A dozen people looked on as the engagement was recreated. Eighteen Yankees landed by boat and engaged the Confederates. (It was a small action even back then.) It was staged by the Bay County Historical Society and the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia.
Ethan Ranger was one of the re-enactors and was portraying his great-great-great grandfather, James Augustus Clendien, who was the superintendent of the Southeast Alabama Salt Company during the war. He has been participating in Civil War re-enacting for 25 years and said his interest in the war came from his father telling him about Clendien.
--Old B-Runner
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