Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Battle of Fort Fisher 152nd Anniversary Commemoration

From the January 15, 2017, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Battle of Fort Fisher."

Re-enactors gathered Saturday to mark the 152nd anniversary of the Second Battle of Fort Fisher.

Four photos show:

**  Nathan Thomas stands in front of the 32-pounder cannon at the Fort Fisher State Historic Site.

Nice picture of the newly refurbished cannon at Shepherd's Battery on the far west end of the fort's land face.

**  Hundreds of people came out Saturday to Fort Fisher to watch re-enactors discuss camp life and demonstrate Civil War weapons.

**  Re-enactors fire a cannon at the Fort Fisher State Historic Site during the living history program.

**  Freeman James, Matthew Moore and Kevin Gore gather by the campfire Saturday.  re-enactors discussed camp life with visitors.

Wish I Had Been There--  Old B-Runner

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