The good folks at the Civil War Interactive Newswire alerted me to this story, so they must have bailed out from all that water Tennessee recently received.
From the May 3rd ENCToday.
The actual Civil War Battle of New Bern took place in March of 1862 and resulted in a Union victory and the city's occupation for the duration of the war,
this weekend, a Naval and artillery re-enactment is planned. This is rare for Civil War re=enactments as usually they are strictly land-based battles. Three ships will be in the Neuse River and 200 soldiers will be on shore and shots will be traded. This is sort of a dry run for the 150th anniversary of the battle coming up in 2012.
During the weekend, the United States Colored Troops will be featured in seminars, re-enactors and a symposium. Also there will be surgical and yellow fever demonstrations, a torpedo display, tours of the original battlefield, slave quarters and a self-guided Civil War walking tour.
Sounds Like Quite an Even, But, Unfortunately I Live Too Far to Go. --Old B-Runner
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