Hit-Takers may go down in the first or second volley. Some Hit-Takers have been known to specialize in screaming in agony for 20 to 30 minutes. Usually Hit-Takers in general will shun the hospital stewards who are as pesky as hound dogs trying to tree a coon. Hit-Takers can often be recognized by the bewildered looks they give to the legions of ice maidens who are often as pesky as the stewards but usually better looking. The Lemmings are those reenactors who consider themselves Hit-Takers but really aren't.
Lemmings wait until the end of the battle before finally going down in mass.
Due to the large numbers of Lemmings, the mortality rate in the last 10 minutes of a Civil War Reenactment is often roughly equivalent to that of the first wave assaults at Normandy. Lemmings are usually the loudest complainers when it comes to other reenactors not taking hits. A highly specialized strain of Lemmings can be identified by a deeply ingrained resurrection complex. This is an important distinction and is what separates them from true Hit-Takers. It should be further noted that these Lemmings are still just Lemmings and can be found again dying in droves at the end of the battle.