September 7, 2015

Turner Brigade fall muster at Fort D

Civil War re-enactors with the Turner Brigade hold their fall muster Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 at Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Civil War re-enactors Aric Johnson, left, and Wyatt Willis, members of the Turner Brigade, search for a Confederate soldier hiding during the fall muster Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Visitors come to the fall muster Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Marvin Glueck, right, with the Front Porch Players, shows Michelle Suhr, left, and her daughter, Anwyn, how to play a hammered dulcimer Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Maverick Robertson tries playing a hammered dulcimer as Ken Burch instructs him Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Scott House explains the 3-inch ordnance rifle about to be fired Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Visitors to the fall muster wait for the boom of the 3-inch ordnance rifle Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Civil War re-enactors with the Turner Brigade, from left, Aric Johnson, Wyatt Willis, Tristan Watson and Mike Watson, fire a replica of a 3-inch ordnance rifle Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau. More photos are in a gallery at semissourian.com.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Wyatt Willis talks about the Enfield rifle during a demonstration with Tristan Watson at the fall muster Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Visitors to the fall muster listen to Civil War re-enactors next to a Quaker cannon Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Wyatt Willis stand at ease with an Enfield rifle, a 58-caliber muzzleloader, at the Turner Brigade's fall muster Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Civil War re-enactors Aric Johnson, left, and Wyatt Willis, members of the Turner Brigade, set out to find a Confederate soldier hiding during the fall muster Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com John Couch portrays a Confederate soldier Sunday, Sept. 7, 2015 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

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Civil War re-enactors with the Turner Brigade hold their fall muster Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 at Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.

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