Rebel Yell Captured - Fiendish Effect Discounted
Civil War mystery may be solved by modern technology.
(PRWEB) June 28, 2005 -- One of the mysteries of American Civil War lore may
have finally been solved.
The famous rebel yell,
long known to have an unnerving effect on Union soldiers in the American Civil
War, has just been examined by the History Publishing Company. Using as its core
base, the only known yell by a living Confederate soldier recorded early in the
Twentieth Century, History Publishing Company, through the use of sound
technology, has emulated the sound of a company of soldiers charging a Union
line.
“The effect was startling, “said Don Bracken,
Senior Editor of History Publishing and Civil War author( Times of the Civil
War, ISBN 1-4208-0694-7). “It wasn’t a frightening sound in the nightmarish or
fiendish sense. It was an audible sensation of being overwhelmed. It was like
having a sonic tidal wave approach you. What might have unnerved the Union
soldiers who reportedly fled from it was a sense of
helplessness.”
The rebel yell has long been a source
of curiosity to students of the Civil War. It was a recognized fact that
seasoned Union veterans would become unnerved by it. “When we came across the
recorded yell made in the early Twentieth Century, of an actual Confederate
veteran of the Army of Northern Virginia, we knew we had to take it a step
further,” said Don Bracken.”Technology has made it possible to do
that.”
History Publishing Company, a company dedicated
to furthering the study of history through modern technology will make the sound
recording of the Confederate charge available to schools or Civil War study
groups for educational purposes.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb253823.htm