A few minutes before the Battle of Richmond reenactment begins, a unit of 20 or so Union troops practices movements. They’re about to be part of a battle that turned into a Confederate rout.
50 yards away, members of a Sons of Confederates Veterans unit based in Winchester are selling Confederate merchandise. Norm Rechel, a Marine and National Guard veteran, is sitting this reenactment out but says attending them is a way to honor people like his great-great-grandfather, who fought for the Confederate 5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment.
