Civil War Reenactment - Battle of Fredericksburg, 12/8/2007

street battle

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[MarkTK36thIL]

Too bad the blond walked in front.

[NachoLizard19]

FREDERICKSBURG! FREDERICKSBURG!FREDERICKSBURG! But The Irishbrigade Got There Revange At Gettysburg So Take That Ya Southie!

[history32jr]

@peacebuntou When ever you feel like it, on smaller reenactments it's just when ever you get tired or run out of powder. But on these larger ones you need to because that's how it happened.

[peacebuntou]

so how do you know if you go shot in these reactments?

[johncashrocks221]

@NachoLizard19  faugh augh ballaugh

[begeura]

@MarkTK36thIL dang women always walking onto the frontline's

[Erreul]

Nothing like watching two army vets squabble over a sad piece of history, each having an own opinion and backing it up as such. It's nice to see a decent discussion on YouTube for once.

[sugarfoot59]

@GIDAN2987 No, you don't really comprehend it...............IF, that is all you think it is.........'enjoyable intertainment', then you're more out of touch than I first imagined. I'm a Vietnam vet, and you can't tell me a thing about the horrors of war, pal, but I will always enjoy reenacting, to honor my ancestors and why they fought and died.

[sugarfoot59]

@GIDAN2987 And THAT, is what they fought for.  I am proud of them, even if you're not. If you think that all we do is 'honor' the horrors of war, well then, you're really out of touch or you just plain don't get it!..........or you're just a Yankee that is brainwashed and doesn't want to get it.

[sugarfoot59]

@GIDAN2987 Well, I know too, what war can do, as I am a Vietnam vet, so I am no stranger to those horrors, but I am STILL a reenactor, and I'm proud of it! I don't choose to glorify the War, and anyone who has been through that brotherhood, knows full well what it entails, and will never glorify it. What I do glorify however, are my ancestors, for what they fought for, they thought was right. The North invaded their land, their homes and threatened their livelihoods.

[sugarfoot59]

@GIDAN2987 It's obviously something that you don't really comprehend. I don't look at it as 'entertainment', it's honoring those who fell, defending what they thought was right. While most who watch these reenactors like watching, they don't actually realize what real war was like, I mean, they cannot possibly know or understand the horror of it, just as today's youth cannot comprehend what real battle is like, unless they've experienced it.

[trainkids]

@stellalouise1 First off the reason why I'm trying to prove the amount of casualties is because there is a comment on here from someone that says the north had more casualties at Fredricksburg than the south had at Gettysburg, which obviously is incorrect. Second I have seen different battle reports that do say varied casualty numbers for the south at Gettysburg (look it up and you'll see varied numbers as well).