Cool History to feature Water Witch Capture

Cool History – The Dramatic Capture of the USS Water Witch, a living history weekend is set for the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus on the Friday and Saturday following Thanksgiving, Nov. 27-28. Scenes from the capture of the ship by the Confederate Navy will be reenacted onboard the rebuilt full scale model of the Civil War ship outside the museum.

A living history camp with demonstrations of period military activities from naval blacksmithing to rope making will also be in the area of the ship. Civil War era sailors and Marines will be on hand to talk to visitors on both the Friday and Saturday following Thanksgiving.

The photo shows a previous Cool History program where scenes from the capture were reenacted.

Cool History to feature Navy Medicine

One of Port Columbus's most popular programs is set to run the weekend of the 4th of July. Lawrence Jones, who portrays a US Navy surgeon will be set up to do surgery in one of the ship environments in the museum that weekend and will demonstrate how surgery was done during the Civil War aboard ships.

He will also be talking to visitors throughout Saturday and Sunday about various medical topics so visitors are encouraged to bring their questions.

Cool History is a series of summer programs at Port Columbus, most of which are conducted indoors, where it's..........cool.

Registration Form and Tentative Schedule

Registration Form and Tentative Schedule now Available!

The registration form and tentative schedule are now available for Civil War Navy and Marine reenactors who are interested in participating in this year's RiverBlast! event and USS Water Witch commissioning ceremony. Use the links below to download the form and schedule, and don't forget to check out the Living History blog for information specific to reenactor participation in this year's event.

Registration Form - If you have Outlook or a similar mail program installed, you may fill this form out on your computer and email it in - it's that easy! If not, you can still fill it out electronically and fax or mail it, or print a blank form and fax or mail it in.

Port Columbus Fax: 706-324-7225
Port Columbus Address: 1002 Victory Drive, Columbus, GA 31901


Tentative Schedule

Info Coming Soon

Planning is underway at full steam for RiverBlast! and the USS Water Witch commissioning ceremony. We're still solidifying many of the details, but information will be posted here as it is confirmed.

Coming (very) soon: Registration form and tentative schedule, camping and other logistical information, and a listing of activities, events and opportunities to help for reenactors/living historians.

Welcome!

This page will be the home for participant information for Living Historians and Reenactors for the 2009 River Blast. Check back often, as this page will be updated regularly.

Coming soon: registration form and basic information.