Fredericksburg 150th Reenactment Video

Here are two videos from the Fredericksburg reenactment last weekend! Read my posts on the history of the battle on my other blog.

Fredericksburg 150th Reenactment Pictures

Fredericksburg

Today is the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War. Last weekend I went with Stephen Breagy to a reenactment of the battle on the actual ground. Pictures are below, and you can watch the videos here. Also see posts about the battle throughout the day on my Civil War blog.

 

Union forming in the street

(L to R) James Longstreet, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, JEB Stuart and Stuart's aide to camp

Confederates behind the stone wall

Confederate cannon

Crowd watching the battle

Union casualties

Lee Takes Command Reenactment

Last weekend we went to a Civil War Reenactment in Pennsylvania. Called Lee Takes Command, it was a reenactment of the Seven Days Battles around Richmond. We were shooting video of it for Discerning History, our video series. Here is footage from the battle of Seven Pines:



And here is the Confederate breakthrough at Gaines Mill

Civil War Tour - Battle of Bloody Lane

A clip from the traditional yearly "reenactment" from the tour. Here are some pictures as well:

Civil War Tour - Day 5

On Day 5 we visited Sharpsburg Battlefield in Maryland. Although it was rainy, it was really great to be able to see the landscape and locations that were important in this battle, the bloodiest day in American History. The landscape remains pretty much unchanged from 1862.

One fun part was our small "reenactment" of the boys against the men at the Sunken Road. Check back soon for a video of that.

The boys gathering to march to the Bloody Cornfield

Men prepare for Battle

Leading the troops forward

Burnside's Bridge

Speaking at Burnside's Bridge

Listening to Talks

New Market Reenactment

New Market Reenactment from Joshua Horn on Vimeo.

Last Saturday we went to the reenactment of the battle of New Market. Above is a short clip of some video we took there.

Living History

Historic House in New Market

 

Plymouth Civil War Reenactment

On April 30th we drove to Plymouth, NC to film a Civil War Reenactment, which included a 3/8 scale replica of an ironclad ship, the C.S.S. Albemarle. In the original battle, the Confederate troops were trying to capture the Union forts, with the aid of the Albemarle. At first the land attack was failing because the troops were being bombarded from Union gunboats in the river. They sent the C.S.S. Albemarle down the river to drive off the gunboats and help to capture the forts. The Unions tried to trap the Albemarle by tying chains between the U.S.S. Miami and the U.S.S. Southfield. The Confederate ram turned and rammed the U.S.S. Southfield. The Southfield began to sink, and the Albemarle began to sink too because her bow stuck into the side of the Southfield. When the Southfield struck the bottom, providentially she rolled, which released the bow of the Albemarle, just as the water began pouring in. The Miami fired a point blank shell round at the Albemarle, but it bounced of her iron plating and exploded, killing the Miami's commander, Captain Charles Flusser. The Miami's crew attempted to board the Albemarle, but were driven back by musket fire. The Miami then untangled herself from the Southfield and escaped into the Albemarle Sound. With the river cleared of enemy ships, the Albemarle helped to bombard the forts,which were captured by the Confederates. Six months later, the Albemarle was sunk at night in her dock by a steam launch armed with a spar torpedo.

The C.S.S. Albemarle

A replica of one of the launches armed with torpedoes that sunk the C.S.S. Albemarle

The Albemarle firing one of her cannons

Union reenactors

Union Reenactors firing

Confederate reenactors firing

A Cannon

Joshua filming with our camera

A Confederate Battle flag in front of a tent

Washington Tour - Charge at Yorktown

Here the boys charge the men at Redoubt No. 9 on Yorktown battlefield.

Washington Tour - Day 6

The first thing we went to on Day 6 was Yorktown. We walked to Redoubts 9 and 10, and Joshua talked about the battle and the importance of capturing them. After that we drilled the boys into a company so that we could charge the "British" and capture the redoubt. The "British" were the fathers on the tour. After Yorktown we went to Surrender Field. We did not get any pictures of Surrender Field, because our camera's memory card was full. After that we had our closing lunch at Golden Corral, where Joshua talked about the rest of the War for American Independence after Yorktown.

Joshua speaking about the Battle of Yorktown

The boys marching towards the redoubt

The Charge

The battle re-enactment, where the Americans were victorious