VANITY--Having seen several Civil War re-enactments, some in the South and some north of the Mason Dixon line, having seen the big business growing out of these programs be they memorabilia, home cooked-era recipes, Civil War music, uniforms, weapons replicas, and the thousands of people who watch and participate, I have been wondering. For the most part we are reliving the distant past which points up a particuarly shattering and bloody period of American history. We are often, as spectators or participants, able to add all aspects into this equation: entertainment, drama, tragedy even comedy. It is almost as if...