cspear opened this issue on Sep 13, 2007 · 58 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Sat, 15 September 2007 at 10:56 AM
Quote - Had an ancestor who fought in Baylor's Brigade, under Sul Ross..so I could probably go into the great great great 2nd Cousins of Confederate Veterans, or something like that (my grandfather fought in WWI, so we are a bit spread out..;) And to be even more ironic, they're trying to raise the Hunley anyways...so the text still fits. Carry on, for the Bonny Blue Flag...
There's a photograph of a great-great uncle of mine -- he's wearing his gray lieutenant's uniform. Also: he could have been my twin brother.
Actually, they have raised the Hunley. And the credit for that goes to Clive Cussler (the novelist) and his diving team.
http://www.numa.net/articles/navy_credits_clive_cussler.html
I've seen the Hunley in it's preservation tank. It's a little the worse for wear, of course. But photos, history, etc. can be seen at the link that I gave in one of my earlier posts:
If for no other reason: it's fascinating for those of us who are simply interested in history.