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Rebel Yell Captured - Fiendish Effect Discounted
emediawire ^ | June 28, 2005 | PRWeb

Posted on 06/28/2005 6:51:41 PM PDT by stainlessbanner

Civil War mystery may be solved by modern technology.

(PRWEB) June 28, 2005 -- One of the mysteries of American Civil War lore may have finally been solved.

The famous rebel yell, long known to have an unnerving effect on Union soldiers in the American Civil War, has just been examined by the History Publishing Company. Using as its core base, the only known yell by a living Confederate soldier recorded early in the Twentieth Century, History Publishing Company, through the use of sound technology, has emulated the sound of a company of soldiers charging a Union line.

“The effect was startling, “said Don Bracken, Senior Editor of History Publishing and Civil War author( Times of the Civil War, ISBN 1-4208-0694-7). “It wasn’t a frightening sound in the nightmarish or fiendish sense. It was an audible sensation of being overwhelmed. It was like having a sonic tidal wave approach you. What might have unnerved the Union soldiers who reportedly fled from it was a sense of helplessness.”

The rebel yell has long been a source of curiosity to students of the Civil War. It was a recognized fact that seasoned Union veterans would become unnerved by it. “When we came across the recorded yell made in the early Twentieth Century, of an actual Confederate veteran of the Army of Northern Virginia, we knew we had to take it a step further,” said Don Bracken.”Technology has made it possible to do that.”

History Publishing Company, a company dedicated to furthering the study of history through modern technology will make the sound recording of the Confederate charge available to schools or Civil War study groups for educational purposes.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: archaeology; boo; dixie; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; mommymommymommy; moremoremore; rebel; rebelyell; yell
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To: Travis McGee; oyez

Is that bourbon any good?


61 posted on 06/29/2005 7:50:06 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
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To: Nasty McPhilthy
Well,
To this lil' ole Georgia Peach it sounds like a Chimpanzee with bronchitis.
62 posted on 06/29/2005 7:54:13 AM PDT by najida (Seven days 'til electricity....or I murder a county home inspector.)
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To: MacDorcha

Indeed it is! Thanks for the post.


63 posted on 06/29/2005 9:00:16 AM PDT by EarthBound (Proud to be part of the growing Conservative youth.)
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To: Pyro7480
Is that bourbon any good?

Its about average or I'd say on par with Jim Beam. (I'm not much of a bourbon drinker, so my opinion doesn't amount to much)

64 posted on 06/29/2005 9:48:59 AM PDT by oyez (¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)
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To: Pyro7480

Hush your mouth.


65 posted on 06/29/2005 9:51:14 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Mr. Lucky

I was just asking. I've never had it before.


66 posted on 06/29/2005 9:55:15 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
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To: in the Arena

Good post. Just don't let an unsuspecting passerby catch you trying out all those versions!


67 posted on 06/29/2005 10:33:55 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Some day we may have to choose whether we'll be a criminal or a collaborator.)
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To: Eagle Eye

"Woh-who-ey! who-ey! who-ey! Woh-who-ey! who-ey!"


68 posted on 06/29/2005 10:54:19 AM PDT by in the Arena (CAPT (USAF) James Wayne Herrick, Jr. (Call Sign: FireFly33). MIA Laos 27 Oct 69)
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To: Mr. Lucky
Rebel Yell is the very purpose for which God intended his creation of corn.
69 posted on 06/29/2005 11:23:32 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: stainlessbanner

Great post!


70 posted on 06/29/2005 11:33:14 AM PDT by YoungCurmudgeon (I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke to find that life is duty.)
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To: Pyro7480
See my reply to myself at post #69. (No, I was not sipping Yebel Yell at the time)
71 posted on 06/29/2005 11:46:00 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Nasty McPhilthy

My dopey Setter was sitting right next to me when I clicked on the "short" version of your link there.

She's been running around the house howling and barking at every window and door since!


72 posted on 06/29/2005 3:38:39 PM PDT by katnip
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Rebel Yell
Pvt. Thomas N. Alexander of the 37th NCT
The audio files accompanying this page were recorded by the general manager of WBT radio at a Sons of Confederate Veterans meeting in 1935 when Alexander was 90 years old.
There's also a recording of another very old veteran giving what he refers to as the rebel yell, found in a 1938 newsreel of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. It can be seen and heard in Ken Burns' "The Civil War".
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73 posted on 07/02/2005 9:10:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ('Power corrupts and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.' -- Vint Cerf)
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the multiplied yell, available on CD:

http://www.donbracken.com/site.html


74 posted on 07/02/2005 9:12:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ('Power corrupts and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.' -- Vint Cerf)
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the snip from the Ken Burns film:

http://www.reghunnicutt.com/friends/scv/audio/rebelyell.wav


75 posted on 07/02/2005 9:14:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ('Power corrupts and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.' -- Vint Cerf)
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To: katnip

If the yell is anything like Howierd Dean yelling it is very scary


76 posted on 07/02/2005 9:17:36 AM PDT by MudSlide
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To: Nasty McPhilthy
I'll hotlink the Rebel Yell links - this is a .wav file:

http://www.26nc.org/History/RebelYell/RebelYell_s.wav

77 posted on 07/02/2005 9:20:28 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Nasty McPhilthy
The long version .wav:

http://www.26nc.org/History/RebelYell/RebelYell_l.wav

78 posted on 07/02/2005 9:21:17 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Dante3; Lazamataz

See the .wav hotlinks above.


79 posted on 07/02/2005 9:21:45 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Thanks.


80 posted on 07/02/2005 3:32:31 PM PDT by Dante3
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