[Fungi]

Where is Homer?

[gibsonguy]

I have come to view the CW much differently than l used to. They had a right to secede. The wickedness of slavery is undeniable but if the southern states wanted to be independent that was their right. The north invaded the south.

[combat_boots]

Greatgrandfathers on both sides there.

I remember the family trip there as a child

The drive through the battlefield at night was eerie

Blood had run knee deep, and the ground knew still

Average/common age of the boys fighting was, iirc, 19. Some were 12

Ghosts
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lve—SqfsQQ

[nutmeg]

bookmark

[TigersEye]

That’s nothing. This weekend in Chicago they’re reenacting the siege of Stalingrad.

[Pajamajan]

bookmark

[Salamander]

Years ago (thanks Nikki!) re-enactors were banned from having any Southron flags on the battlefield/ park property.

So basically you have Yankees fighting some dudes dressed in gray, for no apparent reason, now.

[fella]

A few days later the Demoncrats kicked of their draft riots in NYC that hindered the persuit Lee.

[windcliff]

ping

[zeugma]

The annual battle reenactment has brought together 2,000 Union and Confederate reenactors for the three-day event.

Battlefield reenactments started relatively quickly after the war concluded. That is highly unusual, and I suspect it is one of the things that allowed the nation to more or less heal as quickly as it did.