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Comments on: A Rant https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505 Bringing obscurity into focus Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22 By: Arthur B. Fox https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505&cpage=1#comment-36293 Tue, 05 May 2009 14:38:31 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505#comment-36293 I will say the World War II films, of late – especially Band of Brothers about the 101st airborne, was as realistic as they could get on film. It does Not in the least glorify war, and the acting is terrific in my opinion. Although I am a Civil War author, I don’t have an interest in reinacting, but those guys are very knowledgeable and dedicated.

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By: Chris Evans https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505&cpage=1#comment-36289 Mon, 04 May 2009 14:19:15 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505#comment-36289 There are plenty of Vietnam reenactors on the web just google it. I don’t really know what to think on 20th century war reenactors. But past wars especially 19th century and earlier ,I believe, reenactors can be helpful. A person is able to see what a Civil War uniform looks like on a real person and see how artillery and musketry are loaded and worked. It is a hobby for people and I don’t think it always has to be put down. Their should be a Civil War movie that depicts the carnage of battle correctly but even that would not come close to the real thing. But the Civil War as horrible as it was is much different than 20th century conflicts. People went into battle waving flags and riding horses and wearing colorful uniforms and they didn’t march into waves of machine gun fire. This war has a different element to it that I think only the Napoleonic wars can compare in colorfulness.
Thanks,
Chris

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By: Kent Dorr https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505&cpage=1#comment-36286 Mon, 04 May 2009 02:46:45 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505#comment-36286 I was at the show helping man our SUVCW Mansfield Camp table and most of the comments I heard were positive about adding the newer conflicts to the show. I can tell you that for whatever reason attendance on Sat alone in 2009 was higher that both days combined in 2008. Vendor attendance as well had been declining until this year. The building where the bulk of the WWII stuff was this year wasnt even open last year due to lack of vendors. I do agree that a change in name of the show should reflect the addition of later wars.

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By: dan https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505&cpage=1#comment-36285 Sun, 03 May 2009 22:27:38 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505#comment-36285 I’ve always found reenacting strange. When will have Vietnam War reenactors, or Somali “Black Hawk Down” reenactors? How about Operation Desert Storm folks? I’ve been to several CW reenactments and the casualties always died “clean”. I don’t blame them, the uniforms are expensive. But it’s not real. And it tends to give a more romanticised portrayal of an ultraviolent and horrific event. Battle is messing and disgusting. Reenactments are not. When the Vietnam War reenactors come to town, I will not be in attendance.

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By: Mike Peters https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505&cpage=1#comment-36277 Sun, 03 May 2009 14:27:27 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505#comment-36277 Dave,

Bruce took some of my CW money for a JEB Stuart Horse Artillery book and a Morgan’s Raid reference. Would have been more if he still had the Arthur MacArthur bio.

Mike Peters

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By: Scott Mingus https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505&cpage=1#comment-36276 Sun, 03 May 2009 13:45:24 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505#comment-36276 We see the same thing in the miniature wargaming hobby – lots of WWII gaming these days, and the most popular new rules set over the past 4-5 years is Flames of War, a WWII set. In recent shows, there are perhaps 10 times as many WWII games being played than Civil War.

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By: Paul Taylor https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505&cpage=1#comment-36275 Sun, 03 May 2009 13:44:11 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505#comment-36275 Dave – I hear the same thing from dealers I know – though everyone hopes a properly promoted and marketed sesquicentennial will change things. We’ll see…

Paul

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By: Dave Powell https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505&cpage=1#comment-36274 Sun, 03 May 2009 11:14:07 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505#comment-36274 You’re not familiar with the 101st’s brilliant defense of Chattanooga in 1863, when they were isolated until Grant relieved them?

I believe they told Bragg “Nuts”

One of my favorite book Dealers, Bruce Herrick from Hooked on History (http://www.hookedonhistory.com/) is local, and I visit with him from time to time. He makes all the shows, and has always gone to Mansfield.

He tells me that in general, his WWII stuff is selling more and his ACW stuff less, and he’s also getting a number of ACW collections offered to him as people weed out their own shelves.

Sign o’ the times, perhaps…

Dave Powell

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By: Mike Peters https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505&cpage=1#comment-36272 Sun, 03 May 2009 04:27:07 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505#comment-36272 Eric,

Yeah it was strange seeing all the 101st Airborne reenactors.

Mike Peters

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By: Chris Evans https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505&cpage=1#comment-36270 Sat, 02 May 2009 21:46:30 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1505#comment-36270 It seems that some of World War II popularity to students of military is starting to crowd the Civil War field a bit. There are huge shelves of books on World War II at the major book outlets especially compared to books on the Civil War. I like studying both but agree when you call something ‘Civil War show’ that it should not be ‘Civil War and World War II show’. It must have something to do with the amount of movies and popular books that have come out relatively recently and that the veterans are dying out that has given rise to increased attention to the popularity of items on World War II. That’s just my opinion.
Thanks for the interesting rant,
Chris

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