My country has had a civil war, invasions by the french, by the spanish, more recently a revolution that threw a fascist government, followed by a very colourful period of internal squirmishes between anti-regime forces, but we settled those events and that was that: off to the history books.
What motivates so many people to re-enact battles from the American Civil War?
It sounds cruel. Re-enacting a war where so many died gruesome deaths.
About 5% of the male population died in that war. Shermans march through the south was particularly guesome. The south is a different culture then the north then and now. The cival war is still part of the south. Then there is the racism piece.
Sherman didn’t go far enough.