Incongruous images of modern life at Gettysburg re-enactments

Re-enactors snap photos before a demonstration of Pickett's Charge at Bushey Farm in Gettysburg Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

An ambulance departs at the end of a Pickett's Charge re-enactment. Several people were taken away from the event due to heat exhaustion, which is actually pretty accurate when you consider that the original battle took place in 90-degree July heat and all of the participants were wearing wool uniforms Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

A cannon is moved to a new position with the aid of a truck, which provides significantly more horsepower than the actual horses originally used during the war. Estimates of the number of horses killed at Gettysburg range from 1,000 to 5,000 Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Images from the actual battle and its aftermath were widely circulated. Photographer Alexander Gardner, an associate of Matthew Brady, worked on the staff of Union General George McClellan and was given the honorary rank of captain for his work. He did not have a digital camera Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Confederate civil war re-enactors join spectators on the walk back to civilisation after a battle on Saturday Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

'Can I get an iced coffee over here? And also maybe some morphine?' Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

Should we go there? Oh let's: 'Yes, there's an app for that.' Imagine how the battle would have turned had the commanding generals on either side been given such a vantage point Photograph: Keith Srakocic/AP

OK, the kid on the left is at least trying with his hat, but the clerk is using a newfangled calculator. Also, the actual battle didn't have a souvenier shop Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

Actually, the woods might be a better option at the end of a hot day Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

A little close to the action there, guys? Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Nothing incongruous here. We'll leave you with a photo of an absolutely committed-to-his-hobby Jim Jones, who is doing everything right. The 65-year-old, acting out a Wisconsin soldier, poses for a portrait after Pickett's Charge Photograph: Mark Makela/Reuters