Fort D Days

Members of The Turner Brigade fire a cannon in the reenactment of the Battle of Cape Girardeau.

The Confederate camp is seen before the skirmish with Union forces.

Rob Weeks stands sentry before the skirmish with Confederate reenactors.

Matt Varnum, a member of Big River Volunteers, a Confederate reenactment group from Fredericktown, Mo., portrays a dismounted Confederate soldier demanding the Union forces surrender. The scene was loosely based on the Battle of Cape Girardeau 150 years ago. Reenactors Scott House, center, and Rob Weeks rejected the demand and the battle ensued.

Members of The Turner Brigade prepare to meet the dismounted Confederate soldiers in a skirmish loosely based on the Battle of Cape Girardeau.

Shelly Chapman with The Turner Brigade presents a show of force after the Confederates demanded the Union forces to surrender.

Members of The Turner Brigade approach the battlefield prior to the reenactment of the Battle of Cape Girardeau.

Members of The Turner Brigade move cannons into place before the skirmish begins.

Capt. Randy Baehr with Company M, 1st Missouri Light Artillery, U.S., directs The Turner Brigade as cannons are set up for the reenactment of the Battle of Cape Girardeau. Baehr recently learned that his great-great-grandfather, Anton Kaeshammer, was stationed at Fort B in 1863 during the Battle of Cape Girardeau.

Members of the Turner Brigade reenact the Battle of Cape Girardeau as they fire upon approaching dismounted Confederate reenactors during Fort D Days on Saturday, May 25, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Members of The Turner Brigade fire a cannon in the reenactment of the Battle of Cape Girardeau.

Spectators watch the battle reenactment.

Reenactors document the day's events at Fort D.

Confederate reenactors relax at their camp after the skirmish with Union forces.

Noah Cavaness, left, and Joseph Finchen pretend to battle at Fort D.

New Civil War reenactors are invited to join The Turner Brigade at Fort D.

Reenactor Greg Zelinske, commander of 17th Missouri Company G infantry, talks about Civil War weapons with Wesley and Donna Cox and their son, David, of St. Clair, Mo. at Fort D.

A Civil War-era flag with 34 stars is on display at Fort D.

Reenactors make use of a Quaker cannon at Fort D.