Are there any Civil War buff's out there?

Answer 1

Yes, there are, and there are still many out there who keep defending the War of Southern Agression. When the Slave States chose secession in order to retain slavery and their "States Rights" - it was a complete denial of the democratic process. They were all too happy to be part of the Union when they called the shots, but when the power shifted to the North, through a democratic election, they chose to leave.

Read your history books again, the Southern States took over the Federal forts, arsenals, mints, post offices first - not the North. Look at the kettles calling others black.

Answer 2

As a historian (I run a large local history museum in Michigan), I can tell you that no other time period in American history (although WWII is now getting close) fascinates Americans as much as the Civil War. This was the first modern war in world history and also one of the bloodiest and most professionally fought civil wars in human history. Rarely are both sides fighting using the 'rules of war'.

What is so romantic about the war is the impression that every officer was a true gentleman and that brother often fought against brother. I personally believe that Gone With the Wind (both the book and the movie) almost single handedly gave us our images of the south during the 1860s.

Let me comment for a second on 'reenactors'. As a historian nothing concerns me more then these men and women that take great pride in recreating every aspect of the war. The problem I have with reenactors are that one - war is not fun and the camps that the Civil War soldiers stayed in were hardly as nice as the camps that reenactors stay in. They were muddy holes with not enough food for the soldiers and poor sanitation. More soldiers died of disease during the Civil War then from bullets. Two - these 'soldiers' are fighting without one important factor, fear. They know they are not going to get hurt.

I have a serious problem with war reenactments, recently there were Vietnam War reenactments in Virginia and WWII reenactments in Michigan. These reenactments are NEVER like the actual battles. In the Civil War battles were usually fought between tens of thousands of troops. No reenactment has ever gotten that close.

I personally think it is a slap in the face to any soldier to turn the battles they fought in into entertaining reenactments. War is hell. Not fun!

Answer 3

right here is an offbeat selection for a Civil conflict buff. Harry Turtledove has written an entire sequence of books in line with what could have occurred had a accomplice dispatch rider no longer misplaced Lee's orders on the conflict of Antietem. as a effect, interior the sequence, the Confederacy wins the Civil conflict and turns right into a separate u . s . a .. someway or yet another he manages to maintain issues exciting over the subsequent 9 volumes. The verbal replace is trite at cases, the writing is slightly hackneyed each and every each and every each and every now and then, regardless of the undeniable fact that it relatively is nonetheless a calming study for people who rejoice with "What if?" styles of books. back, a diverse form of selection.

Answer 4

Yes, there are thousands. Some are historians, some are reenactors, and some are just very interested in the War that changed this country.
At some reenacting events there are several thousand reenactors from both sides with cannon and musket, trying to give homage to the fallen Americans, and trying to teach HISTORY to the people who haven't got a clue as to what happened in the "War of Northern Aggression".

Answer 5

Downriver Dave,

I see your point however one thing should be pointed out. The first Civil war reenactors were the Civil War veterans themselves.

Answer 6

I am one I have alot of interest in the civil war especailly about how ppl fought it and there experiences

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

I like to read the accounts of Gettysburg, Chanclorsville and other eastern theatre battles....

Answer 9

which civil war?