WTF: Union Soldier Shot at Reenactment
And apparently, it's happened before:
"'These things happen,' said Kay Jorgensen, editor of Civil War News, a Vermont monthly reporting historical happenings and preservation efforts. In 1998, a re-enactor was shot in the neck at a 135th anniversary event at Gettysburg (medical researchers used the opportunity to compare his treatment with that of veterans wounded in the original carnage). Another re-enactor was shot in the foot in August 2008, also at Gettysburg."
Putting a bullet in a civil war gun is no small task. It doesn't happen by accident. Some one out there was trying to kill somebody.
A Rebel Soldier’s Aim Is Still Pretty Accurate, but His Timing Is Off (NYTimes)
"'These things happen,' said Kay Jorgensen, editor of Civil War News, a Vermont monthly reporting historical happenings and preservation efforts. In 1998, a re-enactor was shot in the neck at a 135th anniversary event at Gettysburg (medical researchers used the opportunity to compare his treatment with that of veterans wounded in the original carnage). Another re-enactor was shot in the foot in August 2008, also at Gettysburg."
Putting a bullet in a civil war gun is no small task. It doesn't happen by accident. Some one out there was trying to kill somebody.
A Rebel Soldier’s Aim Is Still Pretty Accurate, but His Timing Is Off (NYTimes)
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