Thunderous Echoes Of The Battle Of Mobile Bay Still Ring With Alabama Re-enactment

By Robert DeWitt

Shots from cannon and muskets again echoed over Mobile Bay on Aug. 5. But 153 years to the day that Admiral David Farragut led his Union ships to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, those sounds were accompanied by the cheers of spectators rather than the cries of dying and wounded men.

Fort Morgan State Historic Site marked the occasion with living history demonstrations that included firing artillery pieces, infantry drills and a period medical display. The idea was to give visitors a better understanding of not only how the men who lived there fought but how they lived their everyday lives.

“I enjoy trying to educate people about how things were and about how people lived,” said John Gurner, a former member of the Fort Morgan staff who dressed as an artillery sergeant for the re-enactment. “It’s different when people can come up and see how things were and what things looked like and they can touch the uniform and see how it felt.”

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