Over the years of attending events, I get used to the idea of reenactors going into the fight hootin' and hollerin' with their dander up pretty high. This may be an appropriate impression for early war events and the first engagement with the unit that one is portraying. However, I would imagine that a unit who has seen some serious combat going into the fight would behave rather differently considering the men knew what they were about to endure, ranging from utter silence in the ranks to men becoming nauseated. Does anyone have specific examples of this (letters, diaries, memoirs, etc.), and how do you think we can accurately portray this when depicting a veteran unit without being "over the top"?
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