Civil War Living History program (photo gallery)
Published 9:51 am Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Living history: Civil War re-enactors march down a trail at Confederate Memorial Park on Saturday as part of the park’s annual Living History event. Re-enactors demonstrated Civil War-era music, equipment, uniforms and flags, and even held a mock skirmish.
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Looking back: Battallion Sgt. Major Mark Mershimer, a re-enactor at the Civil War Living History Program Saturday at the Confederate Memorial Park, demonstrates to guests how soldiers would have lived during the war.
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Civil War soldiers take a break between the Living History demonstrations and a skirmish between Union and Confederate troops.
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Major Kenny Morrison rides a horse during the program.
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Demonstrator Paul Whaley of Prattville shows the different food rations issued to Civil War soldiers, including what kind of food, how much and how it was transported.