That looks like a cavalry troop in blue uniforms under this other stand of trees.
The 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band plays "When Johnny Comes Marching Home".
Under that stand of trees in the first picture is a battery of Confederate artillery.
There are Confederate cavalry nearby, and a battle begins.
A Confederate infantry unit gives the rebel yell and takes the field.
A United States unit, accompanied by a physician, drives the Rebel unit back.
The battle, an event at this year's Shadows of the Blue and Gray in Princeton, Illinois, ended as a draw, with both sides agreeing to a truce to collect casualties, and retaining possession of their grounds.
The Princeton battleground is less hilly than the Stockton battleground I visited two years ago.
The presidential campaign has turned very nasty, and I have heard talk of civil war, both in conversations with people and in exploring some corners of the internet. I don't view the differences among us as sufficiently irreconcilable as to require resolution by force of arms. Whether I will be as optimistic in six months or a year remains to be seen.
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