SmokingPipes article on the Hunley
Oct 2, 2018 1:51:02 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 1:51:02 GMT -5
I am pasting this article from an email from SP. I can't find it online, which means some of you may not have gotten it. It's on the Submarine, The Hunley. Years ago, while still in the Wild West Days of the Internet, The Hunley was discovered. They put a site together and the background music was the song, Dixie. Always one of my faves. Whether for royalties or some other reason there is no background music there. You couldn't find this song to save your life these days. I came across it on a CD when I was doing some research on Andersonville. The online store is long gone.
Anyway, this song, linked from my website, is sung by Ren Rohling. She (last I checked) had gone out to Hollywood and done some makeup work. Her song, the only one of hers I know of, was an award winner at some Southern Convention. I am linking the song here first, then the article. If you love Dixie at all, you must listen to this version.
Check your volume before clicking. I have been using this space since the Flintstone Days of the Internet and these whizkids managed to mess up the volume control just recently.
Dixie by Ren Rohling
The Wreck of the H. L. Hunley
Monday, October 1, 2018 by Rachel DuBose
The H. L. Hunley, an early submarine serving in the American Civil War, sunk three times, though only one of those sinkings is of interest to us.
On February 17, 1864, the Hunley launched an attack on the USS Housatonic outside of Charleston, South Carolina, detonating a spar torpedo against the hull of the sloop-of-war, and sinking it in only five minutes. The Hunley sank in the attack as well, lost to the bottom of the ocean until its discovery. On August 8, 2000, it was raised for the first time in over a century.
The items pulled from the wreck painted a picture of the eight volunteer crew members who lost their lives in the attack. Amongst those items was a $20 gold coin belonging to Lieutenant George E. Dixon, which supported a long-held legend that the coin had saved him from death during the Battle of Shiloh — and indeed, the coin bore an inscription to that effect. More interesting, perhaps, to us as pipesmokers, were two pipes found in the wreckage — one clay, the other of wood.
The most likely owner of these pipes, as determined by researchers, is a seaman named C. Lumpkin. Although his history is unclear, he was European-born and middle-aged, and his love of smoking is obvious. Notches had been worn in his teeth through the act of clenching his pipe, the deeply-bent, wooden Billiard artifact seemingly perfect for such a purpose.
The Hunley was not a ship that could allow smoking, especially when submerged. The inclusion of such items in the ship, therefore, leads one to assume that they were important to their owner — whether as some of the few items he owned, or as a source of comfort, or both. It's a discovery to which I think many of us can relate, in fact — that, no matter what happens, we should never be without our favorite pipes.
Anyway, this song, linked from my website, is sung by Ren Rohling. She (last I checked) had gone out to Hollywood and done some makeup work. Her song, the only one of hers I know of, was an award winner at some Southern Convention. I am linking the song here first, then the article. If you love Dixie at all, you must listen to this version.
Check your volume before clicking. I have been using this space since the Flintstone Days of the Internet and these whizkids managed to mess up the volume control just recently.
Dixie by Ren Rohling
The Wreck of the H. L. Hunley
Monday, October 1, 2018 by Rachel DuBose
The H. L. Hunley, an early submarine serving in the American Civil War, sunk three times, though only one of those sinkings is of interest to us.
On February 17, 1864, the Hunley launched an attack on the USS Housatonic outside of Charleston, South Carolina, detonating a spar torpedo against the hull of the sloop-of-war, and sinking it in only five minutes. The Hunley sank in the attack as well, lost to the bottom of the ocean until its discovery. On August 8, 2000, it was raised for the first time in over a century.
The items pulled from the wreck painted a picture of the eight volunteer crew members who lost their lives in the attack. Amongst those items was a $20 gold coin belonging to Lieutenant George E. Dixon, which supported a long-held legend that the coin had saved him from death during the Battle of Shiloh — and indeed, the coin bore an inscription to that effect. More interesting, perhaps, to us as pipesmokers, were two pipes found in the wreckage — one clay, the other of wood.
The most likely owner of these pipes, as determined by researchers, is a seaman named C. Lumpkin. Although his history is unclear, he was European-born and middle-aged, and his love of smoking is obvious. Notches had been worn in his teeth through the act of clenching his pipe, the deeply-bent, wooden Billiard artifact seemingly perfect for such a purpose.
The Hunley was not a ship that could allow smoking, especially when submerged. The inclusion of such items in the ship, therefore, leads one to assume that they were important to their owner — whether as some of the few items he owned, or as a source of comfort, or both. It's a discovery to which I think many of us can relate, in fact — that, no matter what happens, we should never be without our favorite pipes.
