Capture of St. Augustine and Fort Marion

From the Feb. 25th Historic City News "Retaking of Fort Marion-150th Anniversary"

March 10th there was a re-enactment staged by the National Park Service at Castillo de San Marcos (called Fort Marion during the war).

There were three performances with an artillery demonstration at 10:30 AM when the American flag will be lowered and replaced with a Confederate First National. Before 11 AM and again at 3 PM, a re-enactor playing the role of then-St. Augustine Mayor Bravo will go to the gun deck of the fort and raise a white flag of surrender.

Union naval re-enactors will then accept the surrender and raise the Stars and Stripes again.

The surrender of the town took place 150 years ago, March 11, 1862.

One More Nail in the Confederate Coffin. --Old B-Runner