1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 We're thrilled to bring you this story from producer Peter Solomon. &amp;nbsp;It's a gem. &amp;nbsp;We fell for this piece the first time we heard it. &amp;nbsp;The rebel yell. What did it sound like – that battle cry that terrorized union troops and rallied Confederates to battle? &amp;nbsp;Historians have clues from letters and diaries but still have never agreed. Producer Peter Solomon brings us a recording of what many believe is an authentic Rebel Yell ... and it's nothing we expected to hear. &amp;nbsp;Peter spoke with Waite Rawls, President of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia, who offers his perspective. &amp;nbsp;We are also excited to bring you the comments of Allan Gurganus, author of Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. &amp;nbsp;He was a featured speaker last Fall at an &quot;The Audio Listening Institute&quot; from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke and the Third Coast International Audio Festival. &amp;nbsp;Thanks to Mr. Gurganus being brilliant and to the Center for Documentary Studies for allowing us to rebroadcast their audio. &amp;nbsp;Peter produced this story as an assignment for the Feature Bureau at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, and it aired on public radio stations across the state of Virginia. &amp;nbsp;Peter's editor, Big Shed friend Lydia Wilson, had read an article about a rebel yell CD from the Musuem of the Confederacy. Peter explained, &quot;I didn't really know anything about the subject before I got the assignment. I knew that there was an amusement park ride called the 'Rebel Yell' or it was something that you shouted at a football game. When I heard the actual sound of the Confederate soldiers demonstrating the yell I was shocked. I played it for a colleague who thought it sounded like a person being killed. I asked Waite Rawls to comment on this reaction. He ended up being a very good storyteller. He's articulate, knowledgeable about the history of the civil war and I was able to let him tell the story without writing any narration.&quot; &amp;nbsp;And thanks to Peter Solomon for sharing this with us. &amp;nbsp;Peter has worked as a jazz host and operations manager at WCVE-FM, Richmond since 1999. His background is in music. &amp;nbsp;Peter - &quot;I am a big jazz nerd but in recent years my interests have turned to crafting radio features and that's the part of my job that I most enjoy.&quot; The Big Shed Podcast http://podcast.bigshed.org <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/797957/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/1690739