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- Published 05/7/2013
Fact: retail investors search for monetary protection
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» Read MoreGrant's Getaways: Oregon Shipwrecks
- Published 03/10/2013
by Grant McOmie
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Posted on February 28, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Updated Friday, Mar 1 at 4:52 PM
There’s something about treasure hunting that’s irresistible and compelling; especially when it touches Oregon history and offers unique outdoor adventures too.
Rich Mulcahy likes to say, “When the tide goes out, the treasure table is set.”
“I think it’s that I am going after something that’s been lost, and I am digging in the sand to find it. I love to dig stuff.”
Rich walks long lonely stretches of the Oregon coast each day accompanied only by the excited sounds of his hand-held detector; the device is his constant companion.
New evidence sheds light on how the Hunley sank a Union ship
- Published 01/29/2013
The new evidence suggests the Hunley was less than 20 feet away from its torpedo when it exploded. Remnants of the 2-foot-long torpedo were found bolted to the 16-foot-long spar.
The discovery indicates that the torpedo, which held 135 pounds of gunpowder, did not separate from the spar but instead was placed under the Union ship. It was fired by command, not contact.
"There is overwhelming evidence to indicate this was not a suicide mission," South Carolina Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell, a Hunley commissioner, said in a statement. "They must have believed this was a safe enough distance to escape any harm. If so, they were at least partially right. Thus far, no damage has been found on the actual submarine caused by the explosion."
Because of the Hunley's proximity to the Housatonic and the amount of gunpowder, the concussion from the explosion could have damaged the sub and injured the crew. "Were some or all of them knocked out?" McConnell asked. "How long were they knocked out? Did the submarine's structure with rivets have a similar problem as the Titanic did when it brushed against the iceberg?" He added, "If the rivets give, the pressure of the water could cause leakage."
Scientists will use the new information to create computer simulations of the attack. Scientists also will start peeling away a layer of rock, sand and silt from the sub.
Victory's Civil War drummer boy writes about Bull Run
- Published 01/28/2013
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Charles H. Dates, great-grandfather to Beverly Sayles, was buried in January 1918 in the Bath National
The first and second battles of Manassas, often called Bull Run, were fought on July 21, 1861 and on Aug. 28-30, 1862. The first battle, the opening engagement of the Civil War, pitted two ill-trained armies struggling to gain a strategic railroad junction (the Manassas Gap and Orange & Alexandria railroads). The Confederate victory was speared by Gen. Thomas J. Jackson’s stand, which gained him the name “Stonewall.” The second battle was also a Confederate victory that opened the way for Gen. Lee’s invasion of the North. With the help of Stonewall Jackson, Lee inflicted a crushing defeat at the old battleground of Bull Run and captured many supplies. In September 1862, the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam), Md. was fought, killing more men on the second day (Sept. 17) than at any other time in the war.
About 150 years ago, Feb. 17, 1863, Victory drummer boy Hamilton Wetherby, with the 111th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, Company C, wrote about the Bull Run battlefield (six months after the second battle) in a letter home to his uncle and aunt:
Dear Uncle and Aunt, I am ashamed to write to you almost because I have never written to you since I left home and I must write you a few lines to let you know that I am well and Edwin is. Also we are as tough as bears. Well, it snows very hard to-day but I am all dry in my tent. We are way out here near Bull Run Battle Field. We are about three miles from the battlefield. Some of the boys have been out on the battle ground and they say it is an awful sight to see; the remains of dead bodies lying on the top of the ground and great droves of hogs rooting around among them. It must look awful, must it not, Uncle?
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