The Goat Pen

I'm in North Carolina now Nags Head. Lovely evening breezy and nice. I participated this past weekend in the National Reenactment of the Battle of Bull Run/Mannasass. Which will be the first of Civil War 150th anniverary events. Great event but hotter than hell. Now I can relax and fish on the Outer Banks.

A Yankee in Nags Head? Who would have thought?

Jesus, you guys actually dressed up in Civil War regalia in Manassas last weekend? That sounds like a line from a Bad Idea Jeans commercial.

Laugh all you want, Chuck, but if heros like Fifer didn't sweat there asses off fake fighting fake battles, you wouldn't have the fake freedoms you so fake enjoy today, damn it!

How can a soccer fag make fun of anybody?

was it the first battle of bull run or 2nd?

I don't get the "now I can relax" part

I thought that play date civil war stuff is what you did to relax

Ron Mexico wrote:Jesus, you guys actually dressed up in Civil War regalia in Manassas last weekend? That sounds like a line from a Bad Idea Jeans commercial.

Yep, wool uniforms and all. Crowds were huge inspite of the heat. Fortunately they made the main show battles in the morning. The afternoon was unbearable. Nothing to do but roast. I played it smart, changed clothes and got the hell out of there and didn't come back till after dark. Left right after the battle Sunday.

Saint wrote:was it the first battle of bull run or 2nd?

The First Battle of Bull Run took place on Sunday July 21, 1861. This event commemerated the 150th Aniversary. 2nd Bull Run took place on the same ground a year later on August 30, 1862. Both were Confederate victories.

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The dude looks like he might eat your children.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/uc/2011/07/ ... incinnati/

Actually he kinda looks like that actor, you know the dude who played one of the gunslingers in Sam Raimi's "The Quick and the Dead". You know who I mean. Keith David! See, I looked it up myself, no thanks to you.

you in there FIfer?

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/civil-war- ... slideshow/

I don't see no fucking fife.

[spoiler=]The North won[/spoiler]

heh

Fifer wrote:

Ron Mexico wrote:Jesus, you guys actually dressed up in Civil War regalia in Manassas last weekend? That sounds like a line from a Bad Idea Jeans commercial.

Yep, wool uniforms and all. Crowds were huge inspite of the heat. Fortunately they made the main show battles in the morning. The afternoon was unbearable. Nothing to do but roast. I played it smart, changed clothes and got the hell out of there and didn't come back till after dark. Left right after the battle Sunday.

I'm honestly a little bit surprised that no one died out there Saturday in those wool outfits. I guess it was a small stroke of luck that Sunday was slightly cooler, as opposed to Friday which was even worse than Saturday. In any case you guys are freaking dedicated to go out in that weather.

How many soldiers in the actual 1st Bull Run died of heat stroke?

Well, to be fair, they probably weighed at least 25% less than the re-enactors.

TheBigMook wrote:Well, to be fair, they probably weighed at least 25% less than the re-enactors.

You got that right, younger too. ATM I couldn't tell you how many died of heatstroke that day I'm sure it was several dozen. Inspite of that casualties were actually lite in that battle, compared to the bloodbaths later in the war. They hadn't learned how to kill each other at that point

Ron Mexico wrote:

Fifer wrote:

Ron Mexico wrote:Jesus, you guys actually dressed up in Civil War regalia in Manassas last weekend? That sounds like a line from a Bad Idea Jeans commercial.

Yep, wool uniforms and all. Crowds were huge inspite of the heat. Fortunately they made the main show battles in the morning. The afternoon was unbearable. Nothing to do but roast. I played it smart, changed clothes and got the hell out of there and didn't come back till after dark. Left right after the battle Sunday.

I'm honestly a little bit surprised that no one died out there Saturday in those wool outfits. I guess it was a small stroke of luck that Sunday was slightly cooler, as opposed to Friday which was even worse than Saturday. In any case you guys are freaking dedicated to go out in that weather.

What can I say other than the show must go on. We don't often get to do this on a national event basis with a cast of thousands, so most don't pass up the opportunity no matter what the weather.