150th Fredericksburg Reenactment - Street to Street Fighting

A video of the "Fire on the Rappahannock" reenactment for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg. After crossing across the Rappahannock River on a pontoon bridge, the Union troops push through the town, driving back the Confederates with street to street fighting.
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[@markcharbonneau7529]

Reenactments are a great way to get the young people of our country into history . This is true to living history projects also

[@RH421939]

I got into it when I was 15 but only did it for 5 years but never stopped being interested in civil war history

[@jimm3093]

Great background using the historical buildings. The only anachronisms I could discern are the 6in AASHTO and ADA compliant curbs, bituminous asphalt pavement, and standard USDOT MUTCD striping and markings

[@dsmonington]

and the morbidly obese and/or geriatric soldiers

[@RealNigelThornberry]

If you look at the front of the Irish Brigade where the flag is, then look to the side and see the first drummer and then the fifer, I was the third drummer in that group. 10 years and a lifetime ago

[@DiscerningHistory]

Check out the Wikipedia page on the Battle of Fredericksburg. As TheHIV123 said the Federals captured the city of Fredericksburg, but in the main battle they were badly beaten by the Confederates.

[@CMDRFandragon]

"Dead' guys just have to lay there all still until the battle is over? Ooof....

[@amk4739]

I admire their dedication

[@mr.svenson3406]

There are typically several battles- and in this case it looked like it was a roving battle that took place in several locations, so the dead are free to rise again and rejoin ranks once the spectators have stopped looking.

[@JoshuaHorn]

It was played by the band at the reenactment. Not sure what it is, I would love to know!

[@Kevbing9825]

0:58 is that the American battlefield trust guy?

[@jeddkeech259]

cool reenactment.

[@user-sg3wp2qs2b]

Those guys are really good at playing dead... Didn't even move

[@PrinceChaloner]

Anyone know the tune that's playing?

[@bigdcd664]

actual I think there really was but you know that was some where around 130 years ago

[@TheHIV123]

Well the Union did push the rebels out of the city of Fredericksburg by about December 12th, and the main assault on Lee's positions didn't start till the 13th. So how is this inaccurate?

[@slippysnek9507]

Well its 2018 and its the 12th of december

[@studioGRAY10]

I was refering to the battle of fredricksburg.

[@felicerobertofontanive6795]

It seems so real

[@SvenskaKrig1709]

I did not know there was urban fight in the American Civil War.

[@thecivilwarhistorian]

This was actually one of the first instances of urban warfare in American military history.

[@TheHIV123]

Perhaps they were, but the reason the southern states seceded in the first place was so that they could continue to exercise their "right" to hold people in bondage. Additionally, while the average soldier often didn't own slaves, they frequently came from families that did, or their livelihood was based upon using slaves in some capacity. Therefore they had every bit as much reason to protect the institution of slavery as the rich did.

[@vincenzoriccardogusberti8748]

Yes, in a certain way they were perfectly aware of what they fought for, much more than unionist. Fact that this was in the end defending an enormous injustice is something we could say "ex post" but for them end of slavery was just an equivalent of economical ruin, both personal than collective.

[@TheHIV123]

@@vincenzoriccardogusberti8748 Sure, slavery was absolutely critical to the southern economy and way of life. Obviously at the time they saw the attacks on slavery as a great injustice inflicted upon them. While I acknowledge that from their perspective those things might be true, and perhaps if I had been in their shoes I maybe have felt the same, I don’t think we are today committing any injustice by recognizing that their caused sucked and was horrible and the world is a better place that they lost.

[@TheMauserGuy]

Yes thats true why they seceded although when the north began the invasion of the south very many men joined the ANV to protect Virginia and eventually invading the north.

[@rashadroberts2910]

Cod civil war

[@DJSbros]

Why so much firing into the sky?

[@kersey2734]

DJSbros It's for safety, the powder is dangerous if it touches your body

[@andrewp8284]

At the civil war reenactment I go to they seem to be further away from each other, and they don't seem to fire into the sky, so I assume that its something with the safety being so close in the video.

[@Masterwongsdeciple24]

As an re-enactor we have safety guide lines which prohibit us from aiming directly at anyone. Some times the powder clumps up and solidify its self and becomes a projectile. we have had mishaps due to this issue. There are some people who do aim directly at someone and we try to address the issue.

[@Masterwongsdeciple24]

yeah, at my last reenactment, a guy got blasted in the face with a blank and now has black freckles.

[@ethanwhite2880]

Birds looked at them funny

[@TheHIV123]

Yes, yes it was. The right that the states desired was that of slavery. Just look at the various state secession convention documents, nearly all of them mention slavery in the first paragraph, and a few even the first sentence. At its root the war was mostly about tensions between the North and South over slavery.

[@codesword2598]

Lie to yourself and others further. History is known to be written by the winners. And often, they shamelessly lie about the reasons for the war.

[@vincenzoriccardogusberti8748]

@@codesword2598 Not, just for them, both common farmer or big planter, end of slavery was equivalent to a complete economical ruin.In fact Southern States was destroyed by this and have to completely being reshaped. I personally found much more morally damnable the racial segregation and the Crow's Laws than happened in such successive period than defence of slavery as this was something that stemmed directly from racism and just exacerbated it.

[@sugaashow]

Slavery would’ve been dead in the south in another decade if that war was never fought. This war was about states rights vs that of the federal government.

[@sugaashow]

@@vincenzoriccardogusberti8748 stop lying. all slavery did was stifle free enterprise. the economy literally boomed when slavery was killed, north and south.

[@TheHIV123]

@@codesword2598 lol, irony so thick you could cut it with a knife.

[@TheMauserGuy]

He was talking about Fredericksburg, not the whole war.

[@gavinsancartier3696]

Rebel yelllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@studioGRAY10]

keyword WIKIPEDIA

[@TheMauserGuy]

Not really. The only people that had slaves were the rich officers and politicians. The normal confederate soldier was fighting to protect their homeland.

[@gabrielegenota1480]

Isnt their homeland the "United States" lmao. Why would the United States invade their "Homeland" for no reason

[@studioGRAY10]

HIV seems to need a history lesson.

[@jimm3093]

No, just a shot of penicillin and to remember to wrap it up next time

[@henrico7962]

good to see the union actually taking “hits” lol

[@lonleybeer]

The soldiers weren't that fat at the time lo XDDD

[@lonleybeer]

Pvt Marquise Hollis Hmm yeah but i'm pretty sure the weren't that fat.

[@lonleybeer]

Pvt Marquise Hollis XD #TheMoreYouKnow

[@lonleybeer]

***** Must explain a lot why the lost xD

[@xxNikos88xx]

USA is full with fat people...

[@tropicaldoodad]

Indeed. A couple of those Rebs look like they ate a whole platoon's ration of bacon. That one dude could even find a belt big enough. They don't make cows that long.

[@studioGRAY10]

This is so historically accurate. Its not like the rebels crushed the yankees and claimed victory. Oh wait, they did.