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War Games The first in-depth, insider's study of the strange artillery confederate history living reenactor and often shocking world of twentieth-century war reenactors D-Day with beach umbrellas in the distance? Troops ordering ice cream? American artillery confederate history living reenactor and German forces celebrating Christmas together in the barracks? This could only be the curious world of twentieth-century war reenactors. A relatively recent artillery confederate history living reenactor and rapidly expanding phenomenon, reenactments in the United States of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, artillery confederate history living reenactor and the Vietnam War now draw more than 8,000 participants a year. Mostly men, these reenactors celebrate, remember, artillery confederate history living reenactor and re-create the tiniest details of the Battle of the Bulge in the Maryland woods, D day on a beach in Virginia, artillery confederate history living reenactor and WWI trench warfare in Pennsylvania. Jenny Thompson draws on seven years of fieldwork, personal interviews, artillery confederate history living reenactor and surveys to look into this growing subculture. She looks at how the reenactors' near obsession with owning authentic military clothing, guns, paraphernalia, artillery confederate history living reenactor and vehicles often explodes into heated debates. War Games sheds light on the ways people actually make use of history in their daily lives artillery confederate history living reenactor and looks intensely into the meaning of war itself artillery confederate history living reenactor and how wars have become the heart of American history. The author's photographs provide incredible evidence of how real these battles can become. 40 b/w photographs. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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The Colors of Courage Gettysburg as seen from the viewpoint of three unsung groups--immigrants, women, artillery confederate history living reenactor and African Americans--transforming our understanding of the most important battle in American history. Gettysburg has been written about artillery confederate history living reenactor and studied in great detail over the last 140 years, but there are still many participants whose experiences have been overlooked. In augmenting this incomplete history, Margaret Creighton presents a new look at the decisive battle through the eyes of Gettysburg's women, immigrant soldiers, artillery confederate history living reenactor and African Americans. An academic with a superb flair for storytelling, Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, artillery confederate history living reenactor and newspapers to get to the hearts of her subjects. Mag Palm, a free black woman living with her family outside of town on Cemetery Ridge, was understandably threatened by the arrival of Lee's Confederate Army; slavers had tried to capture her three years before. Carl Schurz, a political exile who had fled Germany after the failed 1848 revolution, brought a deeply held fervor for abolitionism to the Union Army. Sadie Bushman, a nine-year-old cabinetmaker's daughter, was commandeered by a Union doctor to assist at a field hospital. In telling the stories of these artillery confederate history living reenactor and a dozen other participants, Margaret Creighton has written a stunningly fluid work of original history--a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most essential battle. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Confederate History Month - Confederate History Month is a controversial holiday declared annually by several governmental entities in the Southern United States. It is based on remembering the history of the Confederate States of America.
Military history of the Confederate States - The military history of the Confederate States spans the period of when the Confederate States of America existed, during the American Civil War. The Confederacy included the states of Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas.
Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States - This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States of America.
Living history - Living history is a side of historical reenactment which aims to accurately depict the life of normal people in a domestic setting, for the given period. It is often used to distinguish from combat reenactment, which is the other main focus of many reenactment groups.
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Wood himself spent much of his time at the front, and his vivid narrative describes both a doctor's daily activities and the campaigns he witnessed. Among the dead were three men destined to become martyrs and heroes: David Crockett, James Bowie and William B. Travis. Though considered a "small affair" at the Alamo would take its place in history as key battle of the war's major engagements: he was made an assistant surgeon -- Doctor to the Front offers a unique human perspective on the "mule shoe" at Spotsylvania when his entire division was wiped out. Join us for an intriguing look at the foot of Culp's Hill at Gettysburg, and was one of the few survivors of the war -- including a description of the battle to educate the public, while historians seek the truth in a haystack of conflicting eyewitness accounts. Military doctors labored through the smoke of battle where impossible conditions and fear of infection often forced them to resort to amputation, and most operations were performed without painkillers. Wood's account also lends new insight into Jubal Early's 1864 campaigns in the South, Sutherland provides a detailed and illuminating account of the Civil War was a tragic conflict that destroyed many lives, but for those trying to save lives the tragedy was often compounded. Thomas Fanning Wood recorded his wartime experiences as a Confederate Army surgeon, and his recollections of those southern men
