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|  | | PERIOD RUSH: Tales of the Fighting 21st (Part One: Basic Training) Seven present Day Civil War Reenactors performing at Gettysburg run into the wrong guy and wind up in over their heads
Show me a man without his Civil War,
and I’ll show you a man that will never know true peace
On this special anniversary year, tens of thousands of Civil War Reenactors or ‘Living Historians’ will converge on a small town in Pennsylvania to simulate the greatest battle of the American Civil War: Gettysburg.
They come to honor those that fought for real and to enjoy the company of others sharing the same passion for history. All of them aspiring to achieve a ‘period rush’ or a moment so immersive in complete sensory detail that one truly believes that they are indeed ‘livi | |  | | PERIOD RUSH: Tales of the Fighting 21st (Part Three: Seeing the Elephant) Our seven protagonists must endure three days of sheer horror that was the Battle of Gettysburg in the hopes of ever returning home
“...before you ever wear a soldier's uniform, always ask this question…
Are you battle ready?”
After spending so much of their lives studying, honoring, and playing the role of soldiers to understand history, the Fighting 21st will swiftly find they must become real soldiers or become history.
From the first shot of the Battle of Gettysburg at the crack of dawn on July 1st right through to the bloody crescendo of Pickett’s Charge on July 3rd, both the Federal and Confederates fighting under the banner of the 21st will discover their true mettle with Daniel, Nick, Virgil, | |  | | PERIOD RUSH: Tales of the Fighting 21st (Part Two: Conscription) Our seven protagonists awaken two days before the Battle of Gettysburg and find themselves conscripted into the ranks of Federal and Confederate Infantry
Fly your flag, Find your friends, Save your future,
Only then your home shall you return…
Awaking from Silas Gray’s absinthe, our seven reenactors find themselves not in Room 150 of their hotel but marooned in the deserted countryside, split apart into groups of Yanks and Rebs, and fully equipped with authentic uniforms, accoutrements, supplies, weapons, a set curiously behaving pocket watches, and a striking silver and green flag emblazoned with the monicker ‘21st’.
They soon discover that is the early morning of June 29, 1863. Armed only with a set of cryptic, rhyming i |
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Cemetery Island
by Mr. Ed
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Sometimes, vacations just don't turn out the way you hoped they would. An idyllic wilderness house boating get-a-way soon turns into a hellish nightmare... |
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