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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; Iris7; Valin
Morning Glory Folks~

Read "nickcarraways" thread last night about the retrieval of a cannon from the CSS Alabama. Within the thread was this side bar from FReeper "concentric circles" . . . very cool.

17 posted on 07/15/2005 7:23:16 AM PDT by w_over_w (A good fence is horse high, pig tight and bull strong.)
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To: w_over_w

"The cannon was brought to the surface by the French naval vessel Elan,"

My reply "Which promply surrendered"


18 posted on 07/15/2005 7:36:22 AM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
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To: w_over_w

Morning w_over_w.


34 posted on 07/15/2005 9:37:38 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: w_over_w
One of these days I shall read

Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States

Admiral Semmes memoir.

66 posted on 07/16/2005 12:30:31 AM PDT by Iris7 ("What fools these mortals be!" - Puck, in "Midsummer Night's Dream")
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