There are people passionately dedicated to remembering & touching history through embodiment & re-enactment. One teenaged lad told me that by carrying the weight of the gun, or feeling his thick canvas clothes, he learned so much more than he ever could in books. Here folks gather for a Civil War Ball in the small mountain town of Virginia Cit, NV. Nevada gained statehood during the Civil War because of the silver it contributed to the Union war coffers.