Posted on 06/28/2005 6:51:41 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
Civil War mystery may be solved by modern technology.
(PRWEB) June 28, 2005 -- One of the mysteries of American Civil War lore may have finally been solved.
The famous rebel yell, long known to have an unnerving effect on Union soldiers in the American Civil War, has just been examined by the History Publishing Company. Using as its core base, the only known yell by a living Confederate soldier recorded early in the Twentieth Century, History Publishing Company, through the use of sound technology, has emulated the sound of a company of soldiers charging a Union line.
“The effect was startling, “said Don Bracken, Senior Editor of History Publishing and Civil War author( Times of the Civil War, ISBN 1-4208-0694-7). “It wasn’t a frightening sound in the nightmarish or fiendish sense. It was an audible sensation of being overwhelmed. It was like having a sonic tidal wave approach you. What might have unnerved the Union soldiers who reportedly fled from it was a sense of helplessness.”
The rebel yell has long been a source of curiosity to students of the Civil War. It was a recognized fact that seasoned Union veterans would become unnerved by it. “When we came across the recorded yell made in the early Twentieth Century, of an actual Confederate veteran of the Army of Northern Virginia, we knew we had to take it a step further,” said Don Bracken.”Technology has made it possible to do that.”
History Publishing Company, a company dedicated to furthering the study of history through modern technology will make the sound recording of the Confederate charge available to schools or Civil War study groups for educational purposes.
Is that bourbon any good?
Indeed it is! Thanks for the post.
Its about average or I'd say on par with Jim Beam. (I'm not much of a bourbon drinker, so my opinion doesn't amount to much)
Hush your mouth.
I was just asking. I've never had it before.
Good post. Just don't let an unsuspecting passerby catch you trying out all those versions!
"Woh-who-ey! who-ey! who-ey! Woh-who-ey! who-ey!"
Great post!
My dopey Setter was sitting right next to me when I clicked on the "short" version of your link there.
She's been running around the house howling and barking at every window and door since!
There's also a recording of another very old veteran giving what he refers to as the rebel yell, found in a 1938 newsreel of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. It can be seen and heard in Ken Burns' "The Civil War".Rebel YellThe audio files accompanying this page were recorded by the general manager of WBT radio at a Sons of Confederate Veterans meeting in 1935 when Alexander was 90 years old.
Pvt. Thomas N. Alexander of the 37th NCT
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the multiplied yell, available on CD:
http://www.donbracken.com/site.html
the snip from the Ken Burns film:
http://www.reghunnicutt.com/friends/scv/audio/rebelyell.wav
If the yell is anything like Howierd Dean yelling it is very scary
See the .wav hotlinks above.
Thanks.
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