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Civil War Re-Enactment 2010

This is a video I made of the local Civil War re-enactment that they have in Costa Mesa, California.

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Added: Jun-16-2012 Occurred On: Jun-16-2012
By: fotoman4u2
In: Other Entertainment
Tags: Civil War, re-enactment, actors, weapons, Yankees, Rebels
Location: Costa Mesa, California, United States (load item map)
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  • nicely done , good idea doing it in b&w.

    Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
    soilentgreene (780.30)  

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  • I didn't realize that California seceded from the Union?! ;)
    Cool photos, did you take any video?

    Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
    Steinagus (208.20)  

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    • @Steinagus Not yet, we have a "battle" coming up in Long Beach..I'm going to strap a vid camera to my chest and record the action from on the field.

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      fotoman4u2 (3389.10)  

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  • cool pics
    thank you for posting

    Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
    H3dgehog (474.50)  
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  • Did the Civil War affect California? Did not know that!

    There is an annual reenactment of the war of 1812 near here every year. Its true to life and very interesting.

    Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
    Nepean109 (1010.80)  

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    • @Nepean109

      The one at Black Creek? Yeah, needs more blood, screaming, rape and pillage to make it more realistic, but it is pretty good.
      I got married there at the Menonite Meeting hall, said to be the oldest original building still standing in Canada.

      PS: No, I ain't a Menonite. Even weirder, the wife and I are just chronic history buffs.

      :)

      Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
      michael567 (1928.80)

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    • @Nepean109
      A little bit. Mostly from secessionists.Officially California was a Union Supporter but often helped both sides. California stayed a Union State(California had the Gold) and had a few Union Garrisons and posts scattered around. Californians did fight on the Union side in several skirmishes out east in a few battles.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_in_the_American_Civil_War#Civil_War_battles_within_California

      Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
      Fire37Rescue (12164.40)  

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    • @Fire37Rescue Another cool comment.

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      fotoman4u2 (3389.10)  

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  • Like most Canadians, I'm fascinated by that stage of America's development.
    As in all "civil" wars, I'm staggered by the incredible savagery they showed to one another.
    But in this one? Well, more Americans were murdered in that war than ALL OTHER WARS AMERICA'S EVER BEEN IN.... COMBINED! And that's saying a lot, mind you, because in it's brief history, America's been in more wars than any other country combined.... ever! Staggering, but, seeing how you talk about one another on LL, no More..

    Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
    michael567 (1928.80)

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    • @michael567 POW camps should never be confused with Concentration camps. Also, Grants drive to the east coast? Wholesale slaughter What?
      Did you mean Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea? I'm finding your knowledge of American Civil War history failing.
      The very first Concentration camps where both CIVILIAN and Military were imprisoned in the same camp was in the 1900's in South Africa during the Boer War where it was the British who actually imprisoned the Dutch Boers and figh More..

      Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
      Fire37Rescue (12164.40)  

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    • @Fire37Rescue

      Pulled it from a foggy memory late at night after 4 Guinness, you're right, I was more than a bit off there.
      Thanks for correcting me. The slaughter of Southerners during Sherman's March to the Sea was what I was thinking of when I typed of "Grant's push east," but Grant was Sherman's senior officer though, no?
      And yes, you're right again, a POW camp, no matter how overcrowded and miserable the conditions, is not a concentration camp.

      PS: Other than those two miserab More..

      Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
      michael567 (1928.80)

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    • @michael567 Thanks for the history. Very cool.

      Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
      fotoman4u2 (3389.10)  

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    • @fotoman4u2

      A few errors were greatfully corrected for me by Fire37Rescue.
      Pretty sure the first war crimes tribunal was held after the civil war for the way some northern prisoners were miskept in POW camps, too.

      Cheers.

      Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
      michael567 (1928.80)

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  • How come so few pictures of 'Johnny Reb'?

    Posted Jun-16-2012 By 
    paulgoss (689.00)  

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