There was a guy named Steve from the 5th New York and Alex Johnson from the 140th New York. When we arrived Friday evening, we met two fellow reenactors who were bunking in our cabin. Because the temperature had dropped, we were put up in a KOA campground, which was surprisingly comfortable. The scenes we were there to film depicted the Battle of Fredericksburg, most notably the charge up Marye’s Heights. After we returned from the Battle of Chancellorsville, we took some time off to concentrate on our schoolwork.Įric and I made the final trip to the film set the weekend of Nov. That weekend tested our endurance and the strength of our legs. We were set up in a fake camp, and when the Confederates charged, we ran “for our lives.” It was very exhausting but exciting at the same time. For the majority of the weekend we were playing the role of the 11th Corps being overrun by Jackson and his corps that required a lot of running. There we got our picture taken with Stephen Lang. 21-23, Eric, John, and I, along with Ian Harkness, traveled to Keedysville, Maryland to film the scenes for the Chancellorsville sequences in the film. The author with actor, Stephen Lang (“Stonewall Jackson”) and fellow reenactors, Eric Esser and John Potter That weekend gave us the first taste of what this film was going to be about. Fake men and horses littered the field simulating dead corpses. The filming was exhilarating ground charges simulating cannon blasts were going off all over the place. We met Stephen Lang (aka Stonewall Jackson) and Ron Maxwell, director of the film. Even after that first weekend, we had a greater respect for the film industry. 7-9, Eric, John, and I traveled down to Staunton, Virginia to take part in the filming of the Manassas/Bull Run scenes of the film. The time I spent on the set was a wonderful experience for me and three of my friends from Gettysburg College, Eric Esser, Ian Harkness, and John Potter. New to the film are Bruce Boxleitner as Gen. Stephen Lang will be returning, but to play the role of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, and Patrick Gorman as Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Kevin Conway as Sgt. The film is bringing back most of the actors to play the same roles in this prequel to Gettysburg, including Jeff Daniels as Lieut.
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