Vol. 7, No. 2
Richmond, Ky.
Housatonic sinking
Hunley Senior Archaeologist Maria
Jacobsen explains that Confederate
submarine’s torpedo contained
135 pounds of black powder and
was installed on the tip of the sub’s
20-foot spar (bow bar). The Hunley
sank the Union’s Housatonic
blockade ship in 1864.
See story
– Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier
photo by Brad Nettles
Forging on
Karl Orndorff works a strip of iron at his forge in Gettysburg, Pa. Orndorff is an authority on
the traveling forges used in the Civil War. See story about his book.
National Geographic photo by James Stanfield
New and old
The new Jefferson Davis Inn (above) was moved
from its original location at Lexington’s West High and
Limestone Streets where Jeff Davis boarded while
a student at then Transylvania College. A historical
marker (below) remains at the initial location.
See story
Unearthed at Campbellsville
The American Battlefield Protection Program granted Tebbs Bend Battlefield Association
funding for an archaeological examination of three features on its battlefield. Shown are the
Federal stockade bastion (above) and the Federal forward rifle pit (below) uncovered by
McBride Preservation Services. In 1862, the stockade was built to protect the bridge over
Green River.
Remains transferred
Members of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard carry
a casket from a plane at Chantilly, Va., containing the
remains of one of two unknown sailors who were lost
when the USS Monitor sank in 1862. See story
– Carolyn Kaster AP Photo
SCV camps
The Kentucky Division
of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has camps
in nearly every region
of the Commonwealth.
The map at right
indicates the
various camps.
See story
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