We used to have regimental bands playing during the battle, I don't know what happened to them though. And I recently joined the ACWA and a union regiment, I really enjoy it and I suggest to join if you have the time, money, and don't mind being in wool.
LOL, these guys used to have like guys playing music during the battle...that would be like if today there was a same North vs. South United States Civil War today...the North has like 50 Cent w/ Eminem & Snoop Dog & like Various others. The Confederates have Slayer & Lynyrd Skynyrd & like an Allman Brothers cover band...LOL
@IMaDEM0N They didn't have drummer boys and buglers for music for entertainment lol, they were used to rally troops and tell them wether to charge, fallback, or get into formation. Same with the flags which were also to tell soldiers and comanders where their regiment was during the battle as each had their own flag. There would be no need for music in modern combat because theres no formations used in battle, battles aren't as chaotic, and it would probably get soldiers killed.
One thing about civil war reenactments is that they always use big formations in open ground which they didn't always do in the civil war. Many times they would be given the order to lay down to avoid bullets and cannon balls overhead and would dig trenches. At many battlefields the trenches are still there, most don't look like ww1 trenches but more like ditches exept at petersburg where they are alot deeper.
@AUG351 Though this is true, the men were still kept in formation. Whether in a trench, or laying down, companies and battalions needed to maintain a proper rate of fire for the area that they occupy, close communication, and a cohesive system of maneuvering such large numbers of men. There were basically two kinds of battles fought in both WWI and the Civil War; battles of maneuver, and battles of attack and defense around fortified positions which could not be maneuvered around.
@CajunCoder Therefore, the real change in tactics occurred not so much as a result of an improvement in weapons and technology, but in the way wars were actually fought on the field. Napoleonic warfare, upon which Civil War tactics are based, was concentrated on maneuver; swift and decisive action. However, due to changes in the nature of conflicts, the terrain upon which they were fought, and thinking of the generals, this changed.
@CajunCoder Exactly, many times they would use cover, trenches, or were told to lay down, but they always tried to keep as much comunication with the troops and commanders as they could because it was very easy for them to loose comunication in such chaotic battles and the battlefields would be covered with smoke from hundreds of rifles firing so it was hard to see anything and were incredibly loud.
@CajunCoder I also think of it as being two types of battles in the Civil War, as some are mainly attacking fortified positions and battles with lots of maneuvering, like for example the battle of Fredericksburg were the Confederates were mostly dug in and the Federals were slaughtered attacking the positions, where the battle of Antietam was mostly fighting in different areas, pushing back and forth to gain ground. Terrain has allot to do with why they were so bloody
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@46spoony Because most Civil War "reenactors" are completely oblivious to how retarded they look and don't mind making a complete mockery of history :). There are a few that do it educationally and authentically...but the rest (about 90%) are clowns at the circus...
As someone who has been reenacting for over 15 years, I can say it's a mixture of educational and the silly. Yes you do have the overweight types and the lumpy soldiers (women) but you have the infantry guys (like me) who march miles and live out of a pack on hard bread and greasy bacon.
No book or lecture can prepare you to understand the ground fought over until you do it. Trying to understand orders from commanders miles away when you can't hear your own company commanders 20 feet away!
@lovatojonasfan1 Yeah? the north took the immigrants from ireland right off the boats and tricked them into joining. OUT OF DESPIRATION. They had to draft. The south didn't everyone wanted to get out there and fight.
@misterlewis1 uh yea they are. Southern soldiers often stole parts of Union uniforms from dead Union soldiers. And I'm guessing the battle they're reenacting is the battle of First Manassass (which is also called the First Bull Run as the Union usually named the battles after landscape features and the South usually named the battles after nearby towns). You can tell by there are different color uniforms on both sides in this reenactment.
@lovatojonasfan1 Uh...no, they arent...Read my reply to omgidontgiveafuck...they are farbs...And I don't really know what you're trying to point out to me. Be more specific.
Sigh....once again a sad excuse of "education." It's incredibly embarassing for educated living historians to see this and realize, "So, this is what people think of when they hear we are reenactors!?" Almost makes me sick. >:/ I'm borderline stitchcounter...and I can assure you, nothing that either side is wearing in this "reenactment" (and most others) is remotely close to the real thing. It shouldn't take a genius to see that. Please find a new hobby...farbs.
@misterlewis1 Agreed, but damn if I don't get blasted on here when I try to explain that. This is a joke. I know I am from the east coast, but this stuff is available online or through the community. " the uniforms are about as authentic as you can get, sutlers were the supply chain for the army" LOL WTF!?!?!??! This is just weekend warrior crap. When I first started years ago this would have been understood, the crappy clothing, but now it is so available there is no excuse!
@misterlewis1 are you that stupid? Really? the south stole from the dead just as the north blacks did because they were too poor to afford parts for the uniform or a new gun. The south wore what they had, they never had real uniforms. The generals and officers did. Untill you are sergeant you dont get a uniform unless your using your farming cloths. Learn some history before you act like you know shit. If you gave reenacting a shot youd see its accually fun. Im a rebel soldier. Proud of it
@omgidontgiveafuck24 It is pretty obvious that you don't give a fuck about doing it right, and your comment just proved to me that you are an illiterate moron. When did I say that confederate soldiers didn't take items? They did, I never said otherwise (and it wasn't just black northern troops that looted, it was both races from both sides) I have been reenacting for more than 7 years at this point so I would say that I have given it a pretty good chance and it keeps dissapointing (continued)
@omgidontgiveafuck24 ...because the hobby is primarily filled with mouthbreathers like the ones in this video. You only get offended because you are one. Now, what I stated in my last comment was that the people in this video are huge farbs because of their uniforms accoutrements, weapons, etc..basically everything. This is very very common in the hobby these days because people don't care to improve themselves. It is because of improper patterns, contruction, materials, and (continued)
@omgidontgiveafuck24 ...everything else that I call these people farbs. Go look at original garments and photographs...now, you tell me if these people look remotely close to the real thing. It doesn't take a genius to see that, they could at least try (once again this is true for 95% of the hobby.) It embarrasses me a lot to see these videos so I get fired up like this...but in reality there is no point because y'all will never learn. God bless your soul if you do though! (continued)
@omgidontgiveafuck24 ...Just try and do some research on your own on real uniforms, etc. from the period. Don't go to sutler row and ask the farb sutlers...don't ask your buddies in your unit or trust things that the "old timers" in the regiment say...go look for yourself. I can even give you good authentic vendors to help you get started on a new path in the hobby, but it's not all about what you wear...you have to have an attitude to improve yourself. ok, I'm done for now...any questions?
@omgidontgiveafuck24 Also, sorry I missed this in the other posts...The south had real uniforms...they may have not been uniformly issued, but they had uniforms...many many types as well...IDK who told you that you didn't get something until you were a SGT but thats BS and sounds incredibly silly. You are right about using clothes from home, but eventually they would wear out and you would get issued a depot uniform or a commutation uniform, etc. (cont.)
@omgidontgiveafuck24 BTW Generals ARE officers, just saying...along with that officers were typically in charge of getting their own uniforms etc, or were given one by a charitable group or the likewise, similar to the commutation uniforms. Don't try to educate me with your uneducated, scv preached, BS that is not true and cannot be documented anywhere, ever...I'm pretty knowledgeable...but if you would like to challenge me some more, bring it...
@misterlewis1 Im not even going to bother reading all of your BS, Your talking shit about a hobby, how pathetic.. Reenactmenst are exactly what happend you dumbass.. not all of them are real battles, theyre skirmishes.. Your knoledgable? your starting arguements over the internet. just shut up and go back to school
@omgidontgiveafuck24 Haha, of course...it's always the same with you people...if I didn't know any better I'd say you were a troll...If you have missed this again I'll reiterate...ITS MY HOBBY TOO... Also, reenactments are usually mockeries and shams of what happened because of the idiots involved...there are many good ones though...but on top of that fighting isn't all they did, that occupied a small fraction of their time being a soldier.
@omgidontgiveafuck24...Try going to an event that is more than a powder burning festival...and I'll go back to school as soon as it starts again, but that's not where you learn this stuff pal. I start arguments in person as well, if you had a real and/or valid point you might be able to argue back.
@misterlewis1 Its not powder burning you ignorant fuck, Its accually educational when you go to the gettysburg reenacment, its a hobbie so stop hating, Little kids like playing war, We like reenacting it. theres also WW1 and WW2 AND the revolutionary war reenactments, It's a HUGE group. Its accually fun, im sure if you were less serious about shit you could cut loose and get into it. No one likes people who are so serious about shit, learn to cut loose and have some fun, loud bangs are def fun!!
@omgidontgiveafuck24 Well, you are right about one thing, it is fun...what I'm saying is, it gets to a point where you need to take it seriously...war is not something to joke about...and what we are doing is honoring the men and preserving the memory of them and their actions...but when you look like a tool and act like a tool you may as well not be doing it because you are delivering the wrong message. If you're going to do it, try to do it right.
@omgidontgiveafuck24 I also participate in many 18th century events as well and WWII (Brit) and many other 19th century periods...I know how to have a good time...trust me....I just prefer to do it right and not look or act silly.
@omgidontgiveafuck24 So who really is the "ignorant fuck?" BTW, I've been to a Gettysburg event, and the education went about as far as the overweight artillerists could pull their cannons without their golfcarts...which ISN'T FAR...very little education happens at events like that, and what does make its way in to peoples minds is normally farb nonsense...
Duh...the population there was like what 400,000 for the whole state? and the furthest battle was what...Arizona? Then you got a succession movement in Southern California MILES away from the nearest Confederate support...in the sparsely populated West that would be the death knell.
Then you got Union Regiments from California that fought in Arizona.
@Luminara15022 no but it is similar, there were many flags that looked close to the revolutionary war flag. in the north there was the 34 star round flag and the union cavalry guidon and in the south there was the 3 version's of the first confederate national flag.
Very good. However, what you didn't know is that the same flag has been used in our country for different causes ever since the Revolution. It is even in use today by the Tea Party.
You guys are all dumbasses! You were all Americans, if you think of yourself as a "yankee" or a "Rebel" Then obviously you hate America!
The Civil War should have never been fought. Too many radicalists in the North and the South. Think of yourself as Americans though...for Christs sakes :D
the reenactment that they were playing was at knights ferry cal. and it was my first one.....the next one will be on march 19, and it will be my 3ed year with the acwa, i love doin this stuff
wow, some of these reenactors look like the oldest remaining Civil War veterans - it was all skinny young men fighting back then, but I guess the history bug doesn't bite guys that are too young, it got me at 46 -
Capt Carey F Grimes, Portsmouth Light Artillery CSA. Defender of Gosport veteran of the seven days campaign and Malvern Hill..unlimbered his battalion of three companies, four guns each above Pipers Farm on the Hagerstown Turnpike posted to drive the enemy back. While directing his batteries fire he was shot from his horse; to die on the field of honor 17 Sep 1862 Sharpsburg, MD.
Such is my family's heritage in the War of Nothern Aggression : Deo Vindice
@SupernalOne Who was occuping a fort that didn't belong to them? The United States. South Carolina fired on there own fort. Then they let the US troops go. There was no need for an invasion. It was the War Of Northern Aggression or to be more accurate the war of Lincoln's aggression.
I'd thought that Sumter was legitimately a US fortification, manned by the US Army -- anyway, I can see that a southerner would feel the way you do, and there's certainly an argument for legitimacy of secession - it's just that slavery thing, the "peculiar Institution"
The war's a done deal now, of course - but just supposing, would the USA & CSA have banded together to stop Nazi Germany in 1940, or would Europe be a German empire even now? Oh well. let's all move on -
@SupernalOne Fort Sumter was only a U.S. fort as long as South Carolina was apart of the U.S. Once South Carolina seceded the fort was no longer a U.S. fort. What makes me mad is that alot of people are ok with the Thirteen Colonies seceding, but not the Southern states. As for slavery, the United States had slavery during and after the war. The war was not about slavery, but about Lincoln turning the once voluntary Union into a forced Union. Is that not wrong? I think it is.
I understand the point - sure, if Lincoln had been willing to let the Confederacy secede, it probably would have happened - yes, his legal reasoning was arguable ("no government ever had a clause to allow its own dissolution") - I suppose in the end Mights makes Right, arguments are settled by violence, & animosity is bound to linger - it would have been better if it could have been resolved without violence, but that was impossible - well, that was 150 years ago, let's look ahead
how would that have come about? You're saying (I guess) the answer was to let the Southern states out of the Union with their slaves - what would have happened next, a race west between Confederacy & Union, trying to snap up the remaining unclaimed land, on to the Pacific - slaves would continue to excape & flee north, & the Confederacy would have petitioned the Union to return them, & been ignored - so, border wars, maybe - how would slavery have ever ended, or would it remain?
@SupernalOne Of course slavery would have ended. Only a small portion of the Confederacy had slaves (6% I think it was). With the industrial revolution, people and the times changing the South would have gotten rid of there slaves within a decade or so. Especially if they had won the war. They freed alot of slaves to fight in the military. The C.S. even had black & white troops fighting together. While The North seperated black soldiers from white.
I guess that's a point of contention - but: the massacre of black Union soldiers at Fort Pillow - CSA VP Andrew Johnson's refusal to consider offering freedom to slaves if they'd fight, stating that "if negroes make good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong" -What about the contrabands that fled to the Union, the slaves that followed Sherman? This claim of free blacks fighting for the south is new, where are the source documents that support it? Sounds like revisionism, sorry
@SupernalOne Are you kidding me? Black Confederate sodiers. It's not new. Do some research. As for Fort Pillow. So what? They were U.S. Soldiers. If I was Forrest I would have killed them all white or black. Forrest gave them all the chance to surrender before the fight but they didn't. There fault. It's not revisionism. Public schools do that crap. Not me. Remember victors write history not the losers. U.S. schools teach there version of what happened.
I'm working from Shelby Foote's history, not public schools - I don't even think I was taught the Civil War in school. However, there's no real point in us arguing here - cheers.
Has anyone ever modifed rifles to fire paint balls and really had it out? Like to see who could really battle the best with the stuff of the time? lemme know.
hey, we are always looking for new guys to join. But the 20th maine co. G is the only regiment in our organization that is famous for their cadets (ages 12-13) and being one is really fun also a great experience too.
The last battles of the Civil War where fought in California, the state was neither Yank or Reb. Families fought each other for what side they thought was right.
In all over 150 skirmishes were fought in California ....... And if you watch the video, at the end the volley shot was very poor, all should have fire at once......
@georgeschannel91 well both fought well but one did better cause they had more numbers >_> it would be like putting 50,000 soldiers vs 1,000,000 Chinese ( no offense) it would be a one way ticket to getting raped
obviously we dont agree on whats a crappy reenactment- people are TRYING - they are Engaging the public and they are LEARNING... i suppose you were perfect from the get-go? instead of being nasty - if you really give a d*** share your insights to improving impressions-- but dont just put them down. its most uncool
actually we have reenactments all over california. Ft Tejon is a still standing civil war era fort here in so cal. we bring the same love of history to our presentations as any other place/group does - & not all of us are yankee's! dont knock til you try it!
@StephinRazin Californian's fought in the Civil War too, and The Union has every right if not more to be proud of its history during the Civil War than the South. Our side did win after all
@StephinRazin California is in the South. If you extend the Mason Dixon line from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean everything from Delaware to California is in the South.
californians are by no means "yankees" Im from Buffalo, NY and we do reenactments around here...only difference is...YOU do it cuz you lost and you like to try to see what its like if you won....we supply the real history :P
I agree...our best General was a semi-educated Lucky Drunk on his best days...but the rule of thumb is dont write a check your ass cant cash...and thats what the south did just cuz they thought us yanks were tenderfoots......the revolution started up here...
@megaangryperson I can understand how the South was sore about losing back then. It was a way of life getting drastically changed. No one can change over night. No one ever will. But if you still dispute this stuff today then I feel very sorry for you. It has brought us closer in the end as a nation and we should all be close now. I live in Virginia (capital of the confederacy) and I never once considered being a 'Norther' or a 'Souther'. I picture myself as an American and so should you.
Authentic uniforms? I'm not a stitch counter, but what was that thing on that guy's head??? Again, I'm not a stitch counter, but I know that too many people were not being period.
i was in a re-enactment like this!! for green veild vilage! i was a the person who goes around an picks up the injered! :D but i die :( like after 20 mins of the fight :(
0:09 -- thats my unit -- but I'm out of frame -- I'm two people to the left of the guy in pink shirt and blue vest.....thats cool to know that that's my unit :D
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I've been to one of these reenactments and there is NOTHING historical about it. They wear different colored outfits to represent what side they are on, and then play with guns. I've heard people yell " I SHOT YOU, YOU HAVE TO DIE NOW!" There is no information, no history lessons nothing...just a bunch of adults shooting at eachother and pretending to die.
Are you joking? A standard 1861 .58 Springfield rifle had an accuracy of 500 yards. Considering the majority of arms used in the Civil war were on this standard (very few units used the 1842 .69 Springfield or something similar).
right off the bat dude you are right kids can't learn from note books to see how bloody the war is. I am with the north and south skirmish association and we fire live rounds at targets and we have the students from the civil war class and then learn pretty fast first they do flag messaging and then to a soldiers meal then we fire about 5-6 cannons of different types then we fire small arms and the students get to shoot at a target
the most imporant thing is to me is the students really learn
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JordanHasMary 4 weeks ago
i had family serving in the c.s.a. from virginia to kansas, most noteably the partisan rangers led by my ancestor william c. quantrill.
sonofthesouth94 1 month ago
Fat Confederates?
jblackmets111 1 month ago
Poop
jth112 2 months ago
We used to have regimental bands playing during the battle, I don't know what happened to them though. And I recently joined the ACWA and a union regiment, I really enjoy it and I suggest to join if you have the time, money, and don't mind being in wool.
Br4ndini555 2 months ago
LOL, these guys used to have like guys playing music during the battle...that would be like if today there was a same North vs. South United States Civil War today...the North has like 50 Cent w/ Eminem & Snoop Dog & like Various others. The Confederates have Slayer & Lynyrd Skynyrd & like an Allman Brothers cover band...LOL
IMaDEM0N 3 months ago
@IMaDEM0N They didn't have drummer boys and buglers for music for entertainment lol, they were used to rally troops and tell them wether to charge, fallback, or get into formation. Same with the flags which were also to tell soldiers and comanders where their regiment was during the battle as each had their own flag. There would be no need for music in modern combat because theres no formations used in battle, battles aren't as chaotic, and it would probably get soldiers killed.
AUG351 2 months ago
FARBS!!!
ZZC83 3 months ago
One thing about civil war reenactments is that they always use big formations in open ground which they didn't always do in the civil war. Many times they would be given the order to lay down to avoid bullets and cannon balls overhead and would dig trenches. At many battlefields the trenches are still there, most don't look like ww1 trenches but more like ditches exept at petersburg where they are alot deeper.
AUG351 3 months ago
@AUG351 Though this is true, the men were still kept in formation. Whether in a trench, or laying down, companies and battalions needed to maintain a proper rate of fire for the area that they occupy, close communication, and a cohesive system of maneuvering such large numbers of men. There were basically two kinds of battles fought in both WWI and the Civil War; battles of maneuver, and battles of attack and defense around fortified positions which could not be maneuvered around.
CajunCoder 1 month ago
@CajunCoder Therefore, the real change in tactics occurred not so much as a result of an improvement in weapons and technology, but in the way wars were actually fought on the field. Napoleonic warfare, upon which Civil War tactics are based, was concentrated on maneuver; swift and decisive action. However, due to changes in the nature of conflicts, the terrain upon which they were fought, and thinking of the generals, this changed.
CajunCoder 1 month ago
@CajunCoder Exactly, many times they would use cover, trenches, or were told to lay down, but they always tried to keep as much comunication with the troops and commanders as they could because it was very easy for them to loose comunication in such chaotic battles and the battlefields would be covered with smoke from hundreds of rifles firing so it was hard to see anything and were incredibly loud.
AUG351 1 month ago
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AUG351 1 month ago
@CajunCoder I also think of it as being two types of battles in the Civil War, as some are mainly attacking fortified positions and battles with lots of maneuvering, like for example the battle of Fredericksburg were the Confederates were mostly dug in and the Federals were slaughtered attacking the positions, where the battle of Antietam was mostly fighting in different areas, pushing back and forth to gain ground. Terrain has allot to do with why they were so bloody
AUG351 1 month ago
what about the revolutionary war?
hfg23thewest 3 months ago
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srvztube 4 months ago
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sobel3idf 4 months ago
because americans are farbs too! :)
misterlewis1 4 months ago
I went to tunnel Hill For a field Trip and We saw A leg Burried No not A full body Just A leg
epicfialrobloxstyle 4 months ago
@epicfialrobloxstyle
That's fucking bad ass, my brother. Fucking bad ass, indeed.
gunfan50bmg 4 months ago
Do these guys go to Star Trek Conventions too?
Why are so many Civil War reenactors morbidly obese?
46spoony 4 months ago
@46spoony Because most Civil War "reenactors" are completely oblivious to how retarded they look and don't mind making a complete mockery of history :). There are a few that do it educationally and authentically...but the rest (about 90%) are clowns at the circus...
misterlewis1 4 months ago
@46spoony Why are so many americans morbidly obese?
deadlyram2k6 4 months ago
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TheOnix123 4 months ago
@deadlyram2k6 Because consumirism , gluttony and hedonism make an ugly combination.
XXGDUBSXX 4 months ago
@deadlyram2k6 laziness........ it is the common American plague
hfg23thewest 3 months ago
As someone who has been reenacting for over 15 years, I can say it's a mixture of educational and the silly. Yes you do have the overweight types and the lumpy soldiers (women) but you have the infantry guys (like me) who march miles and live out of a pack on hard bread and greasy bacon.
No book or lecture can prepare you to understand the ground fought over until you do it. Trying to understand orders from commanders miles away when you can't hear your own company commanders 20 feet away!
6134chuck 5 months ago
As far as I'm concerned, omgidontgiveafuck24 is a farb...as is everyone else in the video :)
misterlewis1 5 months ago
As far as I am concerned......it was the End of our Country. Deo Veodice!
ke4bss 5 months ago
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misterlewis1 5 months ago
As the war was closing, the South actually tel blacks into their army out of desperation.
lovatojonasfan1 6 months ago
@lovatojonasfan1 Yeah? the north took the immigrants from ireland right off the boats and tricked them into joining. OUT OF DESPIRATION. They had to draft. The south didn't everyone wanted to get out there and fight.
omgidontgiveafuck24 6 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24 There was also rampant conscription in the south as well...it was bad for everyone in that period.
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@misterlewis1 uh yea they are. Southern soldiers often stole parts of Union uniforms from dead Union soldiers. And I'm guessing the battle they're reenacting is the battle of First Manassass (which is also called the First Bull Run as the Union usually named the battles after landscape features and the South usually named the battles after nearby towns). You can tell by there are different color uniforms on both sides in this reenactment.
lovatojonasfan1 6 months ago
@lovatojonasfan1 Uh...no, they arent...Read my reply to omgidontgiveafuck...they are farbs...And I don't really know what you're trying to point out to me. Be more specific.
misterlewis1 5 months ago
FARBS.
FeildMusician123 6 months ago
Well, you can't vent on the forums or you'll get booted...so this is my new outlet to burn off some steam :D
misterlewis1 6 months ago
Sigh....once again a sad excuse of "education." It's incredibly embarassing for educated living historians to see this and realize, "So, this is what people think of when they hear we are reenactors!?" Almost makes me sick. >:/ I'm borderline stitchcounter...and I can assure you, nothing that either side is wearing in this "reenactment" (and most others) is remotely close to the real thing. It shouldn't take a genius to see that. Please find a new hobby...farbs.
misterlewis1 7 months ago
@misterlewis1 Agreed, but damn if I don't get blasted on here when I try to explain that. This is a joke. I know I am from the east coast, but this stuff is available online or through the community. " the uniforms are about as authentic as you can get, sutlers were the supply chain for the army" LOL WTF!?!?!??! This is just weekend warrior crap. When I first started years ago this would have been understood, the crappy clothing, but now it is so available there is no excuse!
larsjake 6 months ago
@misterlewis1 are you that stupid? Really? the south stole from the dead just as the north blacks did because they were too poor to afford parts for the uniform or a new gun. The south wore what they had, they never had real uniforms. The generals and officers did. Untill you are sergeant you dont get a uniform unless your using your farming cloths. Learn some history before you act like you know shit. If you gave reenacting a shot youd see its accually fun. Im a rebel soldier. Proud of it
omgidontgiveafuck24 6 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24 It is pretty obvious that you don't give a fuck about doing it right, and your comment just proved to me that you are an illiterate moron. When did I say that confederate soldiers didn't take items? They did, I never said otherwise (and it wasn't just black northern troops that looted, it was both races from both sides) I have been reenacting for more than 7 years at this point so I would say that I have given it a pretty good chance and it keeps dissapointing (continued)
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24 ...because the hobby is primarily filled with mouthbreathers like the ones in this video. You only get offended because you are one. Now, what I stated in my last comment was that the people in this video are huge farbs because of their uniforms accoutrements, weapons, etc..basically everything. This is very very common in the hobby these days because people don't care to improve themselves. It is because of improper patterns, contruction, materials, and (continued)
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24 ...everything else that I call these people farbs. Go look at original garments and photographs...now, you tell me if these people look remotely close to the real thing. It doesn't take a genius to see that, they could at least try (once again this is true for 95% of the hobby.) It embarrasses me a lot to see these videos so I get fired up like this...but in reality there is no point because y'all will never learn. God bless your soul if you do though! (continued)
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24 ...Just try and do some research on your own on real uniforms, etc. from the period. Don't go to sutler row and ask the farb sutlers...don't ask your buddies in your unit or trust things that the "old timers" in the regiment say...go look for yourself. I can even give you good authentic vendors to help you get started on a new path in the hobby, but it's not all about what you wear...you have to have an attitude to improve yourself. ok, I'm done for now...any questions?
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24 Also, sorry I missed this in the other posts...The south had real uniforms...they may have not been uniformly issued, but they had uniforms...many many types as well...IDK who told you that you didn't get something until you were a SGT but thats BS and sounds incredibly silly. You are right about using clothes from home, but eventually they would wear out and you would get issued a depot uniform or a commutation uniform, etc. (cont.)
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24 BTW Generals ARE officers, just saying...along with that officers were typically in charge of getting their own uniforms etc, or were given one by a charitable group or the likewise, similar to the commutation uniforms. Don't try to educate me with your uneducated, scv preached, BS that is not true and cannot be documented anywhere, ever...I'm pretty knowledgeable...but if you would like to challenge me some more, bring it...
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@misterlewis1 Im not even going to bother reading all of your BS, Your talking shit about a hobby, how pathetic.. Reenactmenst are exactly what happend you dumbass.. not all of them are real battles, theyre skirmishes.. Your knoledgable? your starting arguements over the internet. just shut up and go back to school
omgidontgiveafuck24 5 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24 Haha, of course...it's always the same with you people...if I didn't know any better I'd say you were a troll...If you have missed this again I'll reiterate...ITS MY HOBBY TOO... Also, reenactments are usually mockeries and shams of what happened because of the idiots involved...there are many good ones though...but on top of that fighting isn't all they did, that occupied a small fraction of their time being a soldier.
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24...Try going to an event that is more than a powder burning festival...and I'll go back to school as soon as it starts again, but that's not where you learn this stuff pal. I start arguments in person as well, if you had a real and/or valid point you might be able to argue back.
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@misterlewis1 Its not powder burning you ignorant fuck, Its accually educational when you go to the gettysburg reenacment, its a hobbie so stop hating, Little kids like playing war, We like reenacting it. theres also WW1 and WW2 AND the revolutionary war reenactments, It's a HUGE group. Its accually fun, im sure if you were less serious about shit you could cut loose and get into it. No one likes people who are so serious about shit, learn to cut loose and have some fun, loud bangs are def fun!!
omgidontgiveafuck24 5 months ago
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@omgidontgiveafuck24 Well, you are right about one thing, it is fun...what I'm saying is, it gets to a point where you need to take it seriously...war is not something to joke about...and what we are doing is honoring the men and preserving the memory of them and their actions...but when you look like a tool and act like a tool you may as well not be doing it because you are delivering the wrong message. If you're going to do it, try to do it right.
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24 I also participate in many 18th century events as well and WWII (Brit) and many other 19th century periods...I know how to have a good time...trust me....I just prefer to do it right and not look or act silly.
misterlewis1 5 months ago
@omgidontgiveafuck24 So who really is the "ignorant fuck?" BTW, I've been to a Gettysburg event, and the education went about as far as the overweight artillerists could pull their cannons without their golfcarts...which ISN'T FAR...very little education happens at events like that, and what does make its way in to peoples minds is normally farb nonsense...
misterlewis1 5 months ago
yeah war is fun!!!
okmer333 7 months ago
bloody british and thieving indians
zerker12568901 7 months ago
in only California!?! California had nothing to do with it!?!?!
Kamakize789 8 months ago
@Kamakize789
California was officially union. with a smattering of Confederate sympathizers in Southern California.
Rao665 8 months ago
@Rao665 so. they had no Military or Economic support in the entire war.
Kamakize789 8 months ago
@Kamakize789
Duh...the population there was like what 400,000 for the whole state? and the furthest battle was what...Arizona? Then you got a succession movement in Southern California MILES away from the nearest Confederate support...in the sparsely populated West that would be the death knell.
Then you got Union Regiments from California that fought in Arizona.
Rao665 8 months ago
@Rao665 i know. thats why im confused about this.. it dosent make sense
Kamakize789 8 months ago
@Luminara15022 no but it is similar, there were many flags that looked close to the revolutionary war flag. in the north there was the 34 star round flag and the union cavalry guidon and in the south there was the 3 version's of the first confederate national flag.
thethridcondor 8 months ago
did anybody else find it funny when he was like white paper and then uhhh black and white paper
MrBigpapa001 8 months ago
@Luminara15022
Very good. However, what you didn't know is that the same flag has been used in our country for different causes ever since the Revolution. It is even in use today by the Tea Party.
FordAccord 9 months ago
or... the internet.
Envergure 9 months ago
FAKE AND GAY
ayayay111 9 months ago
FAKE AND GAY
ayayay111 9 months ago
@ayayay111 why dont u just fuck off all we are trying to do is preserve our history so fuck u
jskdfhr 9 months ago
You guys are all dumbasses! You were all Americans, if you think of yourself as a "yankee" or a "Rebel" Then obviously you hate America!
The Civil War should have never been fought. Too many radicalists in the North and the South. Think of yourself as Americans though...for Christs sakes :D
jonah232 9 months ago
A question. How are the Generals chosen for these reinactment?
b42baritone 9 months ago
Holy shit, 1:23 it's Toby Keith!!!
MsgtRowan420497 11 months ago
the reenactment that they were playing was at knights ferry cal. and it was my first one.....the next one will be on march 19, and it will be my 3ed year with the acwa, i love doin this stuff
civilwar96 11 months ago
wow, some of these reenactors look like the oldest remaining Civil War veterans - it was all skinny young men fighting back then, but I guess the history bug doesn't bite guys that are too young, it got me at 46 -
SupernalOne 1 year ago
Capt Carey F Grimes, Portsmouth Light Artillery CSA. Defender of Gosport veteran of the seven days campaign and Malvern Hill..unlimbered his battalion of three companies, four guns each above Pipers Farm on the Hagerstown Turnpike posted to drive the enemy back. While directing his batteries fire he was shot from his horse; to die on the field of honor 17 Sep 1862 Sharpsburg, MD.
Such is my family's heritage in the War of Nothern Aggression : Deo Vindice
s6u6r6f6 1 year ago
@s6u6r6f6
re "war of northern aggression" - who fired the first shot? Oh hell, no point in arguing -
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@SupernalOne Who was occuping a fort that didn't belong to them? The United States. South Carolina fired on there own fort. Then they let the US troops go. There was no need for an invasion. It was the War Of Northern Aggression or to be more accurate the war of Lincoln's aggression.
Lesnar316F5 1 year ago
@Lesnar316F5
I'd thought that Sumter was legitimately a US fortification, manned by the US Army -- anyway, I can see that a southerner would feel the way you do, and there's certainly an argument for legitimacy of secession - it's just that slavery thing, the "peculiar Institution"
The war's a done deal now, of course - but just supposing, would the USA & CSA have banded together to stop Nazi Germany in 1940, or would Europe be a German empire even now? Oh well. let's all move on -
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@SupernalOne Fort Sumter was only a U.S. fort as long as South Carolina was apart of the U.S. Once South Carolina seceded the fort was no longer a U.S. fort. What makes me mad is that alot of people are ok with the Thirteen Colonies seceding, but not the Southern states. As for slavery, the United States had slavery during and after the war. The war was not about slavery, but about Lincoln turning the once voluntary Union into a forced Union. Is that not wrong? I think it is.
Lesnar316F5 1 year ago
@Lesnar316F5
I understand the point - sure, if Lincoln had been willing to let the Confederacy secede, it probably would have happened - yes, his legal reasoning was arguable ("no government ever had a clause to allow its own dissolution") - I suppose in the end Mights makes Right, arguments are settled by violence, & animosity is bound to linger - it would have been better if it could have been resolved without violence, but that was impossible - well, that was 150 years ago, let's look ahead
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@SupernalOne It was not impossible. There was no need for war.
Lesnar316F5 1 year ago
@Lesnar316F5
how would that have come about? You're saying (I guess) the answer was to let the Southern states out of the Union with their slaves - what would have happened next, a race west between Confederacy & Union, trying to snap up the remaining unclaimed land, on to the Pacific - slaves would continue to excape & flee north, & the Confederacy would have petitioned the Union to return them, & been ignored - so, border wars, maybe - how would slavery have ever ended, or would it remain?
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@SupernalOne Of course slavery would have ended. Only a small portion of the Confederacy had slaves (6% I think it was). With the industrial revolution, people and the times changing the South would have gotten rid of there slaves within a decade or so. Especially if they had won the war. They freed alot of slaves to fight in the military. The C.S. even had black & white troops fighting together. While The North seperated black soldiers from white.
Lesnar316F5 1 year ago
I guess that's a point of contention - but: the massacre of black Union soldiers at Fort Pillow - CSA VP Andrew Johnson's refusal to consider offering freedom to slaves if they'd fight, stating that "if negroes make good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong" -What about the contrabands that fled to the Union, the slaves that followed Sherman? This claim of free blacks fighting for the south is new, where are the source documents that support it? Sounds like revisionism, sorry
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@SupernalOne Are you kidding me? Black Confederate sodiers. It's not new. Do some research. As for Fort Pillow. So what? They were U.S. Soldiers. If I was Forrest I would have killed them all white or black. Forrest gave them all the chance to surrender before the fight but they didn't. There fault. It's not revisionism. Public schools do that crap. Not me. Remember victors write history not the losers. U.S. schools teach there version of what happened.
Lesnar316F5 1 year ago
@Lesnar316F5
I'm working from Shelby Foote's history, not public schools - I don't even think I was taught the Civil War in school. However, there's no real point in us arguing here - cheers.
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@SupernalOne I have his books. Shelby Foote R.I.P.
Lesnar316F5 1 year ago
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TheWalrus9091 1 year ago
if you were true reenactors you would get that farb flag ((dont tread on me)) off the field lol
2006nationalchamps 1 year ago
union! i had family on both sides. i got's jornals from both men
NYmosVids 1 year ago
Has anyone ever modifed rifles to fire paint balls and really had it out? Like to see who could really battle the best with the stuff of the time? lemme know.
coz64 1 year ago
IN THE NAME OF THE SOUTH
bayouboy745 1 year ago
Awesome, I went to Knight's Ferry once, with the 20th Maine Co. G. Great times.
sorrowsingsoftly 1 year ago
could have been should have been
Pimentel660 1 year ago
hey, we are always looking for new guys to join. But the 20th maine co. G is the only regiment in our organization that is famous for their cadets (ages 12-13) and being one is really fun also a great experience too.
civilwar96 1 year ago
new book GETTYSBOOK OTHER TIMES - check it out
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GETTYSBURGbook 1 year ago
Wow! A re-enactment video that someone didn't dump irritating music all over!
Salguine 1 year ago
all my history teachers are there!
me2cool8 1 year ago
The last battles of the Civil War where fought in California, the state was neither Yank or Reb. Families fought each other for what side they thought was right.
In all over 150 skirmishes were fought in California ....... And if you watch the video, at the end the volley shot was very poor, all should have fire at once......
BigWolfBoy50 1 year ago
i find it funny how they just march in front of them and shoot them with out cover......
georgeschannel91 1 year ago
@georgeschannel91 well both fought well but one did better cause they had more numbers >_> it would be like putting 50,000 soldiers vs 1,000,000 Chinese ( no offense) it would be a one way ticket to getting raped
XluckycharmerX 1 year ago
@georgeschannel91 That was the tactics the the time. It is also the reason for the death toll of the Civil War.
williamentriken 1 year ago
wohooo go north :)
TheGerManMarC 1 year ago
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1:41 to 1:48 lol, notice how he feels awkward saying, "the internet".
SlaytanicBrad 1 year ago
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SlaytanicBrad 1 year ago
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SlaytanicBrad 1 year ago
for get you jonny rebs lets go billy yanks
jillyjobjoe78 1 year ago
@crixxxxxxxxx thats hilarious
kool35196 1 year ago
i don think the soilders would be that fat XD
1eyedude10 1 year ago
@1eyedude10
I think it would be possible. it must've been mostly conscripts, not professional soldiers. besides, military training changed in 150 years.
biggieboy2510 1 year ago
@MrXxXSnow if someone points at you and fires you fall down
Funkman3140 1 year ago
@Funkman3140 But how would you know somebody fired at you at 150 yards distance?
PatoneLol 1 year ago
WOOT louisiana irish brigade
thearbiter221 1 year ago
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thearbiter221 1 year ago
ww2 was more fun
sombreroboom 1 year ago
@sombreroboom Agreed
astray789 1 year ago
how do they know to 'die'
MrXxXSnow 1 year ago
@MrXxXSnow we dont we just fall down
thearbiter221 1 year ago
I reenact with the artillery right now in SC. as soon as we get enough horses, i'm gonna be in charge of cavalry:)
dixiegal123 1 year ago
I got to go to this one.
Im with Hampton's Legion Company G "Claremont Rifles" the finest unit around
anamd93 1 year ago
i reinact in michigan and we hav huge battles in michigan
ussr19411945 1 year ago
A lot of those guys appear to be fighting the battle of the bulge.
crixxxxxxxxx 1 year ago 5
when was that?
Griesmayer 1 year ago
What a crappy reenactment, especially the end. lol
PanzerVIZeke 2 years ago
obviously we dont agree on whats a crappy reenactment- people are TRYING - they are Engaging the public and they are LEARNING... i suppose you were perfect from the get-go? instead of being nasty - if you really give a d*** share your insights to improving impressions-- but dont just put them down. its most uncool
cometkatt 2 years ago
California? I thougt we only did this down south. Damn yankees.
StephinRazin 2 years ago 30
im with the 28th north carolina regiment were the real reenactors lol
samlynch16 2 years ago 2
lol, you confederate son of a bitch! XD
Sh0ckth3r4pygames 2 years ago
actually we have reenactments all over california. Ft Tejon is a still standing civil war era fort here in so cal. we bring the same love of history to our presentations as any other place/group does - & not all of us are yankee's! dont knock til you try it!
cometkatt 2 years ago
@StephinRazin Civil war reenactment is done all over the country, Im with the 20th Maine in Oregon.
JoeZeon100 1 year ago
@StephinRazin Yes'm them yanks is stealin our ideas
lorddorko23 1 year ago
@StephinRazin Except Gettysburg
atgmai 1 year ago
@StephinRazin racist hick
slixshoota 1 year ago
@StephinRazin i was just thinking that when she said it
gijoegotogo 1 year ago
@StephinRazin CW reenacting is done all over the world. Some of us travel back east to do events.
williamentriken 1 year ago
@StephinRazin
LONG LIVE THE CONFEDERATE!
- Civil war confederate reenactment soilder
chris35128 1 year ago
@StephinRazin watch it!!!!
billsfan1100 1 year ago
@StephinRazin Californian's fought in the Civil War too, and The Union has every right if not more to be proud of its history during the Civil War than the South. Our side did win after all
Lambchop08 1 year ago
@StephinRazin I know, I didn't know the Yankees wanted to be Southerners so bad. We must be doing something right down here. Greetings from Alabama!
Thrawn6211 1 year ago
@StephinRazin Proud soldier for CSA up in oregon
pengu146 1 year ago
@StephinRazin California is in the South. If you extend the Mason Dixon line from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean everything from Delaware to California is in the South.
Lesnar316F5 1 year ago
@StephinRazin
californians are by no means "yankees" Im from Buffalo, NY and we do reenactments around here...only difference is...YOU do it cuz you lost and you like to try to see what its like if you won....we supply the real history :P
nyclaybreaker 11 months ago
@nyclaybreaker way to be a jackass
vjshecko9 10 months ago
@nyclaybreaker
dont get cocky the only rason yall won was because you had more man power in most case the unions generals were idiots
megaangryperson 10 months ago
@megaangryperson
I agree...our best General was a semi-educated Lucky Drunk on his best days...but the rule of thumb is dont write a check your ass cant cash...and thats what the south did just cuz they thought us yanks were tenderfoots......the revolution started up here...
nyclaybreaker 10 months ago
@megaangryperson I can understand how the South was sore about losing back then. It was a way of life getting drastically changed. No one can change over night. No one ever will. But if you still dispute this stuff today then I feel very sorry for you. It has brought us closer in the end as a nation and we should all be close now. I live in Virginia (capital of the confederacy) and I never once considered being a 'Norther' or a 'Souther'. I picture myself as an American and so should you.
Jazmillenium 9 months ago
@StephinRazin hick... lol jk
pfccodeman 8 months ago
Lol the officer at the end had to yell aim twice, and even then not all the soldiers aimed...
Shitty reenactment.
pharoah246 2 years ago
the first time he said ready not aim
Landsneckt5 2 years ago 11
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ohh i must've misheard him.
Still a shitty reenactment though XD
pharoah246 2 years ago
Authentic uniforms? I'm not a stitch counter, but what was that thing on that guy's head??? Again, I'm not a stitch counter, but I know that too many people were not being period.
irishham97 2 years ago
i was in a re-enactment like this!! for green veild vilage! i was a the person who goes around an picks up the injered! :D but i die :( like after 20 mins of the fight :(
thekenz13 2 years ago
this isint a good reinactment.
Gopedanarchist 2 years ago
everyone in that reenactment are all middle aged to old men
Pinesol23 2 years ago
0:09 -- thats my unit -- but I'm out of frame -- I'm two people to the left of the guy in pink shirt and blue vest.....thats cool to know that that's my unit :D
venturafor2012 2 years ago
i wanna join the association
TheCherokeeboy 2 years ago
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I've been to one of these reenactments and there is NOTHING historical about it. They wear different colored outfits to represent what side they are on, and then play with guns. I've heard people yell " I SHOT YOU, YOU HAVE TO DIE NOW!" There is no information, no history lessons nothing...just a bunch of adults shooting at eachother and pretending to die.
Goldiney 2 years ago
You must have goen to a pretty shitty event... as a re-enactor i know precisely what happens and what you say is not it.
Rammstein4ever 2 years ago
@Goldiney Unfortunately you are correct. I have been trying to change that out west.
williamentriken 1 year ago
yeah... thats a farb fest alright...
CoA5thVa 2 years ago 3
FARB FEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lojafan 2 years ago 4
Except units didn't engage at 30 feet.
renegadecause 2 years ago
Haha im pretty sure they did muskets could only shot about 70 yards sooooo they ingaged anywhere within that area.
D123R123A123 2 years ago
Are you joking? A standard 1861 .58 Springfield rifle had an accuracy of 500 yards. Considering the majority of arms used in the Civil war were on this standard (very few units used the 1842 .69 Springfield or something similar).
renegadecause 2 years ago
Lol i was thinking of the revolutionary war my bad dude!
D123R123A123 2 years ago
Actually the Enfield could get up to 50o yards
crazycuntryboy2 2 years ago
right off the bat dude you are right kids can't learn from note books to see how bloody the war is. I am with the north and south skirmish association and we fire live rounds at targets and we have the students from the civil war class and then learn pretty fast first they do flag messaging and then to a soldiers meal then we fire about 5-6 cannons of different types then we fire small arms and the students get to shoot at a target
the most imporant thing is to me is the students really learn
soltis22 2 years ago
hell yeah. text books are bland but when u reenact it its way more better
fjoseyahoo 2 years ago 2
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wctjason 2 years ago