cedar creek civil war battle reenactment 2009

[SmokeyHickChick]

Can I use a few clips from this video for a video I'm making? I'll give you credit and send you the link when I post it!

[decapodproductions]

@SmokeyHickChick As long as the video you are making doesn't contain racist or anything objectionable. I cant wait to see it. Thanks, james

[SmokeyHickChick]

@decapodproductions Of course not:) I'm just making one with clips from some reenactments to a few songs!:) I'll have it done ASAP!Thanks:)

[wildninja100]

I really like the song the way its played.

[gazelasoad]

the name of this song ?

[decapodproductions]

@gazelasoad When Johnny Comes Marching Home, by 97th regimental string band. james

[SixFootBabyStudios]

to everyone who has a problem with the other side not going down (especially a problem with the side that was supposed to win [like how the Union was supposed to win]) i've been at a reenactment when no one really went down (although at the beginning, more Union were going down). the Rebs were supposed to win, but they ran out of ammo and then they all died

[Lpersonguy]

hm yeah i never really saw any union go down

[hebblan]

So.. the yanks got kevlar vests during the battle ?

[SLICSfootbaby]

@hebblan i actually went down on saturday, then i started crawling up back up the hill

[decapodproductions]

the 97th regimental string band. pvt. james

[CONOR1861]

hey who is singing this version of When Johnny comes marching home

[Roossell93]

this is pretty cool. nice footage.

[RunningWolf24]

comming from one reenactor to another good job but i dont reenact the civil war lol

[WarlordCorbex]

would you say the north has more people when it comes to this reenacting stuff?

[XDigdug45X]

Damn yanks never take hits

[decapodproductions]

@XDigdug45X ha ha ha yes, it can be hard to put those rascals down. pvt. james

[RunningWolf24]

@decapodproductions comming from one reenactor to another good job but this type of warfare i would get bored of lol.

[markmason1000]

@XDigdug45X

you know its sad we have the same problem with the rebels up here in Pennsylvania you guys just wont drop

[XDigdug45X]

@markmason1000 ahhaha thats weird lol you want to trade? XD

[markmason1000]

@XDigdug45X Happily nothings farbier than a johnny reb that just wont die.after you shoot him over and over and OVER AGAIN,that and out of shape rebels that's just historically innaccurate

[Roossell93]

@XDigdug45X

isnt that the truth?

[SLICSfootbaby]

@XDigdug45X we're not the only ones, both sides have issues with it. i think what happens is that no one wants to go down in the beginning, then both sides accuse the other of not going down

[SixFootBabyStudios]

@XDigdug45X i have a theory about that, being a Union reenactor and having the same problem with Confederates. no one wants to take hits early on, so after no one goes down, and then blames it on the other side

[laughingcow2209]

@XDigdug45X u should try gunning down confederate artillery...now that's hard, hurah for the union!!!!

[MichaelJCaboose98]

i cant wait to be a reenactor im joining the 2nd NJ soon i already got my uniform! =D

[vacavalryrider]

In the movies Gods and Generals and Gettysburg, it was hard to find reenactors that meet the physical profile of men back 150 yrs ago-after 3 or 4 years of war all the troops were much leaner (read half starved) and no where near as bulky as most of us that portray them today. (thank you MacDonalds and the super sized meal) We try to recruit from all ages, and even though you are required to be 16 to enter battle, we do have powder monkeys and standard bearers that are younger.

[thearbiter221]

i was there in 5th virginia it was cold and rainy but im goinig back in 2013 for the 150 anniversary

[gtaisawesome87]

is it just me or do some of these people look 12 or 13 yrs old

[aftershock71]

My 15 year old daughter just participated in one of these, here in N. california....probably the best thing for her...these are very good for kids

[thegools]

I am grateful that there are so many people (reenacters) that spend the time, money and energy to get things accurate to show people of today what it was like. I love the specticle, the expertise and the scholarship that is spawned from this.

[thegools]

@thegools That said I am alway struck by the more advanced age and widened girths of reenacters compared those in history they portray-perhaps a testiment of todays living conditions & perhaps more so to the great cost of outfitting onesself with proper clothes & equipment necessary to be a reenactor. Thus we see companies of Pvts. w/ average ages > 40 & with few teenagers & 20 yr olds. It is clear, real war is a young man's game subsidized by older people.

[busterbone]

cool stuff-I was just wondering where people does their pee-pees and poo-poos? Once I had some old fashioned coffee, hard tack biscuits (like milk bone)and beef jerky camping.

[decapodproductions]

porta-potties of which i did my best to edit out of this video. james

[Hilldebrand]

@busterbone MISTAKE!

[Forysan]

Man, I wish I could go back into this. Unfortunately, due to my job, money, and time devoted to other hobbies, I was unable to continue. Plus the CO of the unit was really pressuring me about going to events and purchasing a tent when distance and money were a huge factor. I know that Cedar Creek was their big one so seeing it on here in its scale is awesome indeed. Great work. :)

[wingchun21]

how do you know when your dead?

[brendo150]

@wingchun21 Somtimes when they are doing cartrige checks they will slip a colored cartridge into your think which name escapes me(I dont know about this one though as I didnt participate)

[wiki223]

i was 5th va i was sopossed to be with 4th va but thay never showed up

[AmericanCWOVI]

Great Video I was with the USV

[markmason1000]

your problem is you wear to much blue and have to many kepis most soldiers would have more soft hats and stuff they got right out of civilian life

[CinCin2012]

Defeat or victory ?

[bocc44]

I have never seen a more farby unit in my life take off the damn meadal its not an award and its really farby not that you people care judgeing by your uniforms

[SixFootBabyStudios]

yeah, i stuck my pin on my vest, but never took my coat off when i hit the hay

[lojafan]

That Confederate kid with the medal on his jacket needs to take it off. It's farbish.

[decapodproductions]

we were required to wear them. pvt. james

[lojafan]

What are they and who required you to wear them?

[28thnyCorp]

They are medalions given out to reenactors to show the organisers that a person has registered.

They are a bit irritating as a medal... Here's a plan for next year, rather than wearing them in full view all weekend, get a piece of string and wear them as a pendant around your neck so you can get them out of sight. Just a thought.

[lojafan]

Wow, the organizer is an idiot then. Put it in your pocket next time, cause it looks super farby and kinda dumb, IMHO. Organizers are a huge problem when it comes to farb-er-dome, so I dont blame you guys, I blame the organizers.

[ELFreporter]

Our battalion made everyone put them out of sight (pocket/haversack). Shame on anyone who didn't insist on this.

[lojafan]

agreed.

[28thnyCorp]

Well, maybe, but no organiser made reenactors wear them all the time. The only time I was asked to show mine was when I was entering the site. It wasn't as if people were doing medalion checks before the battle.

[26thncst]

@decapodproductions we were required to have them on our person not wear them

[SLICSfootbaby]

@decapodproductions i wore mine on my vest under my coat

[thearbiter221]

@lojafan we were sopposed to waer those to get in

[stewie13]

@thearbiter221 you could have put them on the inside of your jacket. and if you say if they didn't see it you would get kicked out if they ask open your jacket and show them.

[28thnyCorp]

Lads... 3:24... My complete respect goes out to the unit who died here.

But... The unit who fired on you was the 28th New York... All ten of us.. And thirty rebs died!

Niagara Rifles!!!!!

[hollywoodwerewolf]

ricocheting bullets I say

[28thnyCorp]

That could well be it.

[Toccoa101506]

You're in FVB?

[28thnyCorp]

My groups in Birney's. My company fell in with the FVB at G'Burg in 2009 though due to nobody else from Birney's being there.

[Toccoa101506]

One of the officers in my unit is one of the commanders of Birney's at the big reenactments.

[28thnyCorp]

I'm guessing that you're with 3rd Md then?

[Toccoa101506]

Yep

[Someloke8895]

@28thnyCorp Claim you double charged them!

[RedneckReenactor]

i was there 10th batallion you see our batallion a couple of times

[SixFootBabyStudios]

Curse the hillside, you see our brigade but not really good until 7:03 coming up in the background. I was right next to the flags.

[Toccoa101506]

I was there. I found myself a couple of times. I was a drummer.

[hollywoodwerewolf]

Damn! That company wide destruction was awesome!

[hollywoodwerewolf]

Sweet!