A few days ago I came across this very well written article about the experiences of battle and how it looked from the soldiers perspective The article gives many first-hand accounts such as ''The Experience of Being Shot'', ''Agony of the Wounded '' and ''The Wallop of “Spent” Bullets'' Just to name a few in the article.
From my point of view, this brings a new aspect to of how the battle deaths and wounded need to be portrayed in reenactments or in this case ''War of Rights ''
Yes I know some of the stuff in the article would be hard to put in the game yet a lot of it can most certainly be placed in game time will tell. Anyway enjoy the article !!!
“HOWLING DERVISHES DANCING AND KICKING
AROUND IN OUR RANKS”
The Behavior of Soldiers Wounded in Battle
by Kevin O’Beirne
Despite its morbid nature, people are fascinated by the topic of Civil
War battle casualties: statistics, photographs of the slain, and soldier
accounts of casualties and—indeed—of what it was like to be shot.
The latter is the focus of this article, which attempts to answer the
question, How did solders behave when they were wounded in battle?
For better or worse, reenactments of battles are important to the
reenacting hobby—both for participants and spectators.
While there is strong debate in some quarters about whether “battles” should be
presented at all (apparently due to their inherently inaccurate nature
and tendency to promote mock heroics), they will undoubtedly remain
a big part of reenacting for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the
depiction of casualties is an important and delicate subject.
This essay presents the results of historical research on wounded
soldiers, together with recommendations on how reenactors should
portray casualties in “battle” scenarios.
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Within it the article it explains the horrors of war in with very precise detail
this is well worth the time to read it.
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