When the dissolute Roman legions encountered the robust Gothic armies, they found that they were accompanied by their families, who stood on the sidelines screaming and shouting, to exhort their fathers to feats of valor and fearlessness.
This became the basis for what was to become, in the “dark ages”, the feudal culture of honor and bravery.
A man in Charleston SC before the war said if war does come he could wipe up any blood that was shed with his handkerchief. People had no idea what had been unleashed.
Artists too. Imagine if one side had M-1 Garands at a safe distance.
In 1961 my Dad took me to the reenactment.
Public square, public hangings. Now doneness prevents it.
“Union Captain John Tidball”
Cool name.