June 28-30, 2013 - Blue-Gray Alliance Gettysburg Reenactment - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T11:45:33Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topics/june-28-30-2013-blue-gray-alliance-gettysburg-reenactment?feed=yes&xn_auth=noGerry, the event was a great…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-07-02:6442157:Comment:287662013-07-02T13:52:15.277ZPeter M. Berezukhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/PeterMBerezuk
<p>Gerry, the event was a great success. I was speaking with a friend, author and U.S. Army veteran of 30 years - Gerry Barker - about the spectacle on Sunday afternoon and he mentioned he heard the "Roar of Battle" more than a few times during the event. The sound of battle was one of the most terrifying things to men in the 19th Century in a world that did not have a constant noise from mechanized factories, motorized vehicles and the constant drone of electronic communications. I lead a…</p>
<p>Gerry, the event was a great success. I was speaking with a friend, author and U.S. Army veteran of 30 years - Gerry Barker - about the spectacle on Sunday afternoon and he mentioned he heard the "Roar of Battle" more than a few times during the event. The sound of battle was one of the most terrifying things to men in the 19th Century in a world that did not have a constant noise from mechanized factories, motorized vehicles and the constant drone of electronic communications. I lead a battalion of 190 soldiers in campaign conditions for four days and despite the lack of sleep, reduce rations, and the discomforts of rain, vermin and the hot sun it was a grand adventure to recreate the experience of the American Civil War and to learn from it.</p>
<p>The BBC sent a reporter to cover it and the group I was with is captured at 0:45 and 1:55 in her news spot located here...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23122708" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23122708</a></p>
<p>There were also several amateur cameras out there and here is one from the Confederate view point attacking our works last Saturday...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFITeaGZHIc&feature=youtube_gdata_player" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFITeaGZHIc&feature=youtube_gdata_player</a></p>
<p>And... this video from the right of our lines on Sunday Morning when we reenacted the last assault on Culp's Hill on July 3, 1863...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151543604823568" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151543604823568</a></p>
<p></p> Pete, Godspeed, and thank you…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-06-26:6442157:Comment:276622013-06-26T00:46:59.028ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
Pete, Godspeed, and thank you for letting us know what is afoot.
Pete, Godspeed, and thank you for letting us know what is afoot.