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Well, you've answered what we have to do, where we have to do it and when we have to do it. You simply left out the part about how much money we get for doing it. SAG rates for extras?

One of the facts supporting the lack of hobnailed shoes is the rate at which they broke down. They seem to last for three months marching, whether you own the shoes for three years or 20 years: When...

I continue to be amazed at the amount of information coming out in advance of this event, and the accuracy with which the permit approval process is described. Y'all might not like to watch sausage...

OK, reenacting got me into a ballet 20 years ago. Now that I've stopped having nightmares about that, I get to be the master of ceremonies at a Victorian tea/fashion show, complete with describing...

So it is essentially early marketing targeting perceived demographics that had an interest in the different characteristics of each weapon, plus some positive branding with name (Navy, Army) implying...

We've had discussions before about officers carrying rifles, but it included the idea that carrying a rifle was, like smaller rank insignia, a way to avoid becoming a more valuable target, not...

Goat, at a Bentonville reenactment. Chickens at several. And we butchered whole steers at least twice that I can remember, half the cow went Confederate, half went Federal and after it was brought...

Depends on the event, Hikan. Some stress authenticity in all things, including food. Others, not so much. The easiest way to tell is to look at the event regulations and check the history of the...

That was a good read.

Reenactors can sometimes be as bad as seventh graders in trying to outdo each other with titillating insider, in-the-know gossip that turns out to be flat wrong. Thanks for the update, Bill.

Women in the ranks is a tired old issue. You're not just flogging a dead horse, you're digging up a dead horse and expecting it to carry your story.

I can't imagine anyone approaching writing...

Who on earth steals a fence? And how could they do it without being seen by some of the neighbors? Or was it some of the neighbors??

But good for Brad. I'm glad someone made us aware of his...

"I know nothing about this faction of society,"

Then you really have no business writing about it.

"Regardless whether there is one Gettysburg event or two, there was always going to be a Gettysburg event on the schedule that was going to be "a repeat of the horrendous Sharpsburg event". That's...

There was also a night assault in the Western Theatre, Longstreet's men, Jenkins' brigade and some others, at the Wauhatchie west of Lookout Mountain. They pretty much surprised what they thought was...

You'll have to check further, but I believe the Confederate counterattack on Fort Harrison/Chaffin's Farm Sept. 1864 might qualify. I am not sure whether the counterattack to retake the position was...

Oh golly Eric coined a wonderful new phrase that sums up what everyone has been feeling about a paradigm shift: "the new mainstream." "The New Mainstream." The thing most reenactors are now doing,...

"I don't understand the attitudes of the Sgt who got in my face over stupid canteen covers. Please help me to understand."

You got the Galileo moment. Here are these people teaching about the...

"I think the reason the battles kind of sucked was that it is too many egos involved"

That's one reason, but here's the thing: Don't keep going to the same type events and expect things to be...

Like a lot of folks, I'm torn between wanting to share the experiences of history-heavy reenacting with outsiders and not wanting to ruin the experience of participants by taking modern photos, and...

I'm really trying to get more. :-) Even the frauds and mistakes are interesting. Unfortunately the artifact is remote from me and my contact hasn't yet sent me more than the teasing information we...

And speculation is welcome. This is greenlight time for far-out possibilities, even though I strongly suspect that "manufactured in 1926 and foisted on the museum in 1933 by the grandson of a man...

OK, doing preliminary scouting to help a museum figure out what the thing they brought up out of some dusty niche is: A confederate flag with "USS Merrimac" on it. (Not sure what spelling they...

What Bob said: The Confederate dead in the cornfield were epic. Never have I seen so many men put so much into looking dead. :-) Draped over fences, wrapped in agony around fenceposts, eyes open...

And John J, thanks, this was an enjoyable puzzle for all of us. Especially since we knew the answer. :-)