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No meow in the mix: USS Monitor conservators don't find bones of black cat inside turret guns. https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.co...servators.html
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Re: Sorry. They Didn't Find a Cat
Nice post Phil. Am I understanding this correctly, at the end of the article they did in fact find a pair of boots and a coat in one of the guns? And if so are there any pictures of them?Louis Zenti
Pvt. Albert R. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-W.I.A. February 15, 1862)
Pvt. William H. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-K.I.A. February 15, 1862 Ft. Donelson)
Pvt. Simon Sams (Co. C, 18th Iowa Inf.-K.I.A. January 8, 1863 Springfield, MO)
Pvt. Elisha Cox (Co. C, 26th North Carolina Inf.-W.I.A. July 3, 1863 Gettysburg)
"...in the hottest of the fight, some of the rebs yelled out...them must be Iowa boys". Charles O. Musser 29th Iowa Infantry -
Re: Sorry. They Didn't Find a Cat
They found a blue pea coat in the turret:
James "Archie" Marshall
The Buzzard Club (Saltmakers for the south)
Tampa, FLComment
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Re: Sorry. They Didn't Find a Cat
Thank you Sir! Good stuff!Originally posted by floridawar View PostLouis Zenti
Pvt. Albert R. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-W.I.A. February 15, 1862)
Pvt. William H. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-K.I.A. February 15, 1862 Ft. Donelson)
Pvt. Simon Sams (Co. C, 18th Iowa Inf.-K.I.A. January 8, 1863 Springfield, MO)
Pvt. Elisha Cox (Co. C, 26th North Carolina Inf.-W.I.A. July 3, 1863 Gettysburg)
"...in the hottest of the fight, some of the rebs yelled out...them must be Iowa boys". Charles O. Musser 29th Iowa InfantryComment
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