What Did the Rebel Yell Sound Like?

Smithsoniam.com ^ | film footage from 1935-8? | Unknown (Library of Congress Archives)

[One Name]

Video from the Smithsonian of what must be octogenarian Confederate veterans calling up the past.

[max americana]

“You mean the 2nd war for Independence that failed?

#3 will be the tie breaker.”

You betcha!!

[Hegemony Cricket]

[Celtic Cross]

I had 4 ancestors in the CW, all union, three were brothers. One started the war a private and ended a captain. He fought at every major battle of the eastern theatre and was wounded at Spotsylvania Courthouse.

I guess this is what they heard.

[katana]

I can imagine what it sounded like, but I know what it tastes like.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Despite my comment, thanks for posting that. Those were some brave young men who became tough old men.

[the invisib1e hand]

I SURRENDER!!!!!!!

omg that's hilarious, and gutsy.

Is "the south's gonna do it again!" something to brag about?

[One Name]

Here’s a link where they took another authentic recording and then had it digitally modified to approximate a company.

Turn your speakers up for it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssLMroT2euQ

[mnehring]

More More More?


_{Sorry, but you know with that title it was bound to happen.}

[arderkrag]

Here’s hoping we see their like in droves in this country again, and soon. My ancestry is a history of rebellion, and I intend to continue it. I plan on flying a rebel flag high in my yard till the day they come take me away by force.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Desertion killed the Confederacy If the “Cause” wasn’t worth enough for the South to stay the course, we shouldn’t glamorize it today. Those were brave old men who have my admiration on a personal level, but that doesn’t change the fact that the right side won the war.

[One Name]

There appears to be a corridor of conservatives from the Gulf to Canada who have oil, manufacturing, veterans and a work ethic.

This time, it’s really State’s rights. We’ve learned how to pick cotton.

[the invisib1e hand]

[BuffaloJack]

> “We may well be needin’ to host on high the Bonnie Blue a second time if that feller in the White House even tries to cancel the election!”

I have a 150 year old Bonnie Blue (in mint condition) that I can hoist if needed.

[luvbach1]

That was very interesting and brings home the fact that 150 ago years is not ancient history. I think some of the men were able to closely approximate the rebel yell while others didn’t have much left. North or South, American vets all.

[One Name]

They shipped their manufacturing base to China, we’ve built ours back up.

[Celtic Cross]

Very impressive, and certainly intimidating to say the least!

I think I'd probably run like hell if I heard it on the battlefield.

[One Name]

One Country, One Constitution.

If the feds choose to ignore the Constitution, there is enough vestigial social memory to re-ignite the old flames.

[ThomasThomas]

Bobby Jo bring the Bactine.

[max americana]

Don’t tell me both album covers came from the same photographer..