American Civil War reenactment

Confederate reenactors fire their rifles during a reenactment of the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 2008.
Confederate artillery reenactors fire on Union infantry reenactors during a Battle of Chickamauga reenactment in Danville, Illinois.

American Civil War reenactment is an effort to recreate the appearance of a particular battle or other event associated with the American Civil War by hobbyists known (in the United States) as Civil War reenactors, or living historians.

Although most common in the United States, there are also American Civil War reenactors in Canada, the United Kingdom,[1] Germany,[2] Australia,[3] Italy,[4] Denmark,[5] Sweden, and Poland.[6]

  1. ^ "The American Civil War Society" (PDF). ACWS Ltd. Retrieved 2014-09-24. More than 45,000 British citizens served during the American Civil War.
  2. ^ "WBTS Forum". WBTS-forum.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
  3. ^ "62nd New York 'Anderson Zouaves' American Civil War Reenactment". The 62nd. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
  4. ^ "Who We Are". 14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment and Company. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
  5. ^ "American Civil War Reenactors of Denmark". Archived from the original on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  6. ^ "58th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment". Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-09-12.

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