Confederate Sub Crew Taken to Burial Site

Yahoo! News ^ | Apr 17, 2004 | AP

[Destro]

With the Hunley the South did rise again symbolically. By the way the Sec. of the Confederate Navy was Jewish.

[mean lunch lady]

Randy Burbage, a member of the South Carolina Hunley Commission, said it was a testimony to the crew that so many people had come to pay tribute to "eight Americans who died for a cause they believed in so long ago."

"There are some who have scoffed at our efforts to pay tribute to these men saying that because they were Confederates, they don't deserve so high an honor," said Ronald Wilson, the commander in chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (news - web sites). "It is our duty to respect and remember these individuals."

People need to remember that Abraham Lincoln himself ordered that the song "Dixie" be played to honor the Confederate Army and the fact that they fought for what they believed. at least that's what I have read, I was not actually there.
My husband and I watched a fascinating show about the Hunley and the things that were found aboard the sub. There was a gold piece that was believed to be just a myth that was found along with many other things. The story was that it saved a man's life by stopping a bullet, I think.

[kennedy]

So how many people would have volunteered to be among the third crew of an experimental craft knowing that everyone in the first two crews had died?

[DakotaGator]

Fourteen Southern governors were invited to the ceremony, but declined to attend.

Cowards!

[ovrtaxt]

The CSA Sec. of the Navy was Jewish? I didn't know that. Judah Benjamin, also Jewish, was Sec. of State, IIRC.

They were real racists, those Confederates! </ sarcasm>

[jocon307]

Agreed! May these long dead submariners finally rest in peace.

[Riley]

The story was that it saved a man's life by stopping a bullet, I think.

That's correct. You can get an EXACT replica of the gold piece, engraving and all. I was given one as a gift.

http://store.hunley.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=FOTH&Category_Code=LTD

[mean lunch lady]

Cool! Thanks for the tip, my husband would love a meaningful keepsake like that. He always has loved history and when he was in school he took every History class he could.

[Khurkris]

Rest in Peace Good Soldiers.

[the_rightside]

Whatever happened to all the spirited debates over Blue & Gray issues?

[Destro]

he was it. Same Jew - held many offices.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Let me guess. The governors of the eleven confederate states (including Perry here in Texas) and maybe OK, MO, and WV?

[GregB]

Does anybody know if there is any video? I had family on both sides. It seems to me that the south was fighting for States Rights. I need to read up on it. I do have book of pictures and some stories especially of the Irish at Gettysburg. It was some story. Chicken Governors..Its a shame when so few make so many do stupid things..in the name of political correctness....

[snopercod]

The South Shall Rise Again.

[let us cross over the river]

We were there, and there are no words to describe it. To stand right by the caissons as they were putting the caskets on them after the morning ceremony , to the parade of hundreds and hundreds of re-enactors, and others dressed in period dress , awesome doesn't even begin to describe it.
We felt so fortunate to be a part of history.
I hope that a dvd comes out, but I don't know.

[let us cross over the river]

There was more than one estimate of the crowd being over 30 thousand . Charleston did shine today

[let us cross over the river]

ping

[Liberty Valance]

IIRC there is supposed to be a National Geographic special about this on MSNBC Explorer. I'll check the TV schedules.

[let us cross over the river]

Thanks for the info, I'll be looking for it.