As a descendant of many officers and enlisted who served in the Confederacy, I have more than a passing interest in the topic. The rebel yell is actually described as being related more to the Native American war whoop than anything else.
I'll let you be the judge with this vintage footage of a reenactment by surviving veterans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jSqt39vFM
My Clans: Guthrie, Sinclair, Sutherland, MacRae, McCain-Maclachlan, MacGregor-Petrie, Johnstone, Hamilton, Boyd, MacDonald-Alexander, Patterson, Thompson. Welsh:Edwards, Williams, Jones. Paternal line: Brandenburg/Prussia.
Proud member: SCV/Mech Cav, MOSB.
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