Jim Bridges stood at Mariners’ Wharf in Elizabeth City Friday clad in the robe of an Episcopal rector as the crowd gathered. Then in his best Scottish accent, he proceeded to tell the story of the man who some say saved the town from burning during the Civil War.

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