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Civil War Reenactors Aren’t Just Play-Acting. They Expect a War.

On the last day of summer, in central Virginia, a battalion of Confederate soldiers marches in orderly ranks onto the field sloping down to Sailor’s Creek. A smaller force of Federals already holds ...
The Atlantic

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Be a Reenactor

Benedict Arnold had been growing hunkier all afternoon. Incarnated, at the moment, by Cameron Green, the director of interpretation at historic Fort Ticonderoga, Arnold had spent much of this May ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Don't know much about 1812? In Ogdensburg, war reenactors keep the history alive

About a hundred history enthusiasts took muskets, cannons and uniforms to the streets of Ogdensburg on Feb. 17 to reenact the battle fought there during the War of 1812. Lucy Grindon'We're a community ...
Daily Herald

From Civil War Reenactor to Daughters of the American Revolution

Libertyville’s Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, first met the McGlades at a book signing hosted by the village of Wadsworth. Diana Dretske, curator ...
The Washington Post

Civil War Reenactor Doctor Goes Back to a Painful Time

Jason Grabill stood in the parlor of his Frederick County house, demonstrating how he would amputate an arm. Gripping a reporter's left elbow, he was transformed from a Brunswick police officer to a ...