Intense combat at the battle at reservoir where he was captured. Watch korean war oral histories tonight beginning at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan 3. My name is jared frederick. Im an instructor of history at penn state al tuna and also a reenactor with the living history group. And we are here at Army Heritage days at the u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlisle, pennsylvania. And at this event, it is a major complex. Were here on the Army Heritage trail. One can find reenactors or living historians from all different time periods, ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group, though, is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer, and we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. And us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation for what the greate
Cspan3. Every july for the past 25 years, the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee has hosted a civil war battle reenactment and living history village depicting camp life. Next, we visit a union army surgeon and embalmer and talk to reenactors about medical practices during the war. During the very beginning of the war, like i said, maybe around 1860, when there were a lot of quack surgeons in the union army, dr. Letterman in 1862 at an teem took over the medical corps. Now he created an ambulance corps where we could get the men off the battlefield quicker and faster. He also went and had to give tests to surgeons to be army qualified surgeons. Thats where it got better and better in the service. 3 million fought, 600,000 died in it. 700,000 carry wounds off that battlefield. So what happens there is what i was dealing with at that time was really, boy, the musket went in like a finger and came out like a fist. It shattered that bone so bad, there was no way i could repair it whatsoever.
Penn state al tuna and also a reenactor with the living history group. And we are here at Army Heritage days at the u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlisle, pennsylvania. And at this event, it is a major complex. Were here on the Army Heritage trail. One can find reenactors or living historians from all different time periods, ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group, though, is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer, and we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. And us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation for what the greatest generation went through. And if we can impart even a small inkling of that to passersby and families who come visit this place, then we feel weve done a fairly good job. The unit we portray is the fourth Infantry Division. And its a unit thats sometimes overshadowed in t
He also talks about the surprise chinese counterattack and intense combat at the battle of cho sin reservoir, where he was captured. Watch korean war oral histories tonight, beginning at 8 00 eastern on cspan3. Enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan3. Every july, for the past 25 years, the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee has hosted a civil war battle reenactment and living history village, depicting camp life. Next, we visit a union army surgeon and embalmer and talk to reenactors about medical practices during the war. During the very beginning of the war, like i said, maybe around 1860, when there was a lot of quack surgeons in the union army, you know. Well, dr. Letterman in 1862 took, at antietam, took over the medical court. When he did that, he devised the whole thing around. Now he created an ambulance corps, where we could get the men in off the battlefield quicker and faster. He also went and had to test the surgeons to be armyqualified surgeons. Thats
Every july for the past 25 years, the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee has hosted a civil war battle reenactment at history village depicting camp life. Next, we talk to reenactor is about Victorian Era marriage expectations and civil war brothels. My name is Cheryl Williams and i am portraying today at the reenactment, what it would have been like to be a victorian prostitute. At the time of the American Civil War which was smack in the middle of Victorian Era, there were very few choices for women. Women were, in essence, supposed to be the pillar of the household. The center of the family. Were talking about middle class women. Without any means of support, you have a few choices. You could be domestic servant, or you could work in a factory. At the time of the civil war, there was a spike in widowhood. All of a sudden, middle class women did not really have any means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north because the war was fought mainly in the south. These wo