Sunken CW War Ship Found

River Rat

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This article is taken from The Ponchatoula Times...a weekly newspaper that features "a lil bit of history".

I had to scan & its not the best in the world, so bear with me. :-\

For those who may be interested, Lt Norwood has open a museum displaying all his diving finds...
http://www.louisianatreasuresmuseum.com/

From my readings of this newspaper article, I see where some of the "quotes" are from Col Edward Bacon's Among The Cotton Thieves, this memoir of Col Bacon's 6th MI Infantry is well worth reading.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=ACK4755.0001.001

Enjoy!!

;) RR
 

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GREAT read, RR! Thanks for posting this!

Nana :)
 

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Sounds like I need to form a expedition to the mouth of the amite. Thats really weird knowing that I have probably passed over the wreck hundreds of times playing on the lake. Crazy...
 

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