I could tell you the experiences I've had in large scale reenactments gave me a whole different perspective of what it 'may' have been like. Its helped my understanding of the feeling of combat and movement in the Civil War. Although actual combat is deadly and horrible, reenacting is dangerous in its own right. To hear the rattle of fire from large scale opposing lines of battle, a rolling volly of artillery lined up hub to hub, the smoke, the yells and shouts of commanders, theres nothing like it in the books.

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David Upton