Re-Enactment at North Carolina's Fort Branch

From the November 5. 2021, Greenville (NC) Daily Reflector  "Fort Branch holds its annual re-enactment  this weekend."

The 35th Annual Fort Branch  Reenactment will be held this weekend at the fort's site on the Roanoke River near Hamilton in Martin County.

It starts at 9 am each day and has a battle at 1:30 pm.  The site features cannons that were actually mounted at the fort during the Civil War which were recovered from the river.

It was built by the Confederate Army as a defensive position overlooking a bend in the river to guard against Union warships coming up the river to attack a vital railroad bridge upriver at Weldon.

Each year, except, of course, for last year, hundreds of re-enactors come from across the eastern United States to give spectators an idea about what life was like back during the war.

There is a charge for parking and concessions to raise funds for upkeep and restoration efforts.

--Old B-Runner