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Possible New "Hunley" Explanation
01-28-2013, 09:41 AM
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Possible New "Hunley" Explanation
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20...source=RSS

Also
http://news.yahoo.com/experts-clues-sink...55343.html
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01-28-2013, 11:33 AM
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Isn't interesting that a discovery like this completing changes the story as we knew it? A little bit unsettling too. As I was once told by a college professor: "try to avoid hardening of the categories!"

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01-28-2013, 01:35 PM
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Fascinating! Just goes to show that new things are being discovered every day which change how we look at history!

"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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01-29-2013, 10:04 AM
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Several years ago Vicki and I were in Charleston, and we visited the Hunley. A "must see" IMO. I am in awe of the courage it took those men to get into such a small place and go on that mission.
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01-29-2013, 10:18 AM
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Roger: You are so right. I mean the thought of encasing yourself in that thing and going into battle-courage beyond belief.

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02-04-2013, 10:31 PM
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I thought that the movie made a few years back was excellent.

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02-05-2013, 10:42 AM
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Craig, I missed that one. There was a movie?

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02-05-2013, 02:49 PM
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(02-05-2013 10:42 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Craig, I missed that one. There was a movie?

Bill,
Here is a commercial from 1999.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFYSZqDVvwc

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02-05-2013, 10:39 PM
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That's it!
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02-06-2013, 08:21 AM
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Vicki and I had a discussion at breakfast this morning. When we visited the Hunley in Charleston years ago I vaguely remember seeing the replica sub on display that Turner made for his movie. I thought it was in the same building that houses the Hunley. Vicki remembers no such thing. Anybody know? ("Seeing things" that don't exist wouldn't be anything new for me.)
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02-06-2013, 03:03 PM
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I agree with the comments on the Hunley movie on TNT; it was a good one.

There have also been at least a couple shows on The History Channel in the last decade on the Hunley. One was on the original efforts to raise the ship (in 1995, I think).

The Hunley is a story that never really goes away, and I'm glad it doesn't.
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02-06-2013, 03:07 PM
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Those guys were dedicated for"The Cause".My niece is married to a man on an Atomic Sub.Sailors are larger on the subs of today than then! I had trouble getting thru a WW11-B-24 bomber at 6'225lbs.I wonder what size the Hunley sailors were?
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02-06-2013, 07:35 PM
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I did some of my own research on the Hunley's crew.They were 8 in number and between 18 and 20yrs of age.But,the most remarkable piece of research was that they were around 6'tall!It was stated that they all doubled up like a doughnut.More to come!!!
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02-07-2013, 09:09 AM
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(02-05-2013 02:49 PM)JB Banning Wrote:  
(02-05-2013 10:42 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Craig, I missed that one. There was a movie?

Bill,
Here is a commercial from 1999.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFYSZqDVvwc

Joe

Thanks! That looks really good. I see actor Sutherlund in a Confederate uniform. Whom does he play?

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02-07-2013, 09:17 AM
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Bill,

He played Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard who apparently wanted to cancel the mission after the first two crews were drowned in trials.

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