To guide us through our binging, the cast and crew will be takingEWbehind the scenes.
Theyll take turns sharing their thoughts on what went into making each episode.
It was surface-of-the-sun hot.
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Upwards of 100 degrees and 90 percent humidity.
Real Civil War reenactors drove in from states nearby to populate the parade and battle scenes.
Their experience ranged from genius-level Civil War savants to sketchy dudes who just like guns and sashes.
One fella brought his own canon.
A handful of hardcore reenactors refused, insisting on staying in the heat, hour after hour.
Why would any sane person do this, I asked.
Im all three of those things, btw.
Also, they didnt have AC in 1864.
Theyd laugh at me, and smoke their hand-rolled-Union-issued-tobacco-ration cigarettes, and laugh some more.
Not all of us get our own parasol, actor boy, zinged the fella with the cannon.
