Gettysburg Pickett's Charge 2008

Taken right behind the stone wall at the July 6 reenactment, Confederates charge right into the camera.

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[sargesoap]

Look, most confederate soldiers fought for their homeland above all else, and deserve respect.

Also, you should never be glad someone died. EVER!!

[colecoal13]

most of us are huh? ied like to know where you got your info from? have you ever been to a reenactment,ever met a reenactor? had a long enuff convershon to see if he was racist? i bet you voted for obama to,sence if you dont like him your racist,ive been reenacting for 11 years and ive yet to meet a racist reenactor,people like you are going to run this country into the ground because we have one as a presendnt,i fear for this great country

[Zapppo]

where's the Rebel Yell in this 'reenactment'?

Lame!

[Rangerfull3]

Yeah.. that'd be kinda scary :P

[EpicTrollBeastMan]

Why don't the Yankees ever have any damn wounded at reenactments.... ?

[rohan6612]

it looks like the union soldiers are helping the csa

[1967mustanggta]

The 135th was better, Everything here was done in front of a grandstand all battles were on the same piece of land from different angles and was in fact boring. 135th was something that may never be repeated. In 1998 you really felt like you were on the large land of a battle - big battles occurred out of sight from where you were now engaging.

[123yourbetteroffdead]

I have been reenacting for 9 years and I am sick of hearing that the war was fought tover nothing but slaves you have to understand confederates could barelly even afford a pair of shoes let alone a person.The only people that could afford a slave is rich plantaion owners the war was mainly fought over whos rights and whos country it is.Most of the southerners was just fighting for there land and I can guarantee that not many people that reenact is racist.

[tophrules0978]

I recorded the sound going on here for my documentary....only because I couldn't find a better one. If you don't want me to use the sound, please reply right away. Thank you, also that was some great reeactment going on there.

[gwgane3]

This may have looked cool... but remember... Canister and case shot was being blown right in the original men's faces... with that... there would have been a red haze mingling with the battle smoke. This was one of the most brave and yet, redundant attacks made by the Divisions that made up the Pickett, Pettigrew, Trimble charge.

[SupernalOne]

Every Confederate soldier worth his salt wants to charge the Angle - looks like a lot of them got their chance here -

[mitchairsoft]

I was a captain inthis for my 5th grade field trip it was fun cause i got to order around my classmates!