Some New News About an Old War.
1. FORT FISHER CLEANUP-- Volunteers, including the Boy Scouts will be out at the North Carolina fort today for the annual cleanup, sponsored by the Civil War Preservation trust (which I belong to) and the History Channel. Battlefields across the country will also be cleaned up.
Volunteers get a tee shirt, patch, lunch and drinks. Good cause.
2. SPEAKING OF EATIN'-- April 18th will not only be the annual convention of the Illinois Division Sons of Confederate Veterans, but also the 13th Annual Pleasure Island Chowder Cookoff in Carolina Beach, NC, (near Fort Fisher). A mere $5 gets you the right to vote and sample the offerings of eight local restaurants. Sounds like a bite to me.
3. CONFEDERATE NAVAL UNIFORM COLOR-- The Civil War Navy and Marine Forum has been having a discussion on what color Confederate sailors wore. The general consensus is that blue was the color even though regulations prescribed gray. Blue, gray, it's all the same to me. No, it isn't.
4. BOOTH'S GRAVE?-- John David Hoptak, park ranger at Antietam National Battlefield, in his 48th Pa. blog, went to Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, and found the unmarked stone at the Junius Booth family plot that is believed to be the final resting place of John Wilkes Booth. Someone has placed three Lincoln pennies on it. Wonder why?
Now, You Know. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
