Comments on: Government Boats 24

By: walt

walt — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:59:54 +0000

Thanks as usual for sharing,
The CSS’s Naval Architecture is really something!
The Hunley, a Submarine made from locomotive boilers! Those Southern
Gentlemen were really clever. Our Cast Iron Bell and Spigot DWV piping came from Birmingham! Alas, we couldn’t even sing Steven C. Foster’s Old Black Joe in school!!

By: starbuck5250

starbuck5250 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:29:53 +0000

Will, this is an exquisite display! Thanks for sharing these photos; these ironclads are very rare indeed. I got to see a similar exhibit at the Steamboat Arabia museum in Kansas City. In addition to Joe’s excellent suggestion, Cornell University of all places is digitising Civil War records as part of their ‘Making of America’ program: http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/m/moawar/ofre.html

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:11:26 +0000

Thanks Will, though I am not from the south, I held the platform at Ft. Eustis for a while. For those who may be more interested in the Civil War there are some excellent Naval photos on the Naval History Website and in the Washington Navy Yard.