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Article: New Civil War DVD and Video Series Depicts Life of the Common Soldier.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 1, 2001
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ --
Virtually all television programs, DVDs and videos about the American Civil War are about generals and battles. But what about the everyday life of the common soldier? How did he live? How did he feel about the bloody war he was waging? What did he do in his spare time?
A new series of DVD and video shows sold directly to consumers gets into the head of both Billy Yank and Johnny Reb. Civil War Minutes tells the life and times of the Civil War soldier in a series of engaging and exciting vignettes narrated by Michael Kraus, the military coordinator and an historical consultant for Ted Turner's popular "Gettysburg" ...