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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: Talon_Karrde on May 23, 2006, 11:53 AM
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Hey Boys and Girls. I thought i'd share this with you all. I recently got into being a civil re-enactor. here are some pix of me in full dress. this was from the battle of New Market; may 15th 1864. Hope you enjoy them. these pix are from the smaller battle on saturday. I didnt get pix of the larger battle on sunday. there was close to 600 reenactors at this event.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/edrrak/DSC02087.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/edrrak/DSC02084.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/edrrak/DSC02046.jpg)
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Edit by Brad - Adjusted the thread topic 8)
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There was an episode of CSI a few weeks ago that focused on one of those guys that had a cinched up waist. Do you have any folks like that in your squad?
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There was an episode of CSI a few weeks ago that focused on one of those guys that had a cinched up waist. Do you have any folks like that in your squad?
not sure what u mean by " cinched up waist"??
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The gentleman wore a corset underneath his battlefield attire.
While we're on the topic of reenacting, would you happen to know where I might be able to find a reproduction Continental Army Regimental jacket?
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The gentleman wore a corset underneath his battlefield attire.
That's what it was. His waist was like 19 inches around or something, it was gross. Apparently this was something men did in those times? I don't know.
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I re-enacted, and honestly I've never heard of men wearing corsets during the period, at least not as anything "mainstream".
Most of the soldiers in the military on both sides were just as they are today... Poor. Affording something like that wouldn't have been in their budget... Sounds like someone who just liked to wear ladies underwear, even in period clothing. :)
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HMM not union uniform... CONFEDERATE. Nah I'm Just Jokin' with yah, so Is this reenactment stuff "fun" for lack of a better word,I guess interesting would be one since its pretty serious.
It looks real cool, I've always loved War movies and hearing form vets telling stories about WW2 and Vietnam, So Civil war stuff would be just as cool, and this would be like living in a Story for a few moments of my life.
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Yea, that CSI episode seemed to me to be implying that every-day guys wore corsets back in the day, but I discounted it as hollywood "shock factor" bull****, because that's what I think it is.
I have heard of aged Commanding officers (the rich guys) wearing girdles to appear more fit and thus adept to lead a unit, and that goes on to this very day - but the whole corset thing is silly. Corsets greatly restrict one's ability to move and breathe, and that's the last thing an offer needs to compete against, in addition to the enemy.
HMM not union uniform... CONFEDERATE.
Well not everybody gets to play the bad guys.
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I didn't know that they had color pictures in 1864. ;D
On topic though, that looks like a lot of fun. I had a friend back when I lived in New York who was really into this sort of stuff, and I always thought it would be cool to do.
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That's a great looking uniform. You are planning to roll around in it a bit aren't you to add a little "authenticity" to a poor Confederate soldier aren't you?
Being that I tend to follow WWII/modern military trends a bit more, what kind of weapon are you toting in those pictures? Judging from the size of the rear site, I'm guessing an Enfield?
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That's a great looking uniform. You are planning to roll around in it a bit aren't you to add a little "authenticity" to a poor Confederate soldier aren't you?
Being that I tend to follow WWII/modern military trends a bit more, what kind of weapon are you toting in those pictures? Judging from the size of the rear site, I'm guessing an Enfield?
Ha! yeah we were talking about that at camp, how the other guys in the company "weathered" there uniforms. The muskette I had to borrow, I will be getting mine in a couple of weeks. I beleive its a 3 banded 38 Cal springfield. I think the enfileds were mostly 2 bands; but dont quote me on that. this was my second event (1st event was just tacticals) so there werent any spectators. this event was a paid event and lots of folks showed.
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The gentleman wore a corset underneath his battlefield attire.
While we're on the topic of reenacting, would you happen to know where I might be able to find a reproduction Continental Army Regimental jacket?
Continental? like early revolutionary war time period? I would do a search on that, google most likley. As far as i know there arent any folks in my unit that wear that thing. None of our guys are that big, and they are pretty fit.
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HMM not union uniform... CONFEDERATE. Nah I'm Just Jokin' with yah, so Is this reenactment stuff "fun" for lack of a better word,I guess interesting would be one since its pretty serious.
It looks real cool, I've always loved War movies and hearing form vets telling stories about WW2 and Vietnam, So Civil war stuff would be just as cool, and this would be like living in a Story for a few moments of my life.
Oh yeah, its definitely invigorating. cappin black powder is awesome, the adrenalin rush is amazing! they wore full wool uniforms, and we do also. it gives you a really big perspective and an understanding of what it was like back then. as to the CONFEDERATE remark, i guess it was the luck of the drawn. they got to me 1st at a civil war wax museum. besides, the Union is very picky about the unifoms your wear, i like the confeds because you can get away with just about anything.
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Thanks for the great response folks, i'm glad i posted this over here!
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We're glad you posted it.
So, this is the big question on my mind - who won the skirmish, and were you a casualty?
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That's pretty cool.
I once worked with a couple guys who actually bought an old tank off of ebay to use in their re-enactments.
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We're glad you posted it.
So, this is the big question on my mind - who won the skirmish, and were you a casualty?
the battle of New Market was one of the many skirmishes that the CS won. the battle was turned when cadettes from the VMI (VA Military Institute) marched 85 miles (over 1000 cadettes back in may 15 1864) to win the battle for the CS. No i wasnt a casualty, i was to pumped to take a hit ;D
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besides, the Union is very picky about the unifoms your wear,
AIn't that the truth... I was Union with a regiment out of Kittanning, PA up here... This hobby, like all others, is littered with ******** who will do their damndest to ruin your "good time" if they possibly can... Beware the maroons.
I got out of it because of that... I moved on to F&I War re-enacting, and while there's a lot of snoots in it too, there's a lot of positive people... Generally the Indians and Colonials/Militia. YOu get into the Brit regiments and French regiments though and they're a bunch of jags to you at events. Particularly the Brits, as I was in a Scottish Light Foot regiment, which basically were like Wild Scots with loose dresscodes... They adopted Indian atire readily and the Indians respected the Scottish Light Foot regiments a bit more and accepted them almost as another tribe.
It was cool because I had equipment that ranged from an Irish Hilted Broad Sword for an Officer's sword all the way to a Tomahawk as well as two muzzle loading weapons. When we'd show at the bigger reenactments though, we got lots of hell from the prim and proper British regiments in their fancy expensive uniforms... We'd have bone buttons on our red jackets, they'd have brass and polished, and they'd argue that we're not "proper" in our uniforms... Some would even refuse to deal with us actually... The French were usually a little better, but the guys in British uniforms almost always had a problem with us... Especially if they had Blackwatch with them. Ugh.
Still, I had fun with it, and it was a lot better experience for me than the Civil War re-enacting was... That got to be a chore, especially because I was really young at the time.
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Every time I think how much I spend on Star Wars stuff, I have to think back to how much I have spent on WWII and Nam re-enacting...Makes the action figures look like pocket change.
It is more fun than it looks, less "kooky" than TV/Hollywood makes it out to be and no matter how many times you call it "this battle or that battle, you wife/girlfriend will call it "Playing Army" or "Frat Part with Automatic weapons"
Here's the last one I made it to:
(http://www.mooremilitaria.com/FF%20Mundheim%202.jpg)
I am in the commander/gunners hatch of an M113 ACAV. It beats walking. I'll see if I can find some of the WWII ones.