Here's my post about the re-enacting: http://mojosmom.livejournal.com/339496.html They actually just created an encampment, and shot off a cannon or two. No actual battles, though my friend does do that. In fact, he's been in a couple of movies, Gettysburg and Glory, though you'd have to know where to look! Producers, apparently, often use re-enactors, because they already know what they're doing.