Who says just southerners like to reenact the Civil War? People up here reenact just about anything, and this summer they got a few new recruits.
The Civil War came to Minnesota this week, courtesy the 5th Minnesota regiment and a group of campers eager to drill, march, use a bayonet, eat hardtack, and follow orders. Civil War camp has been a popular camp for the past few summers out at The Landing, and this year there were boys and girls from several different nationalities donning the Union blue.
The culmination of the week came when a band of rowdy rebels was spotted during a march. The group got to pursue, and of course capture the far-outnumbered Johnny Rebs in an exciting battle complete with gunfire and a bayonet charge.
Here they are marching away with the captured prisioners, and later during a prisioner exchange.
I got to watch the whole ordeal, and it was pretty entertaining. No wonder they got the Rebs so easily--they were from Mississippi.
3 comments:
Did you break out in a cold sweat thinking you had fallen asleep and awakened in Mansfield?
ouAnd they think it's just a southern thing... I never checked out Mansfield. I can only imagine.
Looks like the South is ready for a rematch.
http://talesofabigwheelchamp.blogspot.com/2008/06/south-shall-rise-againas-long-as-it.html
If those Yankees need some reinforcements, I'd be happy to drive over...
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