The Civil War ghost tour in Raleigh is educational. The soldiers who are buried there “appear” from the shadows to tell about their war experiences. The soldiers are well researched through letters adn diaries, no tall tales told. Usually there are a couple vignettes set up that educate about some aspect of the war. One year it was a signal corp demonstration and another a hospital. I know many of the reenactors who participate and they are respectful of the graves and the people buried there.
Money that is raised goes to restore the cemetery.
Sounds interesting about Raleigh. When I went to Boston, Revolutionary re-enactors played their parts to the max and the crowd were nodding about the price of freedom and to fight against aggression. If the NYT were operating back then, they would have printed out every name and address of every Tea Party saboteur.