The Civil War

Four score and several days ago Lorri and I went to a Civil War battle  re-enactment and ran smack into the old emancipator himself! For being nearly 200 years old, he was looking pretty good. We chatted for a while and then went to see Jefferson Davis, the other Civil War president.

This is Jeff Davis. He's looking pretty good too - quite the southern gentleman.

The Battle

We arrived at the battlegrounds just before the carnage began. Here the southern forces are lining up to fire their first volley.

The spectators were excited. The young lasses on the left were sticking close together on the sidelines. Lorri is asking "now tell me again who wore blue and who wore gray?"

The battle begins.

It was a see-saw affair with neither side gaining an advantage until the South brought in reinforcements.

I must say, it was really loud. It was really loud.

Finally the Rebels overran the Yanks, leaving the poor boys in blue strewn about the field.

Afterward, they all got up and shook hands and headed back to camp for a few pints of ale or perhaps some lemonade.

Here are a few scenes from the encampment.

Later, after we had a couple hot dogs and a coke, we spotted these Union soldiers heading back out to the field for the 2:30 battle.

We didn't stay to see it, but I'm guessing the North was victorious in the end.