Living History: The 158th Anniversary of the Fall of Fort Anderson
Copyright (C) 2023 by Frederick Walton Historian and Reenactor I climbed out of a warm, cozy bed on Saturday morning February 18, 2023 to find bright sunshine streaming in the bedroom window. Outside the temperature was a cool 40 something degrees, not nearly as warm as the 70's of the past several days. My wife chucked. It never seems to fail that on days of a reenactment, regardless of how beautiful the preceding weather is, it would be worse that day then any other day. No matter, The date is set and the activities are planned. I looked forward to going to my first reenactment in two years. I had to go bowling that morning, the last game of the season and I couldn't miss it so I was planning to travel to Fort Anderson in the afternoon. Maybe the temperature would be warmer by then. The invitation to members of the Sixth North Carolina State Troops read " Plunging Shot and Screaming Shell: A Nighttime Bombardment" with the above picture of an air burst and troo