Eight-year-olds Valorie Kurtz, left, Logan Mediate react as a howl is heard from beyond the fort wall at the start of the “Full Moon Fort” tour Saturday night at Fort Phil Kearny. The tour featured stories from bloody battles fought at the historic site. Reenactors, props, lights and special effects added a theatrical experience to the spooky environment. Justin Sheely|The Sheridan Press.

Site superintendent Misty Stoll plays the role of Private Murphy as she leads a group during the “Full Moon Fort” tour Saturday night at Fort Phil Kearny. The tour featured stories from bloody battles fought at the historic site. Reenactors, props, lights and special effects added a theatrical experience to the spooky environment. Justin Sheely|The Sheridan Press.

Robert Stanley, left, and Bruce Berst play the roles of dead infantry as a tour group walks by during the “Full Moon Fort” tour Saturday night at Fort Phil Kearny. The tour featured stories from bloody battles fought at the historic site. Reenactors, props, lights and special effects added a theatrical experience to the spooky environment. Justin Sheely|The Sheridan Press.

Colter Stanley lies on the ground as a dead infantry foot soldier as a tour group walks by during the “Full Moon Fort” tour Saturday night at Fort Phil Kearny. The tour featured stories from bloody battles fought at the historic site. Reenactors, props, lights and special effects added a theatrical experience to the spooky environment. Justin Sheely|The Sheridan Press.

Patty Wilson plays the historical role of Margaret Carrington as she leads a group during the “Full Moon Fort” tour Saturday night at Fort Phil Kearny. The tour featured stories from bloody battles fought at the historic site. Reenactors, props, lights and special effects added a theatrical experience to the spooky environment. Justin Sheely|The Sheridan Press.

A young actor sneaks on the tour group to put a coup on his target.

Actors play the role of the native americans during the time of Carrington at Fort Phil Kearny.

Two-year-old Sawyer Colb rides on Trevor Spenyers of Buffalo as the group walks the ground of the historic fort during the “Full Moon Fort” tour Saturday night at Fort Phil Kearny. The tour featured stories from bloody battles fought at the historic site. Reenactors, props, lights and special effects added a theatrical experience to the spooky environment. Justin Sheely|The Sheridan Press.