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The rebel yell. What did it sound like - that battle cry that terrorized union troops and rallied Confederates to battle? Historians have clues from letters and diaries but still have never agreed. Recently, though, a Richmond man released a CD of what he asserts is the authentic rebel yell. Producer Peter Solomon spoke with Waite Rawls, President of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.
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FascinatingThanks- I love stuff like this. |
Broadcast History
Distributed by Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Feature Bureau in June, 2009. Aired on public radio stations across Virginia.
Transcript
Waite Rawls: This project started with a conversation with a reenactor who was talking about the actual sound of the Rebel yell. He had found a copy of a man being recorded in Charlotte, NC and that rebel yell didn't sound like anything you or I have ever heard of.
WBT recording “Now here is one confederate veteran's rebel yell: Sound of yell
WR: After a year of searching for any other recording we found the veteran in California making the sound for an MGM movie. It was on an old wax disc. And we said - lets take it to a modern sound studio and
see what this man sounds like.
UDC Recording: “This is an authentic record of the rebel yell. It is recorded by one of the last survivors of General Stuart's command, S.S. Simmons: Sound of yell
WR: You know all of us grew up thinking that the rebel yell sounded like “Yee Haw” or “Woo woo” or something like that. But that's not what...
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Timing and Cues
In Cue: "This Project..."
Spoken Out Cue: "the very sound is terrifying."
Ends with sound of Confederate soldier yelling.
Voice out at 3:26, Yell fades at 3:47
Intro and Outro
INTRO:The rebel yell. What did it sound like - that battle cry that terrorized union troops and rallied Confederates to battle? Historians have clues from letters and diaries but still have never agreed. Recently, though, a Richmond man released a CD of what he asserts is the authentic rebel yell. Producer Peter Solomon spoke with Waite Rawls, President of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.
OUTRO:Tag: Waite Rawls, President and CEO of the Museum of the Confederacy. He spoke with producer Peter Solomon. The cd “The Rebel Yell Lives” is available through the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond.
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CAroline Morgan
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 08:21 PM | Permalink
Great piece!
Wow, have never heard this before. Fascinating story.