he was in the group that portrayed the German 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking side excited media criticism during his 2010 Congressional campaign. In 2017, in the weeks following a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia at which a neo-Nazi killed a counterprotester, some reenactors complained about—as one reporter put it—"the co-opting of the [Civil] war by neo-Nazis." Similar accusations have been made against Igor Girkin, who has led Russian-aligned forces in the annexation of Crimea and war in Donbas and is also a well-known reenactor. See also Historical reenactment American Civil War Cosplay Notes References Hadden, Robert Lee. "Reliving the Civil War: A reenactor's handbook". Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999. John Skow, et al., "Bang, Bang! You're History, Buddy," Time (August 11, 1986): 58. Stanton, Cathy (1999-11-01). "Reenactors in the Parks: A Study of External Revolutionary War Reenactment Activity at National Parks" (PDF) National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-07-28. External links Reenactor.net The Civil War Reenactor's homepage The Authentic Campaigner Union Volunteers - Reenactors http://www.thesewingacademy.org/ The Camp Chase Gazette JonahWorld! The Civil War Living History Institute American civil war re-enactment in Italy Reenactors 2013-2015 Civil War Reenactment Calendar Historical reenactment by war