"In every part of the country almost every weekend of the year, participants [learn first-hand] ... how a soldier felt charging across grass into battle, down to what he ate at the campfire before forcing sleep to come while lying on a hard earthen floor." Americans have been staging mock Civil War battles since (believe it or not) 1861. But in these politically and socially contentious times, the practice has become - well, somewhat fraught.
Article source here:Arts Journal
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