Mobile Bay ? for Robert
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:01 am
Robert, what was the name again of the Monitor vessel you talked about last night?
The Tennessee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Tennessee_(1863)
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Re: Mobile Bay ? for Robert
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:29 am
Re: Mobile Bay ? for Robert
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:00 pm
Now you got me thinking about it. Once, years ago when my kids were little I was inspired by some wood toys my father made for them and decided to see if I could make a toy Tennessee. I went to the library and dug around until I had some length and width and general discription. Then using some scraps of this and that I made my version of it.
It is on a shelf in my garage now days and has had a really hard life. I vacumed off some of the dust, but he prop is broken and the ladders are missing rungs, and the "canvas" is falling in and the flag is in sad shape....etc. The hull depth is probably too deep by proportion but the top sides are as close to proportion as I could make them at the time.
Not exactly expert modeling, but it was just one of those wild notions and I had time to do it back then before the internet. And... it would float too and remain right side up.
It is on a shelf in my garage now days and has had a really hard life. I vacumed off some of the dust, but he prop is broken and the ladders are missing rungs, and the "canvas" is falling in and the flag is in sad shape....etc. The hull depth is probably too deep by proportion but the top sides are as close to proportion as I could make them at the time.
Not exactly expert modeling, but it was just one of those wild notions and I had time to do it back then before the internet. And... it would float too and remain right side up.
Re: Mobile Bay ? for Robert
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:33 pm
Interesting ship, did a little reading about it. It served on both sides during the Civil War, after being captured by the USN during the Battle of Mobile Bay on Aug 5, 1864.
Also found 8 men that served in the CSS with the last name Stewart, maybe related?
Vern.
Also found 8 men that served in the CSS with the last name Stewart, maybe related?
Vern.
Re: Mobile Bay ? for Robert
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:45 pm
Maybe related some way. My great grandfather was in Mobile at the time of the Civil War. He served with the 21st Alabama and was with the Regiment when it was nearly wiped out at Shiloh. His unit came back to Mobile, what was left of it, and was reorganized. At the Battle of Mobile Bay his infantry company was doing double duty by firing cannons from a sand battery on a small island between Dauphin Island and Cedar Point. When they got the worst of it they waded ashore at Cedar Point.
Incidently, there was a guy who served with the 6/31st in 1970 that was one of the Colonel's RTO's. His great grandfather served on a Yankee ship during that battle. Maybe his great grandfather and mine shot cannons at each other back in August of 1864.
Incidently, there was a guy who served with the 6/31st in 1970 that was one of the Colonel's RTO's. His great grandfather served on a Yankee ship during that battle. Maybe his great grandfather and mine shot cannons at each other back in August of 1864.