I'm glad you enjoyed it! If you're ever down this way, I'll get you set up
for a tour of it. My friend is the retired fire chief, and is a Boatswain's
Mate and self-appointed volunteer tour historian for the boat and
battlefields. He's also a custom knife maker. I'm pretty sure I can get you
a ride in his Surburban and get you a driving tour of the historical sites.
He lives for that stuff, and besides, I build his tooling and such for his
knifemaking. G

RJ

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Way too cool.

I'm a bit of a Civil War and Lincoln buff. I've read extensively on the
war in modern and period books (I collect the latter). Some of the most
engaging history I've read has been the battle between the Merrimack
and the Monitor as the Ironclads were first introduced. I've honestly
never heard of the Neuse but now have something more to learn about.

This was very cool for me to see Civil War history intertwined with
woodworking. It's kind like titty skin and beer!