From battling the Merrimac to participating in the Seven Day battles; Second Manassas; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; and beyond to the end of the war; the Twentieth Indiana was one of the most honored of the Northern units. The uncommonly heroic officers and men formed one of the regiments of choice to lead into firestorms of bullets and shells from Cape Hatteras to Pennsylvania.
#8046296 in Books Brassey's Inc 2000-08Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 12.00 x 8.50 x .75l; #File Name: 1574882775144 pages
Review
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Great. . . if you're BritishBy P. GeyerI was very excited to see this book. There is really very little written about the theory and practice of living history and reenactment; and I thought this would be the cure. Well; it is and it isn't. Probably the best thing about this book is the photographs. From the ancient Romans and Celts; through the Middle Ages; Napoleonic Wars to the two World Wars (including a lot in between); the full color pictures are gorgeous. The text also offers a lot in terms of describing sources for research materials and reproduction costumes and equipment.My biggest beef with this book is that it addresses only the very limited scope of living history in Britain. As a living historian in the United States; my experiences have been very different from what the book describes. The author also only describes a single; or at most two or three; groups that reenact each of the various time periods. While he certainly chooses some very good groups; their breadth of interest and experience is necessarily limited. I would have preferred to see a broader selection of societies sampled.It's nice to see somebody at least attempting to approach the world of living history. Perhaps the author will take on living history in North America for a future edition of this book. There's a huge and varied world outside of Britain that deserves a look too!
