Patrocles Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Interesting story from MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27372438/?GT1=43001 intro... Civil War-style CSI: Who shot the re-enactor? Man portraying Union soldier injured; Confederate actor to blame? Associated Press updated 11:40 a.m. CT, Sat., Oct. 25, 2008 RICHMOND, Va. - In the passionate world of Civil War re-enactors, authenticity is everything — from uniforms with historically correct stitching to hardtack made from scratch. A battle re-enactment last month pushed realism to the limits: A retired New York City police officer portraying a Union soldier for a documentary film was shot in the shoulder, possibly by a Confederate re-enactor. The shooting sent the 73-year-old to the hospital and left the Isle of Wight Sheriff's Office in rural southeastern Virginia with a Civil War-style CSI case. Investigators used film to piece together what happened and have narrowed a suspect to one re-enactor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Did they treat him with Civil War era medicine? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Yeah they lopped his arm off just in case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Good, good. It's important not to lose the immersion factor. Authenticity always. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSColonel_131st Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I always thought that if I wanted to shoot a reenactor, it must be pretty darn impossible to find out who of the 30 or more riflemen actually had a ball loaded when the salvo falls. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I think the giveaway is the ramrod that followed the musketball : ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I think the giveaway is the ramrod that followed the musketball : ) I suppose that could happen, but I would expect it to be more likely that the ramrod would precede the ball. BTW, I read somewhere a couple of years ago that after the battle of Gettysburg, unfired muskets were discovered on the field with as many as six or seven charges of powder and shot in them. A sign of nervousness perhaps? With that much powder packed in, maybe just as well that they weren't fired. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runyan99 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 They say the overloaded muskets were the result of nervousness, but personally I cannot imagine being too nervous to fire. I'd want to fire more than anything. I suspect in a religious time, many of the men were uncomfortable killing on the battlefield, and perhaps loaded and loaded so as to appear as to be doing their job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 "possibly by a Confederate re-enactor" Possibly? Er, do they re-enact fraggings too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Viljuri Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Obviously this Johnny Reb gets his name placed on a Confederate Army Roll of Honor, wildly bashing something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runyan99 Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 The last reenactment I went to had a sign that said 'no Confederate walk-ons". If anybody was going to be sloppy and show up with a loaded pistol it would probably be some loner Confederate who wasn't part of a unit and wasn't too careful about what might be in his weapons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 This calls to mind something... I'm a big fan of the author Neal Stephenson, his book "Cryptonomicon" is one of my fav's of all-time. Anyhow, I believe it's in Cryptonomicon where he wrote something about the main character finds his friend not just merely drunk, but "at the level of drunkenness a Civil war solider might reach prior to having an infected limb sawed off with no anaesthetic" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Many years ago I recall seeing something on the box about confederate folks who seemed to have a bit of a grudge....something about how they had machineguns for the next time.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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