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Originally Posted by Armistead
You're right, our civil war reenactment group took part of the movie. I certainly wasn't Armistead in the movie, got that nickname from my group during a reenactment when I ran my sword through my hat.
Being a fan of civil war history, I got chills when we all marched for the union center....the cannon fire was amazing. It actually felt spooky, like reliving something glorious, yet terrible. Probably one of the best days of my life, over 17,000 men in uniform having a ball.
"Tell Hill he must come up. Strike the tent." Robert E. Lee.
Forward! For God's sake, Forward!" John Reynolds {leading the Iron Brigade at Gettysburg"
"Water." ...U. S. Grant.
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I have another good friend who was in that film; he appears onscreen behind Lee (mounted on horseback) early in the film, and is in that terrible, glorious charge near the end. If only I moved to where I am now fifteen years earlier than I did.