[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.

[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

[sticker]

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

[stainlessbanner]

bttt

[Professional Engineer]

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