Rare Footage of Civil War Veterans Doing the Rebel Yell

ARTICLE: http://j.mp/rCcZk8

In this exclusive clip from the 1930s, Confederate veterans step up to the mic and let out their version of the fearsome rallying cry.

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[Kravis63]

Thank you Smithsonian for uploading this! Most thought the rebel yell was lost to a memory. The sound still gives this northern born boy a chill up his spine. Happy Veterans Day!

[ShunkawakanOkawingha]

Imagine the fear of them yankees as hundreds of these guys ran at them with no fear and a bayonet

[WRETCHEDxSINNER]

You mean the war of FEDERAL AGGRESSION.

[Dave Hanson]

Hell, these guys were MAYBE 16 or 17 during the war of NORTHERN AGGRESSION

[Bronsonkicks]

Say what you will about the South but these men were class acts unto themselves.

[buddylarsen]

There is another recording --it seems legit. Plus, it's been looped and variated in a seperate example, into a company-sized unit.

search [ good old rebel yell recording ]

(i can't seem to post the URL)

I've read that regiments had their own variations, and would compete with nearby units to raise the best ruckus. The effect on a long battle line would be a rolling yell up and down the line. Mercy! No wonder so much interest persisted long after the war!

[AccordingToChase]

They seem like such gentlemen. This is so interesting!

[OneVoiceOneTruth]

I imagine when they were younger, it had more fluctuations, but when they got older, they couldn't do it, like how an old singer cant hit the high notes anymore

[stepennwolf]

charge em' boys, charge em'!

[jerrymail]

Thanks! i didn't think i would hear the real Rebell Yell one day!

[basilone12]

I'm a battered black hat of the union Iron Brigade, we have the hats but damn I wish we had a yell even close to this one!

[wyomingmali]

Would have been more valuable and interesting if they had stated their outfit, times of service, and what battles they had been in. Priceless, just the same.