BRIDGEPORT, Ala. — Civil War re-enactors have refought the Siege of Bridgeport during late March for the past 14 years. The results, though not always historically accurate, are always the same: Union troops, hold the fort on Saturday, Confederate forces are victorious on Sunday.
“The Yankees hold the land for 24 hours; we keep it 364 days,” said Jere McCraw, coordinator of the event that is staged on a 300-acre farm his family has owned since about 1840. “This year we get it one more day because it is leap year.”
About 1,700 re-enactors and more than 4,400 spectators attended this year’s battle despite torrential rains Saturday.
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