I was on the net looking for some civil war history about the rebel yell, and I found a recording of civil war veteran who gave a rebel yell for a radio station. the recording is in fact real.
http://www.26nc.org/History/RebelYell/main.htm
He was veteran of the 26th North Carolina. If and when you hear it, picture 100,000 troops doing it at once. It's one freaky sound!
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And take about fifty years
And take about fifty years off his voice...
But anyway, it is truly remarkible being able to hear this. I've played and replayed this hundreds of times.
Here is an interesting story about one of the last surviving Confederate veterans. Wow, but only if I was alive in 1959. Meeting this gentleman would have been more amazing than meeting the most famous star of our time. My step-dad Jake who is over 70 recalls meeting Union Veterans in the forties and my Grand Mother from Texas who passed away years ago recalled there being several Confederate veterans at her church in East Texas.
http://home.freeuk.com/gazkhan/walter.htm
Rebel Yell
I commend the old gentleman for his effort, but it is STILL not a Rebel Yell such as Gen. Jackson commanded at First Mannassas. IN order to
You could tell by the
You could tell by the gentleman's chuckle following the yell that he knew a thing or two more about the rebel yell than he offered. I believe that the rebel yell was a sacred thing with the Confederates and I doubt that they would do it if offered to be paid 2 dollars a yelp. One x-Confederate claimed that the rebel yell could not be reproduced in peace time.
From all the discriptions I've read I think the rebel yell can best be described between a coyote's yelp and an indian war cry. Confederate reenactors usualy do a chilling reproduction of the rebel yell but I've noticed that the files do not continue the yell for more than ten seconds before abrumply ending whereas it was told that the Confederates of old could carry the yell throughout a full charge. Well, with 21st century air pollution and most reenactors being grand-dads, I imagine it is a test for most of us to keep a rebel yell going for too long. yeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaa LOL
well..
when the rebel yell was first introduced was at the beginning of the war. One of general Jackson's first charges. He told his men when they charge to sound like a bunch of Indian banshees. Then from there on out it was changed a bit and added more of a fox heart yip, as on confederate veteran said. It was then known as the Rebel Yell.
Pvt.J.Thurlow
Rebel Yell
I believe the order by Gen. Jackson was to "YELL LIKE FURIES"
"Never Apologize, It's a sign of weakness!
Cpt. Nathan Brittles
Pvt. Steve Henry
Co. A, 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry
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