Running the Blockade-- some new news about an old war.
1. ROLL ALABAMA-- I came across a great song with video on youtube. It is titled an illustrated sea shanty of the Confederate Navy by David Longshore set to music by Hardtack & Harmony "Pride of the Confederate Navy, 2006."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsi-kkW8zJM
Well worth a watch.
2. A NORTH CAROLINA THING-- Andrew Duppstadt, in his Civil War Navy, the History Profession, and Other Historical Musings blog on blogspot says that he and a total of sixteen people will be on board the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial Saturday from 9 am to 6 and will be show displays about the North Carolina ships that were in the Civil War.
The USS North Carolina was an 1824 ship-of-the-line that did duty as a receiving ship for new recruits in New York Harbor. The CSS North Carolina was an ironclad built in Wilmington that served its whole career on the Cape Fear River as a floating artillery platform (as Duppstadt says).
The US and CS Marines will also be represented there. They expect about 1500 visitors during the day.
See my entry from August 12th for more information.
New News About Old Stuff. --Old B-Runner
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