The Best of Civil War Minutes® Union features favorite stories about the everyday lives of Union soldiers who served in the Civil War.
ORDER DIRECT FROM JANSON MEDIA
LENGTH: 75 Minutes
MSRP: $14.95
CATALOG #: 20419
UPC #: 6-4603204199-6
ISBN #: 1-56839-369-5
RELEASE YEAR: 2010
PRODUCER: Inecom Entertainment Company
TECHNICAL NOTES: 4 x 3 Full Screen, Digital Stereo
The Best of Civil War Minutes – Union
The real stories of ordinary men are explored through the personal effects they carried. Items like a Civil War drum found on Little Round Top, muskets, personal letters and a soldier’s backpack open a window into the lives of the soldiers who fought the Civil War. Features Civil War historian Michael Kraus.
Michael Kraus, Narrator/Co-Writer
Michael Kraus is one of the world’s leading authorities on Civil War military history. Kraus has served the film industry as Military History Advisor for Miramax Films’ 2004 film Cold Mountain and Military Coordinator for New Line Cinema’s 1993 film Gettysburg. Kraus’ career includes working as a historian for several A&E television Civil War Journal episodes and as the Northern Commander of many Civil War 125th Anniversary reenactments.
Michael began reenacting in 1966. In 1970, he joined Sherman’s Bummers, the first ultra authentic reenactment unit in the country. In 1975, Kraus became a charter member of the “Irish Brigade”, which exists today as the 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company I, with Kraus as its captain.
Kraus also has provided historical consulting for a variety of other films about the Civil War and has contributed to numerous books and publications about the war between the states, including The 100th Pennsylvania Roundhead Regiment 1861-1865; Echoes of Battle; The Atlanta Campaign; Advance the Colors; Voices of the Civil War; Fredericksburg; Seccessionville; Assault on Charleston; and What Death More Glorious as well as to the periodicals Military Images and America’s Civil War.
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