Off the field, Union soldier Bauer is good friends with Confederates Morrow and Ray. However, during attacks they are enemies pitted against each other. Ray tried to explain what it's like to fight friends on the battlefield. The reenactments are administered to be as real as possible. Black gunpowder is shot in original Springfield rifles, and soldiers fight with dull bayonets and swords.
Observers pay to watch the battles, which can last anyhere from one to nine hours.
Ray said that participants even go as far as to adopt a completely different character.