You Can Still Hear The Rebel Yell

http://oldvirginiablog.blogspot.com/2008/12/rebel-yell-liquid-or-audio.html ^ | 12/22/2008 | Richard G. Williams, Jr.

[Davy Buck]

I recall reading that a Union soldier, observing his comrades fleeing in wide-eyed panic from the "rebel yell" at Chancellorsville said his former unit resembled "close-packed ranks rushing like legions of the damned."

[urtax$@work]

Please tell me my ancestors didn't yell “hoody-hoooo!” as
they charged. (this is what i read other places).

[laotzu]

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist--"
Union General John Sedgwick(suffering head-shot by Confederate sniper)

[PJ-Comix]

And the real rebel yell doesn’t sound much like what what we think of as the rebel yell. When one person yells it, not too impressive. However, I heard a recording where they recreated it being yelled in mass and it is scary.

[tgusa]

There’s a link in the referenced blog to the Museum of the Confederacy which sells a CD of the ‘Rebel Yell’ for $10. Might be as totally uninteresting as a CD of bagpipe music, but then again .....

[o_zarkman44]

Don’t forget the Billy Idol version of “Rebel Yell”.

[Hatteras]

"Might be as totally uninteresting as a CD of bagpipe music, but then again ....."

Shirley, you gest ;-)

[Terabitten]

There is audio of the 50th anniversary of Gettysburg. Some of the Confederate veterans (mind you, then in their 70s) fired up an authentic rebel yell, and the Union veterans confirmed by their statements that it was authentic.

It’s not all that impressive, coming from the throats of two or three pensioners, but it would be truly terrifying to hear it from a charging regiment.

[Hatteras]

Try this...

[Terabitten]

I stand corrected - it was the 75th anniversary, and said pensioners were in their 90s.

Here's a link to three recordings of the Rebel Yell performed by veterans:

Rebel Yell

[ErnBatavia]

That sounded like the coyote pups that yip around here in the middle of the night.

[sticker]

Knowing some of the people here I am surprised this hasn't been posted yet:

[Peter Horry]

Post 12

Well, it definitely made my grandfather’s brother yell. He never drank during Christmas, said that was fore amateurs and that he was a professional.

[sticker]

Gee, a friend of mine and I used that same line to explain to the wives why we didn’t party on New Year’s Eve

[tgusa]

I was privileged to have a guided tour of Gettysburg a few years back with a Joint Forces Staff College group. I can’t even imagine what Pickett’s Charge must have been like - what a truly terrifying event. And I have a couple of ancestors who actually lived through it. Anything to bolster one’s courage would have been sorely needed. What incredibly courageous men those were, on both sides.

[JRios1968]

Please tell me my ancestors didn't yell “hoody-hoooo!” as they charged.

No, they cried "more more more!!!"

[Travis T. OJustice]

Hangting out, by the state line, turning holy water into wine?

[Hatteras]

New Years is amatuer night out. That’s when I stay home, light the fire pit and break out the good stuff.

[stainlessbanner]

bttt

[JRios1968]

Drinkin’ it down...