Recreating History: A Guide to Historic Reenacting
Reenacting, or living history, can be one way an individual can experience combat without the danger of death but also a way for one to relive history.
Civil War
“An Atrocity Beneath Knighthood”
Upon receiving the wound, he was able to limp to a nearby regimental hospital and after arriving sat down to await his turn. Suddenly his leg exploded causing the wound to become larger… “When they strike they explode like a fire cracker, and make a bad wound.”
Forgotten Women Soldiers of the American Civil War
In the midst of this grim task, a shocking discovery was made: at the high water mark, where the grisly hand-to-hand combat occurred, the body of a woman was found dressed in the clothing of a Confederate private.
Fresh Fish: How Civil War Soldiers Added Seafood To Their Provisions
Fishing was not only a leisure activity
for the common soldier but was also used as a way of supplementing their diets by adding a fresh alternative to army rations.
5 Myths about Civil War Era Medicine
At the Battle of Gettysburg, more than 50,000 men fell as causalities over 6,000 acres, and field hospitals revolutionized the approach to large-scale, emergency care.