...can just pick it up in trade paperback at your local comic book shop.

In all actuality though, I did attend a real Civil War reenactment here in California, but alas, I didn't attend as my hero. Instead I was with a group of the dreaded Berdan Sharpshooters (mentioned in the strip). After honing up on my Civil War history I decided that Berdan's units had the right idea. Wear green uniforms, hide in the brush and snipe away at the enemy (as opposed to walking in formation into an onslaught of deadly rifle volleys).

BUT... apparently quite a few people have the same idea and it causes a bit of controversy in the reenactment community to have so many "special forces" units crawling around while the rank and file troops are having trouble getting a decent formation together more than two ranks deep. And as with any hobby, there are the grognards, the weekend warriors, the tailgaters, etc.

It's almost like walking into the living embodiment of an online message board, with all the good and bad that entails.

Plus they have living "ad banners" in the form of suttlers around the edges of the encampment.

Now, obviously Cap would fight for the Federals. I mean, he is a living Union flag.

But you know what, let's not forget those brave soldiers who also fought on shores far, far away. Men and women who left their homes to fight the good fight in a little conflict known as the SECRET WARS.

And look, they even have their own reenactors:



Sorry, Ken Burns, they already beat you to it.