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3rd and 6th US Colored Infantry
Re-enactors visit Fort McHenry
For a Civil War Weekend Encampment.
Early print of the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
Courtesy Maryland Historical Society.
From 1861 to 1865, Fort McHenry was
used as a detention camp for persons under investigation for suspected
pro-Southern sentiments and as a prison camp for captured Confederate soldiers.
Civil War Weekend at Fort McHenry,
April 19 - 20, 2008
Members of the 3rd and 6th US Colored
Infantry Re-enactors traveled to Baltimore, MD to take part in a Civil War
Weekend. Several units of Infantry and artillery, took part reenacting
activities that were typical of what went on at the fort during the Civil
War. The 3rd and 6th U.S.C.I., acted as guards for civilians who were
suspected pro-southerner sympathizers and captured Confederate soldiers who were
held there prior to being shipped to prison camps located at Point Lookout and
Ft. Delaware
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1. Joe Becton talks history at
Ft. McHenry.
2. 1st/Sgt. and Frank on standby in guard room.
3. 2nd/Sgt Al Ward chats with re-enactors during break.
4. 2nd/Sgt. Byron Childress on standby in guard room.
5. Confederate prisoners take it easy in Ft. McHenry.
6. 2nd/Sgt Byron Childress talks with prisoners before they are shipped to
Point Lookout Prison.
7. Artillery prepares to fire canon.
8. Pvt. Frank Beck and Cpl. Art Collins chat after a fine dinner of corned
beef and cabbage.
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