A Brief Introduction to Civil War Reenacting

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Coasterphreak: May 29, 2007; I like cookies.

McNally posted:

I hear some units will have guys draw slips of paper from a hat to determine their fate: Survive the fight, wounded, killed, run away like a coward, etc. In my unit we just wing it. Are you tired? Okay, next time the rebs fire, take a hit. Rifle keeps misfiring? Take a hit. Out of blanks? Hit. The other side fired a good volley and it would look silly if nobody went down? Hit. Last event of the weekend and we're near the parking lot? THE WHOLE COMPANY IS WIPED OUT OH GOD

Really it's a matter of balancing the fact that you're probably there to burn powder and don't want to miss out and it would look silly if we keep blasting away at each other and nobody goes down.

This actually sounds like a good way to hang out with other history nerds for a weekend and meet some new drinking buddies.

McNally posted:

At the higher levels of an event, there's a battle plan of sorts. "Okay, we're reenacting the 3rd Battle of Spankbottom Hill. That means you guys are representing such and such unit, so you come in first from over there, then you guys representing such and such brigade march in from this way a little later..."

This sounds like a good way to get stuck hanging out with a bunch of sperglords for an entire weekend.

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