European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 27, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 thousands re enact Gettysburg Battle soldiers relive civil War history Gettysburg a. Up amid shouts of fire and the Thunder of Cannon thousands of men in Blue and Gray stormed each other to re enact the opening of the Bailie of Gettysburg. 125 years after the civil War s blood isl confrontation. Some 8,000 men  Union and Confederate troops traded mock Rifle volleys and Cannon bursts Friday ripping open paper Gunpowder cartridges with their Teeth while enemy Linci closed in. The Confederate troops pushed Back the Union s Black hatted Iron brigade As scores of men on Bolh sides feigned death in the All grass and spectators watched from a Hill overlooking the Field. When it gels to firing you re not in 1988 anymore you re in 1863," said Jeff Duthil a 28-year-old Farmer from Unionville a. The participants among them teachers engineers artists and soldiers had invested ,000 to outfit themselves with the uniform gear and guns needed to become civil War soldiers if Only for a Day or two. Soldiers in the 23rd new York regl played by a group from Arizona went so far As to follow Union recipes Down to hardback hard Flat squares of bread. You might think it was made 125 years ago. In s that indigestible said de Gouvier a 37-year-old Engi Neer from a Hornix. Mentioning anything Modem by members of the 23rd new York resulted in punishment standing on a wooden crate at the end of one of the rows of while Canvas  vice said people joined the outfit for a Chance l for the camaraderie or to Lake part i relive history of 1 the Battles. I be always been a history fanatic he said. Others had More personal reasons for joining one of inc ersatz armies. Sieve Dicarlo. Of wings md., said he became a Mem Ber of the Isth Virginia regt because his great great great Grandfather was a Confederate army Captain. Napoleonic tactics inc., which sold tickets to cover its 1450,000 budget for staging three Days of ersatz warfare billed inc event As he largest civil War re enactment Ever. The company was hired by the event s sponsor the american civil War commemorative committee inc. Some 75,000 spectators attended the re enact men on farm land five Miles South of inc actual Battlefield. The event was to end sunday with the re staging of Pickett s charge. The Batlle of Gettysburg look place july 1-3, 1b63. Leaving nearly 50,000 dead and wounded. Confederate Gen. Robert e. Lee was moving from the North toward Gettysburg to gel shoes for his troops and secure the roads running through the Southern Pennsylvania town said Kim Bernard Holicyn a Histo Rian for the . Army Center of military history. The Union s army of the Potomac was moving North when the Chance encounter at Mcpherson s i dec touched off the bloody Battle i said. Many of the current soldiers said they prepared for the Battle for months tactical commanders for Bolh sides met thursday night to map out the next Day s skirmish. Supposedly everything s supposed to happen according to the script said Paul Babbler a spokesman for Napoleonic tactics. The people who won the first Lime will win  tie Battle m r. Public Ubarry an artist s rendering above of la bloody 3-Day Battle considered by most historians As the High water Mark of Hie confederacy when the Union s army of the Potomac gave Pursuit and intercepted loft men in Gray on the first Day or july in 1863. The climactic charge by Confederate Gen. George e. Picket division failed and i ended the decisive Battle. At left is a map of the Battle site a Southern Pennsylvania about 1 id Miles West of Philadelphia. Change sought in banking regulations sen. Lloyd Binl Washington