Learn more about Ala. town, Union POWs

Old Cahawba in Alabama is offering an April 1 walking tour of the park, looking at the impact the Civil War, including the Battle of Selma, had on Cahawba and its residents. Near the end of the war, water from the Cahaba and Alabama rivers pushed over the river bank and across the town of Cahawba, leaving more than 3,000 Union Army prisoners standing for days in knee deep water at Castle Morgan. • Article

Selma re-enactment canceled in fee dispute

A three-decade tradition is in danger in Selma, Alabama, where a dispute over city fees is prompting organizers to cancel a major Civil War re-enactment that brings tourists to town each spring. Organizers of the Battle of Selma battle re-enactment said the four-day event won’t be held this year because municipal officials wanted to impose new fees. • Article

Submerged relics could have new home

Selma, Ala., has received a grant to study ways to protect weapons dumped into the Alabama River in the last days of the Civil War. Union troops burned the city and tossed into the war items produced at a Selma armament manufacturing plant. • Article

Selma re-enactment returns after hiatus

Beginning Thursday and con­tinuing through Sunday after­noon, the locally produced Battle of Selma (Ala.) is expected to attract up to 3,000 re-enactors, vendors, spectators and schoolchildren from across Alaba­ma. • Article