{"id":575,"date":"2010-01-08T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nellaware.com\/blog\/civil-war-re-enacters-settle-battle.html"},"modified":"2010-11-24T16:11:23","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T21:11:23","slug":"civil-war-re-enactors-settle-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nellaware.com\/blog\/civil-war-re-enactors-settle-battle.html","title":{"rendered":"Civil War Re-enactors Settle Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Civil War Re-enactors Fight Results in a Draw<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I have to include this post, because the story is bizarre.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Associated Press reports a judge on January 6, 2010 found two Civil War re-enactors (a Johnny Reb and a Billy Yank) not guilty of assault. Seems the two were involved in a re-enactment of the Battle of Stanardsville when their re-enacting became too realistic.<\/p>\n

The two were re-enacting as cavalry officers, and Johnny Reb claims Billy Yank knocked his hat off. Johnny Reb then responded by firing his revolver at Billy Yank. Although the revolver had a blank round, Billy Yank was injured. Then the two went on to feed the lawyers.<\/p>\n

Here is The Associated Press report:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

VIRGINIA<\/strong>
\nRe-enactors’ spat settled in court<\/strong><\/p>\n

STANARDSVILLE – <\/strong>A judge says it’s a draw between two Union and Confederate re-enactors who got into a tussle on the battlefield.<\/span><\/p>\n

A judge found each man not guilty of assault on Wednesday after they pressed charges against each other over the dispute last September.<\/span><\/p>\n

The men were playing cavalry officers in a re-enactment of the Battle of Stanardsville. The Confederate re-enactor claims his Union counterpart knocked his hat off.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Confederate was accused of responding by firing a blank round from his revolver and injuring the Union re-enactor.<\/span>
\nThe Associated Press<\/p>\n

I’m a fan of Civil War re-enactors. I appreciate and enjoy how they strive to bring history alive for us. If you ever get a chance to see a Civil War battle re-enactment, do it. But, I have to say in my point of view, these two Civil War re-enactors are nuts. To put it in 1800s terms; these two guys are crazy as loons<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To add some actual Civil War history value to this post:<\/h3>\n

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\nThe Battle of Stanardsville was fought on March 1, 1864 when cavalry led by Union General George Armstrong Custer fought with a brigade of J.E.B Stuart’s Confederate cavalry at Stanardsville, Virginia, near the South River.<\/p>\n

The cavalry fight included charges with sabers clanging at each other, followed by counter-charges and more saber clanging. Custer wound up retreating across the South River at Banks Ford, and then heading north to Culpeper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A judge says it’s a draw between two Union and Confederate re-enactors who got into a tussle on the battlefield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,106,74,9,45,29,120,1,8,13],"tags":[122,121,196],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-32","category-after-war","category-battles","category-confederate","category-horses","category-other","category-reenacting","category-uncategorized","category-union","category-virginia","tag-cavalry","tag-civil-war-re-enactors","tag-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t