As a pastime, many people dress up as Civil War soldiers and pretend to live through battles of the time.
However, they tend to overlook that slavery detail, which very funny Totally Biased writer Dwayne Kennedy is more than happy to bring up.
As part of his trip to Atlanta, Conan O’Brien did a segment in which he took part in a Civil War reenactment for a day. Needless to say, Conan had more than his share of fun with it by using hand cream and more.
We almost think that Conan want to go to Atlanta just to do this. Watch now.
Recently: On Civil War Anniversary, Confederate Group stirred debate by trying to preserve the history of the Confederacy despite possible racist undertones. Not only are they raising tensions with their advocacy of remembering the South during the Civil War, but they are all, at the end of the day, still war reenactment guys that are horribly dorky as comedienne Jackie Kashian explains.