The american Civil War.
The southern side of the U.S back then was for slavery, however the northern side was against it. The American civil war started 1861 because the people in the northern part of America were tired of slavery and the southern side wanted to continue it

Hairstyles
I based my hairstyle loosely on this guy: (Taken from the picture of the Richmond Grays we've probably all seen.) Mine is longer obviously. But I'm curious as to what my options are. When I see pictures, I always look at the hairstyles, but

Book: Civil War Woodworking, A.J. Hamler
Here is a great reenactor book, well put together, very authentic, and I want two of everything in the book. Civil War Woodworking Author: A.J. Hamler ISBN: 978-1-933502-28-1 date: 2009 every project shown in this book has several origina

YouTube Civil War Thread
Thought it might be fun for people to post good Civil War YouTube videos (kind of like getting them in one easy to find spot). I will start with one of me wounded at Minooka. Hope you can stomach bloody lung wounds.

Wauconda Civil War Days, IL - 2009
Every so often during a season I am forced to wonder why many of the reenactors that go to these events are there? What is their motivation for dressing in the hot wool uniform and sleeping on the ground and running around a dangerous battlefield (even

Civil War Reenactors Are NOT Refighting the War
I am able to put up with a lot of stupid comments, but one thing that always gets to me is this idea that Civil War reenactments only happen in the south and that they are only put on so that the south can refight a war that it lost -- the words GET OVER

farby women every where
This is driving me crazy. there is a unit i once was a part of that has dressed and acrutered one women (who is but ugly and annoying) and had her go on the field with no jacket or correct shoes. (federal by the way) and this just looked terable because

Joliet Civil War Days 2010
While having already participated in about five events this year, Joliet was the Orphan Boys first real Civil War reenactment where we got to portray our standard mid war western confederate unit, which, naturally, made all of us incredibly excited.

"Fields of Valor" aka Civil War 3D - What Did You Think
Many of us saw the first episode of "Fields of Valor" last night. It was a Civil War program many reenactors in the area worked on, and which many debated about on whether it was going to be good or bad. Now that it has aired what are people's thoughts.

Casting call in Chicago for Towers Productions 3D Civil War television special
From the production company behind specials and episodes and for such shows as WEtv's "Girl Meets Cowboy" and "High School Confidential," Biography channel's "Mobsters," among many others - comes a new four-hour television

Spiritualism during the Civil War... the dead soldiers retur
Very interesting piece I would like to see the Banner of Light editions http://civilwartalk.com/forums/civil-war-history-general-discussion/35390-spiritualism-during-civil-war-dead-soldiers-return.html

Civil War Recipes
Anyone have any good campfire recipes for Civil War soldiers. Cooking seems to be a huge attraction at reenactments but far too often the people putting on the cooking demonstrations don't do a very good job (some even have modern items or use stainless

Some Really Bad Civil War Movies Coming Out!
I hate to have to bring this trailer to everyones attention but . . . well, words can’t describe how bad this movie is going to be, you just have to watch the trailer and see. Keep a close eye on the mustache in the first few seconds that has been glued

Civil War Reenacting News Story CNN
Here is a news story about a Civil War reenacting that was on the CNN website. Nice little story. As always, however, the comments at the end will drive you crazy. Typical 'they only reenact because they can't get over that they lost' and 'when will th

When Reenactors Don’t Know Civil War History
All of us have voiced complaints over how little is known about the Civil War by the American public, but now lets shift focus a bit and talk about those reenactors we have all seen who also don’t know much about the Civil War themselves, reenactors who