From the July 8, 2014, Mullet Wrapper.
On August 5, 1864, 18 Union warships participated in passing the dangerous guns of Fort Morgan, guarding Mobile Bay, Alabama, and engaged the ironclad CSS Tennessee and her consorts in what is regarded as the largest naval battle of the Civil War.
Starting yesterday, the largest Civil War re-enactment held in the South will be held, continuing until tomorrow, August 3rd.
There will be a nighttime pyrotechnical bombardment of Fort Morgan. Events kicked off Friday with a bang as the guns of the Fort Morgan Water Battery fired and famed Civil War singer Bobby Horton will have a concert.
Saturday morning, there will be a re-enactment of the naval battle and then Union troops re-enactors will begin their siege of Fort Morgan. The fort will surrender on Sunday.
I'll be at the Fox Lake, Illinois, Venetian festival later tonight, which will conclude with a fireworks display, so will be thinking Mobile Bay.
--Old B-Runner
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