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re: Civil War nicknames for SEC states..
Posted on 6/26/12 at 9:03 pm to NCrawler
Posted on 6/26/12 at 9:03 pm to NCrawler
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Long spike on the front of the sub with a large explosive attached. They rammed the ship, attaching the explosive to the hull and when they reversed, a rope attached to the explosive detonated it. They were probably a bit too close when it detonated and were lost at sea...
Yeah officially there is no explanation to why it sank. From what I've heard the Hunley actually signaled that it was returning home after it hit and sank the ship. One big theory is that afterwards a Union ship going to rescue survivors ran over the Hunley and then it sanke.
Who knows. It was brave of them to do it in the 1st place. The Hunley had 2 test runs before that both sank and all crew were killed, including the guy the sub was named for.
If I remember correctly it was another state (I think AL) that when the Hunley was raised they wanted it because it was actually built there. But naturally we kept it as it was in service here and sank here. Also some student did some paper on it in my History 300 class (essentially teaches people how to be a historian) and said that former, and very powerful, Senator Strom Thurmond made some agreement with the Navy to keep it in SC in exchange for something but I can't remember what.
Either way it technically belonged to the US Navy regardless of which angle you take.
1) Union never recognized the CSA as a country thus it all belonged the Union anyway.
2) Was sunk in combat and was thus a prize of war type thing.
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 9:39 pm to theGarnetWay
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Yeah officially there is no explanation to why it sank. From what I've heard the Hunley actually signaled that it was returning home after it hit and sank the ship. One big theory is that afterwards a Union ship going to rescue survivors ran over the Hunley and then it sanke
I know some of the people on the Hunley Commission,
they tell me that the best current theory after being able to examine the sub is that the crew just stayed down too long and just passed out and eventually died from lack of oxygen
Posted on 6/28/12 at 7:04 am to theGarnetWay
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Either way it technically belonged to the US Navy regardless of which angle you take.
1) Union never recognized the CSA as a country thus it all belonged the Union anyway.
2) Was sunk in combat and was thus a prize of war type thing.
not sure about that. it resided in state waters therefore was an artifact of the state. the same as the state can claim ownership on cannonballs, bullets, etc. found in public waters and on state lands. in fact, i believe the artifact law give the state some domain over historic items found on private lands too.
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