Mobile Muster October 2024 Going LIVE!!!

[bdtex]

The group is getting a presentation tonight from author Paul Brueske about the battles at Mobile Bay, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley.

 

[bdtex]

 

[Chalmers' Division]

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Hey hey that looks like a fist full of fun!

 

[redbob]

There are plenty more that folks took that will get posted soon as we had a GREAT day and @NH Civil War Gal got to fire that 32ib gun.

You look mighty dapper in that Hawaiian shirt.

 

[Chalmers' Division]

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Good looking latrine!

 

[bdtex]

After NH Civil War Girl fired the 30-pounder, a ring of smoke went way out over the bay.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

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I think the ancient Romans may have had a better plan.

Same set up ... but made from marble.

(Thus no risk of splinters).

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

After NH Civil War Girl fired the 30-pounder, a ring of smoke went way out over the bay.

Give that girl a red trimmed Artillery cap !

Looks like ya'll are having a great time.

 

[UCVRelics]

You look mighty dapper in that Hawaiian shirt.

Tina sent it to me months ago so I thought it was only fittin to wear it a d it does look good on me

 

[redbob]

Tina sent it to me months ago so I thought it was only fittin to wear it a d it does look good on me

It certainly does and no doubt it adds to the festive mood.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

Richard McCardle donating on behalf of the entire Civil War Muster Group 6.4 Brooks Shell fired from Fort Powell. This weighs 80#!

 

[Kathy the history sleuth]

My photos from today. Some are different than others already posted.

 

[G Low]

I think the ancient Romans may have had a better plan.

Same set up ... but made from marble.

(Thus no risk of splinters).

They were made so six could sit spaced one apart and while the tide was in they could fish too!!

 

[bdtex]

We had great weather today. The wind was blowing pretty good in the morning but it laid down in the afternoon.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

We put the 1.25 black powder charge in but Robert (the docent) rammed it home but…. Very slowly so the package wouldn't break. That's why I didn't do it. No experience.

Then the vent picking started.

Next the primer and attaching the lanyard which I stepped down onto the ground to hold.

I faced parallel to the cannon with my face away from it and with a strong sweeping motion, like pulling a small engine, pulled the lanyard. I think I have a new addiction!

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

They have a museum and this is what happens to your canteen when a wagon runs over it!

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

You are looking at original cement that was made over 150-years-ago. It actually holds up much better than newer cement closer to the 1900s and modern cement now.

The engineers there had a little railroad track inside to move these supplies around as they built this fort. They had extra railroad ties so they used them as lintels and roof supports for some of the small openings.

During major hurricanes this fort can become a giant swimming pool. It is amazing that the original building methods hold up much better than later repairs or renovation.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

There is a small cemetery at the fort. Not many people died there but a few did.

This gravestone is in the museum and I didn't want him forgotten though there is some mystery about what his place was at the fort.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

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I had forgotten about that ship wreck washing up on shore back in 1998.

I was working down there after Hurricane Georges.
(The Gulf Coast States have an agreement to help each other after major storms).

Most of the nation probably doesn't remember Hurricane Georges, but I sure remember.
Thinking back to that time, some "experts" thought this wreck was the remains a colonial French supply ship sailing to Mobile, Al
or Biloxi, MS.

But as the marker relates, I doubt anyone will ever know.