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Not too long ago I had an opportunity to attend a Civil War Reenactment. I had never been to one and to be honest I was a little leery of the event. However, I walked away with a different perspective of the entire reenactment movement.

What I thought was just a bunch of adults playing dress up was actually a real history lesson. We all know from history class what the Civil War was about, but do we know what is was like to be an average soldier on either side? The marching, the weight of the field packs, cooking in the field and sleeping on the ground are all components of the soldier's daily routine. Without experiencing this how could anybody truly understand their life and plight?

I started with an air of superiority but I left with a feeling of envy. I still had a good time making fun of certain occurrences such as the Calvary man that kept riding up and down the field swinging his saber wildly threatening to give everyone the "Shimy." He needed to come up with another line or two. After about the sixth time of him threatening to give out a "Shimy" it got a little old. The firing of the cannon was also a memorable event. Mostly because the ball of tin foil they had stuffed into the front of the cannon to hold the charge in place had unexpectedly flown into the crowd of spectators. A minor panic ensued as people scattered to avoid the tin foil cannon ball. These events and others added life to the event and was good fodder for stories.

During the reenactment I wandered around the camp talking to re-enactors who were playing the roles of soldiers, mothers, wives, merchants and whole host of other roles. I learned a lot about the Civil War from these actors. I also smelled the smells of camp, saw the look of people that had slept on the ground and woke up to a cold damp morning, I saw them working on their camp fires and I saw how long it really took to cook a meal without all our current conveniences. In fact, I learned more interesting stuff from them in one afternoon than I had in my high school history class.

As I said, I left the event a little envious of these people. The have a better feel for the life in that period than can be surmised from a whole library of books. If I ever become a true history buff, I too will participate in such events. It won't matter whether I get the chance to portray a revolutionary re-enactor, a cowboy driving cattle across the plains or a Civil War re-enactor. Moreover, I think it should be a requirement for anyone who seriously studies history. I guess it all goes back to that old Chinese saying about walking a mile in another man's shoes.

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