Some New News About an Old War.
1. OFFICER UNIFORMS-- The CW Naval and Marine Forum Yahoo group has been discussing a star on Admiral Farragut's uniform that was not standard issue. It turns out that officers often had private tailors make their uniforms and had their own embellishments added.
2. FANNIE J-- The same forum also had a post about the Fannie J, called the oldest metal working tug in the US, launched during the presidency of US Grant in 1974. It is for sale, along with another tug, the 1904 Bath. It is in Portland, Maine.
3. PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM-- The Philadelphia Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum will be closing for two years starting this August as it prepares for its move to the Independence National Park. So, if you wan t to see it, you'd better get hoofing.
4. USS HARTFORD-- The same forum had a discussion about the USS Hartford, Farragut's flagship at the Battle of Mobile. This survivor of the Civil War managed to stay afloat until November 20, 1956, when it sank at its mooring at Norfolk Naval Yard in Virginia after years of slow deterioration.
My opinion is that someone should have done something to preserve it for future generations. We have no other Civil War wooden ships other than the USS Constitution which did no fighting.
Who Says It is an Old War. --Old B-R'er
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
