war was NOT about slavery. Lincoln declared war to reuinte the union. the only reason people think it was about slavery is because of the emancipation proclamation.
Actually there were alot of black people that fought on the confederates. Some were forced, some were lied to, and others were actually against the north for what they stood for. They didn't like being slaves, but they didn't want to stir up any trouble. They just wanted things to be normal. So black confederates weren't at all uncommon.
How are you supposed to watch this reinactment in person without hearing protection? I know muskets are deafening from 100 yards away. I can imagine that a cannon blast would be like hell.
"the government" in 1861 was pretty divided, Lincoln took all his political opponents and made them his Cabinet members - if you like, Lincoln was to blame for trying to keep the US together - he did state that he wasn't going to have "the last best hope of freedom" be broken up during his term as president, not if he could help it - don't forget, the Confederacy forced the issue by firing on Fort Sumter - the following war got worse than anybody thought it would at the beginning -
Well, you'll need to purchase all of the necessary equipment, or find someone who will (generously) loan you all of it. You'll also need to be instructed in the rules and regulations (marching commands, how to handle a Civil War-era musket according to Army standards, safety rules of reenacting, how to pitch a tent, etc.) If you can handle these prerequisites, then there are plenty of groups that would welcome your participation, whether you are American or Icelandic.
@TheIcelandicPatriot they aren't games. reenacting is about doing your best to portray what actually happened, being respectful to the men who fought, and most importantly, not thinking it as a "game." This wasn't a game to the 620,000+ who died.
is this one of them where you can be in it for free? where they give you the costumes and guns and stuff and you do what you want and its just like your in the civil war?
I went to a Civil War Reenactment on Sunday in Hemstead, Texas and the thing i noticed was there every one that I saw was white. The only black person i saw was a Black Confederate Soldier!
@sky12066sed3 I live in Alabama, but I would'a sided with the "Yanks". You do realize that this war was over slavery, right...? So, if you wanted us to drive the "Yanks" back home, then you agree with slavery? Sorry, not trying to insult... Dx Or do you say that just because you're rooting for your home team? :3 Every one does (with sports) these days, so I don't blame ya.~
@AquiloTheTiger You're right, in the big picture, that war WAS about slavery. But 95% of Confederate troops were not slaveowners and really didn't give a shit about slavery one way or another. As far as they knew, they were fighting the invasion of their homeland...which is what they were told by the rich slaveowners, because if the slaveowners told them they were fighting for the rich owners to keep their slaves, they wouldn't have fought for that. Rich man's war, poor man's fight.
@Salguine The big picture wasnt about slavery it was about independent rights as a state. Basically the Confederates wanted each state to govern them selves while the union wanted to have all the states under one goverment.
@RandomProductions32 if it had really been about states rights, why didnt minnesota, or indiana or ohio secede to protect their "states rights"?? and it can be said that the vast majority of southerners did not own slaves, but the environment of racism south, and the influence of slave owners, was enough for the average southerner to take up arms.
@DustyBivins appox 40,000 hispanics, 10,000 asians, and tens of thousands of blacks fought in the CSA. They fought for state's rights and the right to self-govern in the face of a federal government that was no longer acting according to the Constitution and was imposing insane taxation on the Southern states. Also keep in mind that the Union segregated black regiments, while the CSA did not. Blacks and whites fought alongside eachother. But you'll never hear any of this in History 101.
They would actually use boys 10 and up to be drummer boys. And in the video I noticed that there were African Americans fighting for the confederates. Heh, they must like slavery...
@acwright1998 the war wasn't about slavery, and the blacks who fought were fighting against what they saw as an opressive government just like the white man they stood next to.
I used to go there all the time as a kid! @josded - 90,000 black confederates? Really? - I'll bet RE Lee would have liked to have known where these guys were. Come on.
@nelipot000 a lot slaves who fought for the south could care less about freedom as long as the south won. The south was their country too, and most of the slaves took pride in what they did to support the war. The exception would be those slaves who were owned by brutal or indifferent masters, who beat them or did very little to see that they were doing well. Contrary to popular belief, most slave owners were nice to their slaves, considering that they had a master/slave relationship obviously.
@josded So, you're saying that you believe in the ownership of one human being over another, well as long as the slave owner treats the slave nicely. Of course, any of us wouldn't mind siding with our slave owners if they treated us nicely. What other kind of life would we know. You know the definition of freedom is FREEDOM. That has nothing to do with how nicely somebody treats you Yes. many slave owners treated their slaves nicely, but THAT IS NOT FREEDOM.
@welchburger obviously you cannot read. If you bother to read my other comments on this issue, I see slavery as wrong in every way. BUT I describe the actual relationships between the slaves, their masters, and the issues of their time as truthfully as possible. Which is the difference between a historian and a politician. I must say, though, that the freeing of the slaves at the end of the war, and the way in which they were freed, caused more lasting suffering than if they were freed later.
@LegoScout09 actually, on the first year, children could be a soldier as young as 10. the youngest soldier to ever get shot was a kid named william who was wounded at the age of 12. He got shot on his left hand and his right leg
@robloxace Yes, cool. But only if they are mature and know what they are doing. I trained with my unit from age nine, and didn't take the field until I was 14, and even then for one event that year. I knew what to do because I had been doing it in drill for 5 years before hand.
@sownindishonor15 Actually the southern troops were the better trained and better disciplined of the two armies. A general isn't a great leader if his troops don't know how to march. This better training and their better fighting skills allowed them to consistently win battles, at least in the eastern theater. The western confederates were just as well trained and were just as good of fighters, but they suffered from poor generalship
I was in a reenactment a couple of times and i was a soilder. I am against slavery in real life but for this i always liked confederacy because we had more "Better Quality" stuff
@YoufckerSubcribe WHAT? if you call going without rations for days because there wasn't enough food reaching you better quality, or using a cut up blanket for shoes, etc, then fine. Although these things didn't happen all the time, they almost never happened in the Union army because the North was a supply machine with railroads and steamboats to back their armies up.
Gotta feel sorry for the poor bastard at 7:45. Scenario given, he was probably just trying to surrender or defect and the boys in blue shot him anyway.
@UACmarine2O8 Black confederates were in a lot of cases jsut as supportive of the south as their white counterparts, a fact the north doesn't like to admit. Ruins their image of the rescuing heros, see?
At the reenactment at Bridgeport, AL there is a whole battery of Scots. Generally in my regiment to carry a musket you tend to be somewhere between the age of 10-13 depending on how well mannered and respectful you are.
Nice editing work and sound design. You've really captured the spirit of a reenactment event. Where'd you get the music? We've just completed a Civil War feature named "Dog Jack" and we really enjoyed our time with the reenactors we worked with.
@joniclemproductions Black men fought in considerable numbers at the beginning of the war, and they volunteered. They weren't sent to war by/with their masters, though sometimes a servant came along to fight the war and help their master in camp. I once had a chance to read one of these men's diaries, it was a family heirloom I was privileged to be allowed to touch. The black man described his entire service, from fighting at Manassas to fighting and surrendering at Appomattox.
@joniclemproductions Even after his master's death in early 1864, he continued to fight with the south. Truly inspiring to read. One day I'm going to return there to write down that diary and get it published. The family doesn't want to do it themselves, but I'm going to see if they'll let me do it.
we have a couple of black confederates in our BN. Its great having them...I love it when you get blakc people who avoid our confederate camps because they are confederate and then all of a sudden they crap themselves when they see black confederates!!! Its really ignorance on the part of public education. But the victor writes the history. I myself am Jewish and its a blast when we have Orthodox families stroll thru our camps and I have my Hebrew Nationals roasting on the fire!!!
lol two black guys in the confeds
Evilbunnyinc100 3 days ago
@Evilbunnyinc100 yeah blacks fought with us confederates
minecraft2400 1 day ago
god i love reenactments
ElleRoxMyFabSox88 5 days ago
Love the clips!
SmokeyHickChick 6 days ago
@warman505 you really don't. It's all acting. you pretty much just fall whenever you want to.
MBrepository9 1 month ago
anybody see anything wrong at 2:25 I mean there is a black guy in the confederate? haha
ghosthunter5656 1 month ago
@ghosthunter5656 There was actually blacks that fought for the Confederacy, They felt they were fighting for the place they lived just like how most Confederates fought for their homes and never owned slaves.
AUG351 1 month ago
@AUG351
True. Folks often think it was strictly a war of morals- Confeds were evil and hated blacks, Union was wonderful and loved freedom- not necessarily true. As a left-wing activist and progressive individual, I can easily say I historically support the south.
I spent a lot of time in my university studying the conflict- it was a war of a seceding nation, not a war of race. ^^ Slavery played a very small part in it, but history has a way of accentuating points.
RidingBesideMe 1 week ago
confederate is better they were fighting against slavery
jawa21699 2 months ago
awkward kiss 1:05
Nx772 2 months ago
My ancestors Swooped sides twice.
First - Confederate
Second - Union
Third - Confederate
GCmediacourse 2 months ago 4
no yankees took any hits...dipical
seth15100 3 months ago
how do you know if youve been shot?
warman505 5 months ago 9
@warman505 it hurts and you bleed
blobby496 1 month ago
@warman505 They've told us on our first day, "When you get bored, take a hit" and "Sometimes the officer will say "Start taking hits!" and... well... you take a hit." I am just a fifer, but I still had to hear this whole thing because I guess I could take a hit... even thought I'm behind the whole battle.
EthanFoley 2 weeks ago
@warman505 You look at how accurate they shoot and if it's a good volley. Basically a stomach feeling.
EveGallente 1 week ago
For Civil War reenactments do they just load in the gunpowder and not the ball
Mokite22 5 months ago
@Mokite22 yes, they poor the powder down the barrel without a minni ball
and place the percussion cap on.
AUG351 5 months ago
looks like fun. I got to try it sometime.
Mclovin486 5 months ago
damn, i cant imagine what the adrenaline rush would be like to be in a reenactment
Haloskulls117 5 months ago
@RandomProductions32 you know why they wanted states rights? So that they could keep the government from getting rid of their slaves, no matter what road you go down as to the cause of the war it all leads back to slavery.
GeneralGordon234 6 months ago
is it a bad thing that we southerners march better than them yanks
jparment1 7 months ago
@jparment1 They think it's their second chance at the war, so they're trying their best :-)
noah12301 7 months ago
it wuz frekin hot that day!!!
SuperZman661 7 months ago
is this real life?
deadlyram2k6 7 months ago
@deadlyram2k6 yea but they were firing blanks
Zooroonies 7 months ago
Its funny not one union soldier died
chucknorriswontdies 7 months ago
@chucknorriswontdies They always do that
dungeon666666 6 months ago
7:54 epic fail
highschool563 7 months ago
lol at the kid with a gun walking at 1:29
Xtrememan89769 8 months ago
Who Won the Civil war? The last I heard ,there where a few who refuse to stop fighting... on both sides.I'm just saying. It ain't over till there is no fight left. I know history says the North won but all they did is change stratigies. They still keep the south down through their politics. Thats why the poorest states are in the south and the wealthyer are out west or up north.
Snodrog1 8 months ago
To few african american slaves acting as human shields are seen in this battle.
wallaballakalla 8 months ago
i was there that was my first one
oohrah1996 8 months ago
how about stop faking an old war and go fight a real war in present time
americans, the herp derp of planet earth
ayayay111 9 months ago
@ayayay111 how DARE you insult our country!
donkylalex 8 months ago
@donkylalex i can insult whoever i want buddy. im puerto rican so fuck you and fuck the trashbag you call a country.
ayayay111 8 months ago
@ayayay111 then why did you waste your time learning our language? huh? us americans have invented so many things we have today. whats wrong with america? get off your ass and stfu about america!
donkylalex 8 months ago
@donkylalex lol i learned english not american u redneck haha
ayayay111 8 months ago
@ayayay111 ok fine. i dont wanna hear the dumpster shit of your voice. seriously, gtfo about saying our country is a "herp derp" when clearly, you have never been to America before. fuck off
donkylalex 8 months ago
@donkylalex look, just deal with it. america is a huge fucking dump and people like you eat cock. you have no culture and you worship indians and turkey. suck a dick.
ayayay111 8 months ago
@ayayay111 wow. WE won WWII. WE invented the computer. seriously, fuck off!
donkylalex 8 months ago
@donkylalex russia and germany won WWII, denmark invented the computer so lol
ayayay111 8 months ago 2
@ayayay111 Russia and Germany were on different sides in WWII. Russia was on the Alied forces and Germany was on the Axis forces. The Alied forces won, the Axis forces lost. There were many countries involved in both forces and by the way, America was in the Alied forces. Seriously, you are pretty dumb. Go troll somewhere else.
ThatConcreteWindow 8 months ago
The only part where it kinda died out was 1:24 ...........
marshalvadar 9 months ago
@marshalvadar or 1:20 if ure following the slide bar thing....
marshalvadar 9 months ago
How can you have historical reenacting when most if not all the reenactors are too old or in many cases obese? It's getting to the point where people who were turned on to reenacting back when it became a huge fad in the 90s thanks to Ken Burns' Civil War documentary are now too old to be accurate reenactors.
SupernautG 9 months ago
@SupernautG The Most ignorant thing I've read this year. Thanks moron. You made me chuckle.
Eatingpattern 9 months ago
@Eatingpattern So your too old and fat to be a reenactor?
SupernautG 9 months ago
@SupernautG really? have you done any research at all on the civil war? both the union and confederacy took whatever it got
dalton9931 8 months ago
@dalton9931 The average was younger and leaner in that era. Yes, there were all ages but the modern American re-enactors tend to be on the older and fatter side.
SupernautG 8 months ago
7:36 DIRTY YANK!
Eddyisrich403 8 months ago
pretty sure that they didnt clap and screemed "yeah" when a cannon is fired
11Thefuture 9 months ago
i love walchin these kinds of vids and learning about the cicil war
mackandcheese1000 9 months ago
how do they decide when someone dies?.....just interested
egbduf 9 months ago
@egbduf Generally someone "dies" when he runs out of blank ammunition. As a reenactor you try to set up your "death" to coincide with running out of ammuniton. You get the most "bang for your buck" that way.
PoeticSilence 9 months ago
The civil war was NOT about slavery. Lincoln declared war to reuinte the union. the only reason people think it was about slavery is because of the emancipation proclamation.
MrFordvideos 9 months ago
get those Nigras
MrHappyGoFunTime 9 months ago
that wasnt even that realistic. But it was a sad war
67chevy7 10 months ago
Confederate for life!!!! Exept I hate slavery.
MrGap92 10 months ago
where do you get the uniforms for the confederates
justinnn97 10 months ago
@justinnn97 try ebay or craigslist, and if that dont work go to the muesum.
victor102able 10 months ago
Why there are black soldiers in the Confederate?
NgJackal1990 10 months ago
@NgJackal1990 I'm pretty sure there were a few thousand blacks who fought for the South as mercenaries.
FistofAmerica 10 months ago
@FistofAmerica I hope they got paid LoL
NgJackal1990 10 months ago
@NgJackal1990 Because their Southern and they have heritage for their home.
LoveSenseDimension 10 months ago
i just recently signed up for a reeanactmant, i got drummer posititon in the union
kittylactose 10 months ago
CONFEDERACY!!!
soulslicer09 11 months ago
what do the rifles shoot do they shoot blanks
crazyman5790 11 months ago
wait, what does the rifles, and cannon shoot? are they real? sorry for my noobish skills on civil war reenachment...
DarkLegoSlayer 11 months ago
sorry could not resist, 7:46 Oh My God They Killed Kenny!
getsomelead 11 months ago
anyone see the black confederates, whos idea was that? ;)
getsomelead 11 months ago
@getsomelead ikr at 2:29 theres like three lol FAIL
LOLcat901 11 months ago
@getsomelead
Actually there were alot of black people that fought on the confederates. Some were forced, some were lied to, and others were actually against the north for what they stood for. They didn't like being slaves, but they didn't want to stir up any trouble. They just wanted things to be normal. So black confederates weren't at all uncommon.
Whitsdude 7 months ago
i was in in this :D at like five mins exactly im the guy with the flag im on youtube :D
bobzilla441 11 months ago
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HewieOfHG 11 months ago
How are you supposed to watch this reinactment in person without hearing protection? I know muskets are deafening from 100 yards away. I can imagine that a cannon blast would be like hell.
Spaceshotx7 11 months ago
No it won't Idiot
PatJC123 11 months ago
the south will rise again
dairyboy4020 11 months ago 2
union ftw
stevedude92 1 year ago
I Am related to Patrick R Cleburne
TheAmazingMrDoctor 1 year ago
I love Civil war History ! William Sanders was an ancestor of mine. He was the founder of Tannehill . He disappeared in 1865 after the war.
Claretcross 1 year ago
Haha there's a black guy on the confederate side.
SOFTIHUVVET 1 year ago
Wait, if they don't use real bullets in re-enactments, then how does someone know if they're shot and need to act wounded? o.o
AquiloTheTiger 1 year ago
@AquiloTheTiger Its called acting, you just kinda do it.
tatetalk 1 year ago
u cant blame union soilders just the government
TheStyx44 1 year ago
@TheStyx44
"the government" in 1861 was pretty divided, Lincoln took all his political opponents and made them his Cabinet members - if you like, Lincoln was to blame for trying to keep the US together - he did state that he wasn't going to have "the last best hope of freedom" be broken up during his term as president, not if he could help it - don't forget, the Confederacy forced the issue by firing on Fort Sumter - the following war got worse than anybody thought it would at the beginning -
SupernalOne 1 year ago
do you have to be american to join these games? or can you just wisit and play?
TheIcelandicPatriot 1 year ago
@TheIcelandicPatriot
Well, you'll need to purchase all of the necessary equipment, or find someone who will (generously) loan you all of it. You'll also need to be instructed in the rules and regulations (marching commands, how to handle a Civil War-era musket according to Army standards, safety rules of reenacting, how to pitch a tent, etc.) If you can handle these prerequisites, then there are plenty of groups that would welcome your participation, whether you are American or Icelandic.
E2theSamps 1 year ago
@TheIcelandicPatriot they aren't games. reenacting is about doing your best to portray what actually happened, being respectful to the men who fought, and most importantly, not thinking it as a "game." This wasn't a game to the 620,000+ who died.
josded 1 year ago 34
Hey, check out my video of the Sumner attack. The video's on my page.
TheWalrus9091 1 year ago
how to u kno wen to die
TheStyx44 1 year ago
long live the south
skateordiepat 1 year ago
@skateordiepat Y would u want the south to win?
zuuluu1 1 year ago
@zuuluu1 I agree.
triggrhappywardog217 1 year ago
my friend isaac did one of these when he was 6 and my friend oliver did one when he was 8, they still have the hats and sutff XD
buzzguy224 1 year ago
is this one of them where you can be in it for free? where they give you the costumes and guns and stuff and you do what you want and its just like your in the civil war?
buzzguy224 1 year ago
I went to a Civil War Reenactment on Sunday in Hemstead, Texas and the thing i noticed was there every one that I saw was white. The only black person i saw was a Black Confederate Soldier!
jermster17 1 year ago
if only the south had won.
jw16e4 1 year ago
@jw16e4 It was 150 years ago good God.
triggrhappywardog217 1 year ago
Go Rebs, send those stinking Yanks back home with a cannon ball up their rears.
sky12066sed3 1 year ago 2
@sky12066sed3 I live in Alabama, but I would'a sided with the "Yanks". You do realize that this war was over slavery, right...? So, if you wanted us to drive the "Yanks" back home, then you agree with slavery? Sorry, not trying to insult... Dx Or do you say that just because you're rooting for your home team? :3 Every one does (with sports) these days, so I don't blame ya.~
AquiloTheTiger 1 year ago
@AquiloTheTiger You're right, in the big picture, that war WAS about slavery. But 95% of Confederate troops were not slaveowners and really didn't give a shit about slavery one way or another. As far as they knew, they were fighting the invasion of their homeland...which is what they were told by the rich slaveowners, because if the slaveowners told them they were fighting for the rich owners to keep their slaves, they wouldn't have fought for that. Rich man's war, poor man's fight.
Salguine 1 year ago 23
@Salguine Where is this 95% from?
Jaxis1337 10 months ago
@Salguine The big picture wasnt about slavery it was about independent rights as a state. Basically the Confederates wanted each state to govern them selves while the union wanted to have all the states under one goverment.
RandomProductions32 7 months ago
@RandomProductions32 if it had really been about states rights, why didnt minnesota, or indiana or ohio secede to protect their "states rights"?? and it can be said that the vast majority of southerners did not own slaves, but the environment of racism south, and the influence of slave owners, was enough for the average southerner to take up arms.
DrSquidley 6 months ago
@sky12066sed3 the yanks won because of stupid lee
codfan11000 11 months ago
@sky12066sed3 keep in mind, we won.
MadMrRanter54 10 months ago
@sky12066sed3 of course no one really wins in war. but at least slavery was abolished
MadMrRanter54 10 months ago
@sky12066sed3 it's not cool to be racist.
mac12197 10 months ago
usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/blackcs .htm
African Americans in the Confederate Army....
AdmiralTMoya 1 year ago
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AdmiralTMoya 1 year ago
that was retarded why were African Americans fighting for the Csa and why were the confederates acting retarded like the fat officer at 7:48
DustyBivins 1 year ago
@DustyBivins usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/blackcs .htm This link gives some of the history of African Americans in the Confederate Army. :)
AdmiralTMoya 1 year ago
@DustyBivins appox 40,000 hispanics, 10,000 asians, and tens of thousands of blacks fought in the CSA. They fought for state's rights and the right to self-govern in the face of a federal government that was no longer acting according to the Constitution and was imposing insane taxation on the Southern states. Also keep in mind that the Union segregated black regiments, while the CSA did not. Blacks and whites fought alongside eachother. But you'll never hear any of this in History 101.
topjimmy72 1 year ago
7:48 Oscar award
killertu 1 year ago
In reenactments, can you act as if you were shot and killed?
I'm not so sure yet, I just need to know. :p
doomedtodead64 1 year ago
@doomedtodead64 yes, you can. But you must do it right. People don't die or react to bullets like they do in hollywood or Call of Duty
josded 1 year ago
They would actually use boys 10 and up to be drummer boys. And in the video I noticed that there were African Americans fighting for the confederates. Heh, they must like slavery...
acwright1998 1 year ago
@acwright1998 some slaves were offered freedom if they fought for the southern cause.
tommycancer 1 year ago
@acwright1998 the war wasn't about slavery, and the blacks who fought were fighting against what they saw as an opressive government just like the white man they stood next to.
josded 1 year ago
heartige not hate
vegetaandstevie 1 year ago
nice video
DarkLegoSlayer 1 year ago
go confederates!
im on the south in a mini-reenactment in Indianapolis, Battle of Belzer
LegoScout09 1 year ago
I used to go there all the time as a kid! @josded - 90,000 black confederates? Really? - I'll bet RE Lee would have liked to have known where these guys were. Come on.
mkeithharris 1 year ago
@mkeithharris During the Civil War, a black slave could gain his freedom by serving in the Confederate army, though it was not popular.
nelipot000 1 year ago
@nelipot000 a lot slaves who fought for the south could care less about freedom as long as the south won. The south was their country too, and most of the slaves took pride in what they did to support the war. The exception would be those slaves who were owned by brutal or indifferent masters, who beat them or did very little to see that they were doing well. Contrary to popular belief, most slave owners were nice to their slaves, considering that they had a master/slave relationship obviously.
josded 1 year ago
@josded So, you're saying that you believe in the ownership of one human being over another, well as long as the slave owner treats the slave nicely. Of course, any of us wouldn't mind siding with our slave owners if they treated us nicely. What other kind of life would we know. You know the definition of freedom is FREEDOM. That has nothing to do with how nicely somebody treats you Yes. many slave owners treated their slaves nicely, but THAT IS NOT FREEDOM.
welchburger 1 year ago
@welchburger obviously you cannot read. If you bother to read my other comments on this issue, I see slavery as wrong in every way. BUT I describe the actual relationships between the slaves, their masters, and the issues of their time as truthfully as possible. Which is the difference between a historian and a politician. I must say, though, that the freeing of the slaves at the end of the war, and the way in which they were freed, caused more lasting suffering than if they were freed later.
josded 1 year ago
wtf, they showed like two kids like middle school age in the union army
COOL!!:D
robloxace 1 year ago
@robloxace no duh, they could fight as young as 14.
LegoScout09 1 year ago
@LegoScout09 actually, on the first year, children could be a soldier as young as 10. the youngest soldier to ever get shot was a kid named william who was wounded at the age of 12. He got shot on his left hand and his right leg
robloxace 1 year ago
@robloxace Yes, cool. But only if they are mature and know what they are doing. I trained with my unit from age nine, and didn't take the field until I was 14, and even then for one event that year. I knew what to do because I had been doing it in drill for 5 years before hand.
josded 1 year ago
WTF?
2:29 black confederate
SapphireSalamder2 1 year ago
Confederate Army = Colonial Army; Poorly trained, but greatly lead, both under a confederate government, which causes states to become selfish.
sownindishonor15 1 year ago
@sownindishonor15 Actually the southern troops were the better trained and better disciplined of the two armies. A general isn't a great leader if his troops don't know how to march. This better training and their better fighting skills allowed them to consistently win battles, at least in the eastern theater. The western confederates were just as well trained and were just as good of fighters, but they suffered from poor generalship
josded 1 year ago
Im from michigan, but. FOR THE CONFEDERACY!
Sheamus1187 1 year ago
@Sheamus1187 Haahaha same here. im from troy michigan but i want the confeds to win
RatingZone1 1 year ago
Did I see a scotsman at 1:33?
Ghlan 1 year ago
Nice video!
Scringeferret 1 year ago
this wasnt a civil war, there was nothing civil about it. It was the war between the states
Metalwarrior5176 1 year ago
I was in a reenactment a couple of times and i was a soilder. I am against slavery in real life but for this i always liked confederacy because we had more "Better Quality" stuff
YoufckerSubcribe 1 year ago
@YoufckerSubcribe WHAT? if you call going without rations for days because there wasn't enough food reaching you better quality, or using a cut up blanket for shoes, etc, then fine. Although these things didn't happen all the time, they almost never happened in the Union army because the North was a supply machine with railroads and steamboats to back their armies up.
josded 1 year ago
Stupid video. Them Yankees never won.
PirateIt 1 year ago
Gotta feel sorry for the poor bastard at 7:45. Scenario given, he was probably just trying to surrender or defect and the boys in blue shot him anyway.
HerrCollier 1 year ago
civil war soldiers werent that god damn fat
gingerpower9613 1 year ago
@gingerpower9613 haha thats exactly what i was thinking! hah
CheekSqeeker15 1 year ago
I didn't know there were kids fighting. I knew they drummed but not fought.
OnsotineFilms 1 year ago
union rules!
tehnoob221 1 year ago
2:31
Is that an African as a Confederate?
I have alot of respect for African Americans but... But now I've seen everything. 0.o
UACmarine2O8 1 year ago
@UACmarine2O8 Black confederates were in a lot of cases jsut as supportive of the south as their white counterparts, a fact the north doesn't like to admit. Ruins their image of the rescuing heros, see?
josded 1 year ago
Love political history and the wars.
rorschach98 1 year ago
in shiloh there was a drummer that was 10
Kpsivad 1 year ago
Go Union!
wtfisit25 1 year ago 2
Go Union!
wtfisit25 1 year ago 2
haha they actually have these, i thought they were only in like movies
purplecan26 1 year ago
At the reenactment at Bridgeport, AL there is a whole battery of Scots. Generally in my regiment to carry a musket you tend to be somewhere between the age of 10-13 depending on how well mannered and respectful you are.
gregoryguanyu 1 year ago
wow thats young. since im 14 could i be in a unit if i have the right respect and manners to people ?
NoscopeProdigyx 1 year ago
you kidding? if we were in the middle age, in times of war we would have been recruited (14 too)
0715Venom 1 year ago
@NoscopeProdigyx Well, it varries. Where I am, we do have to abide by state gun laws, and no one under sixteen can bear arms.
zrtproductions 1 year ago
he, is that a Scot at 1:34?
At 2:44 too!
How old must you be to carry and fire a musket at Reenactment??
ViccardXViccc 1 year ago
16 with parents permission.
Hilldebrand 1 year ago
good video;D but ind of blurry
zeusers3232 1 year ago
Og that looks so much fun!
TheAyemate 1 year ago 6
Nice editing work and sound design. You've really captured the spirit of a reenactment event. Where'd you get the music? We've just completed a Civil War feature named "Dog Jack" and we really enjoyed our time with the reenactors we worked with.
bobmiller101 2 years ago
w...was that a black guy on the south's army!?!?
brettsworld99 2 years ago
there were a lot of black folks in the CSA army
ViccardXViccc 1 year ago
whats the food at 0:50
MrWaddlesgee3 2 years ago
Bean Stew
tcarr22239 2 years ago 4
thanks. looks good. :)
MrWaddlesgee3 2 years ago
@tcarr22239 O i thought it was grits
Hksportsman 1 year ago
@MrWaddlesgee3 those may be beans
nick578x 2 years ago
@MrWaddlesgee3 Nigger chickin
PirateIt 1 year ago
at the end of the war they allowed african americans to fight. By then they fought solely for independence and their homes
joniclemproductions 2 years ago
you mean their independence and their *homies* hahaha JK
temporary1121 2 years ago
@joniclemproductions Black men fought in considerable numbers at the beginning of the war, and they volunteered. They weren't sent to war by/with their masters, though sometimes a servant came along to fight the war and help their master in camp. I once had a chance to read one of these men's diaries, it was a family heirloom I was privileged to be allowed to touch. The black man described his entire service, from fighting at Manassas to fighting and surrendering at Appomattox.
josded 1 year ago
@joniclemproductions Even after his master's death in early 1864, he continued to fight with the south. Truly inspiring to read. One day I'm going to return there to write down that diary and get it published. The family doesn't want to do it themselves, but I'm going to see if they'll let me do it.
josded 1 year ago
we have a couple of black confederates in our BN. Its great having them...I love it when you get blakc people who avoid our confederate camps because they are confederate and then all of a sudden they crap themselves when they see black confederates!!! Its really ignorance on the part of public education. But the victor writes the history. I myself am Jewish and its a blast when we have Orthodox families stroll thru our camps and I have my Hebrew Nationals roasting on the fire!!!
bdrabek 2 years ago
ah looks like fun..but notice how us yanks only have a fife and drum corps...rebs have a whole brass band bahahahahaha.
bullyboy1863 2 years ago
2:30 is tht an AFRICAN AMERICAN REBEL??
TheCursedChosen1 2 years ago 3