Gettysburg Civil War reenactment footage

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• Gettysburg
• Civil
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[ZeitgeistWI]

Unless we are knowledgeable of our history and learn the lessons we need to from it, we are surely doomed to repeat those mistakes. Seeing a life of a soldier lived as it was during the War Between the States or the Revolution allows us to associate with them and know them and more importantly, understand why they were there and what it meant to them. You can't get that from a history book or lecture, you need to experience it. That's what reenactors do.

[SuperHaloStarwarsFan]

@TitaniumPlatnium War is bloody. There cannot generally be a war "bloodier" than another. Trust me, wars before the Romans were as bloody as the Colonial Age, and are just as bloody as wars of today. The varying weapons - swords, spears, cannon, musket, rifle, machinegun, laser - they will all be bloody. War is hell.

[nviso209]

That is one EPIC reenactment compared to the few that I've seen in my short 32 years. Mostly at Shiloh and also Shelby Farms in Memphis TN. Was wondering how it is to manage several thousand actors' death scenes etc... Are they given scripts as in fall at this time etc?

[901MovieMaker]

How do you stab a bayonet into someone in reenactments?

[KaiserReich98]

Sorry to ruin your words of wisdom or whatever the hell those were, but yes, one war can be much much bloodier than another

[barfyspitz]

@ThePimpycat I carry a .58 cal musket. They are real rifles and cannon, they just fire blanks. In the morning inspections the captain or other ranking officer inspects you and your epuipment,often slipping a dummy cartridge in your cartridge box without you noticing (they can be sneaky) During the re-enactment, you will will eventually pull out the dummy cartridge when loading your weapon and know it's your turn to die or fall down wounded. Black means dead. Red means wounded.

[AUG351]

@ThePimpycat Some times they tap you on the shoulder or you just choose when to get hit.

[AUG351]

@ThePimpycat They arn't airsoft guns they are real guns but loaded only with powder but no minie ball. You bite off the end of a cartridge and pour the powder down the barrel then usually you would place the bullet in the barrel then take out the ramrode and ram the powder and minie ball down the barrel then place a percussion cap and pullback the hammer and fire.

[ThePimpycat]

What do they use in the guns in civil war reenactments? And how do they ppl now when they die in the baatle? Do they get hit by an airsoft pellet? Plz answer my questions!

[amitus8]

How could the men charge so without athletic supporters? Or did they have athletic supporters in them days?

[PhilipMitchellGraham]

Reenactment are nothing like war. They recreate all the meaningless details without considering the bigger picture.

Reenactments create an exciting sensitised spectacle, devoid of fear, the stench of violent death, and the madness and sorrow of those who survive... which makes the whole exercise a dangerous sham.

Wars are disasters created by politicians who fail in their primary duty to maintain peace and prosperity for all.

[studysync]

It's important that we remember how divided our country was during the civil war, and these reenactments serve to remind us all.