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ittle of Rome, Ga. One of the
mfederate soldiers is USC
nior Thomas McNeill Rose.
Rose, a political science
ajor from Camden, has been
volved in such battle
-enactments for about a year,
e says he became involved with
e unique hobby as a result of
s pride in the South.
"I've always been proud to
; a Southerner, and especially
ore than any other state in the
lion to be a South Carolinian.
Dve for history is my main
otivation," said Rose, who has
rved in the United States Army
fantry and was recalled for
team encoi
3ut-spokin' has been the spon
of a race team since the earl;
Is, when the team participated ii
Sessional and amateur racing
e team now participates ii
istly amateur races, according t<
m Dudley, a USC law studen
1 bike team member.
3ut-spokin' sponsors the tean
helping the members defray tto
?ts of entry fees and bike re
irs. The team, the South Car
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The battle re-enactments take
place nearly every weekend in
towns all over the South and up
into Pennsylvania, Rose said.
The events usually are organized
by a city or county government
that contacts the individual
re-enactment units. There are
hundreds of such units in
operation around the country.
Rose is a member of the
Second South Carolina Calvary,
General Wade Hampton's Legion
Squadron. The unit has 1
approximately 20 members and is
a suDDort eroun of the Palmetto
rr o r
Battalion, one of the larger
re-enactment organizations in
irages competit
in as many as 25 races in one seay
son, although not all members go
n to every race.
"We always have somone placfi
ing and have respectable finishes
d in the races we go to," Dudley
t said.
Dudley became involved with
ii the team after visiting Out-spokin'
e for repairs on his mountain bike.
"I started because of the fitness,
but Out-spokin' is a natural attracd
tion ? its very addictive. It's naGEAR
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"We're here to educate,"
Rose said. "We try to portray the
average soldier as he lived in
camp life."
Rose said he believes many tc
people have the wrong idea about ^
the Civil War and the Confederate
battle flag, which is seen by
many as a racist symbol. cc
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"The idea that a poor farmer
would fight so a rich plantation se
owner could keep his 500 slaves "1
is ludicrous. He had nothing to fx
benefit from that. He had to think
about the next meal he was going m
to eat, how his crops were going se
ion, fitness |
tural to want to go out and- race |
and compete," Dudley said.
Robin Counts was recently graduated
from USC and is an active
. member of the S.C. Sports Club.
Counts has been racing for eight
seasons.
"It's fun to ride mountain bikes.
I started riding around the neighborhood
as a kid and kind of got
pulled into racing by some guys I
knew who did it," Counts said.
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Rose said he wished his authentic
)bby would not create hand-sew
mtroversy, and that it should act uniforms
; an educational tool. tied to th
"They say history is the
>arch for the truth," Rose said. Thei
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The re-enactments range in the Unioi
imber from a few hundred to Prussian
veral thousand men, depending are brewi
dent, is the president of the S.C. eludes
Sports Club. About 10 of the team beginn(
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ttle, Rose said. The
:he Rome battlefield is
from the tents and
n Confederate and Union
to the line of horses
e "picket line."
e are genuine muskets,
id sabres ? everything
the McClellen saddles
i adapted from a
model. Pots of coffee
ing over the camp fines.
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