'Confederate Soldier' Shot By 'Yankee' During Civil War Reenactment Prompts Investigation

[The Straight Story]

'Confederate Soldier' Shot By 'Yankee' During Civil War Reenactment Prompts Investigation
Victim: 'It Could Have Killed Me'


WINDSOR, Va. -- A sheriff's investigation has been launched after a 73-year-old costumed Union soldier participating in a Civil War reenactment was shot after a pretend victory.

Tom Lord said he had just driven the Confederate army out of a trench at the fairgrounds near Windsor on Route 258 and was celebrating when he was shot by a ground from an 1860 Colt Army revolver.

"I got hit in the shoulder and I thought somebody had hit me with a shovel," Lord told WAVY-TV. "I had just driven the Confederates out of the trench and under direction we raise our hats and say, 'Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah.'"

Julian Ison, who was acting as a Confederate soldier, was told to stop after the shooting.

http://www.local6.com/news/17588392/detail.html

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[enki23]

1. the story reads opposite the headline

it was a "yankee" shot by a "confederate" from what i can tell.

[The Straight Story]

2. yes indeed, but it was in florida and things there are backwards

;)

[Captiosus]

7. WINDSOR, VIRGINIA is in Florida now?

:rofl:

WAVY is my local NBC affiliate.

[chelsea0011]

3. For what it's worth there is a great book called "Confederates in the Attic"

about these Civil War re-enactors. Very funny and somewhat disturbing book.

[Mist]

5. Great book--loved it! Aren't re-enactors supposed to be firing blanks? nt

[chelsea0011]

6. Hell, yes. But as the book points out the very best of the lot try to

get as close to the real thing as possible. I guess real ammo was the thing to do. He probably melted down metal and made his own.

[Thothmes]

9. He was hit by a .44 cal ball from a pistol

This size lead ball is readily available on line and at any well equipped sporting goods stores.

[Thothmes]

8. Yes they are, but this was not a reenactment

it was a scene for a movie of some sort. A lot of the rules that are enforced at organized reenactment were apparently not followed by the folks casting and shooting the film.

[tannybogus]

4. Whooo! I'm going down to Charleston.

Gotta keep an eye on Fort Sumter! :crazy: