User blog comment:Spawny0908/Rockstar Announces Fan Appreciation Red Dead DLC (and it's FREE!!!)/@comment-77.100.187.64-20110613120537/@comment-1265875-20110614161822

Guys, the game is set in 1911 and the American Civil War ended in 1865.

That's almost a 50 year difference, so there will be no 'civil war guys' running around... :D

Not to mention that all of the guns you have in the game are BETTER than the American-Civil-War era weapons (with the possible exception of Undead Nightmare's Blunderbuss) so you'd be a serious disadvantage when using them.

Especially against our High Power Pistol toting friends...