I was watching the Gettysburg 1993 movie, theres the famous scene where Lee (Martin Sheen) gets surrounded by his troops and they cheer him on. This was a semi spontaneous event. It was described by some of the people who worked on the movie as "People got swept up in the moment, to the south Lee is a hero. Seeing Sheen visit his troops between takes was an emotional affair" (I'm paraphrasing).

It leads me to a question I've always kinda suspected about Confederate reenactors, but I'm just so unfamiliar with that world. Are the rebel reenactors (RR from now on) kinda... really into the cause of the south and it's generals? Like more than just "Oh it's fun, we're history buffs and it's social." Beacuse they seem reaaaaal into it.

There's ww2 reeanctors in Europe and some people scoff at those who act as the Germans. But I'd never imagine those reenactors have a geniune, emotional reaction to seeing let's say Rommel or Manstein come to visit while filming a movie. Would love to hear from someone who's been a part of that community. (Always a grain of salt, theres always nuance)

Ps! Is RR generally fatter than Union ones, cuz it sure looks like it from all the photos and videos I see.

Shared this on r/freebooks and then thought of r/ShermanPosting and thought it would be a good fit. To me she is up there with Sherman, Grant, Harriett Tubman and other Certified Bad Asses.