Civil War woodworking
 

Since it's built of wood, I thought I would introduce the group to a project
being constructed at the moment here in my hometown. It is a full scale
replica of a Civil War gunboat that was built here in the 1860's to fight
for the Confederacy. The remains of the original gunboat are also on display
here by the State. This new gunboat construction was started as a private
venture by locals. The idea is to promote Civil War tourism in the area, as
there were 2 battles here within a few miles of town. These battlefields are
also being preserved and promoted. In fact, I happen to live smack in the
middle of one of them. I've often found bullets and shrapnel just digging in
the yard for home projects.

The link is
http://www.cssneuseii.com/

Hope you find this interesting,

RJ

Backlash wrote:
Since it's built of wood, I thought I would introduce the group to a project
being constructed at the moment here in my hometown. It is a full scale
replica of a Civil War gunboat that was built here in the 1860's to fight
for the Confederacy.

The link is
http://www.cssneuseii.com/

Hope you find this interesting,

RJ




Kewl. I greatly enjoyed the pics and the story. It's good to see a town
come together to work on something of that nature.

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!

"Backlash" wrote
Since it's built of wood, I thought I would introduce the group to a
project being constructed at the moment here in my hometown. It is a full
scale replica of a Civil War gunboat that was built here in the 1860's to
fight for the Confederacy. The remains of the original gunboat are also on
display here by the State. This new gunboat construction was started as a
private venture by locals. The idea is to promote Civil War tourism in the
area, as there were 2 battles here within a few miles of town. These
battlefields are also being preserved and promoted. In fact, I happen to
live smack in the middle of one of them. I've often found bullets and
shrapnel just digging in the yard for home projects.

The link is
http://www.cssneuseii.com/

Hope you find this interesting,

I did.
What scale is the new boat being built to?
What was the over all length of the original Neuse?

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

"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
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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!

The boat is a full size replica, 136 feet in length, with a 37 foot beam. I
have a book that was published on the boat titled " C.S.S. Neuse, A Question
of Iron and Time." ISBN 0-86526-187-3, by Leslie S. Bright, William H.
Rowland, and James C. Bardon..

RJ

"Don" wrote in message
nk.net...
"Backlash" wrote
Since it's built of wood, I thought I would introduce the group to a
project being constructed at the moment here in my hometown. It is a full
scale replica of a Civil War gunboat that was built here in the 1860's to
fight for the Confederacy. The remains of the original gunboat are also
on display here by the State. This new gunboat construction was started
as a private venture by locals. The idea is to promote Civil War tourism
in the area, as there were 2 battles here within a few miles of town.
These battlefields are also being preserved and promoted. In fact, I
happen to live smack in the middle of one of them. I've often found
bullets and shrapnel just digging in the yard for home projects.

The link is
http://www.cssneuseii.com/

Hope you find this interesting,

I did.
What scale is the new boat being built to?
What was the over all length of the original Neuse?

Backlash wrote:
The boat is a full size replica, 136 feet in length, with a 37 foot beam. I
have a book that was published on the boat titled " C.S.S. Neuse, A Question
of Iron and Time." ISBN 0-86526-187-3, by Leslie S. Bright, William H.
Rowland, and James C. Bardon..

RJ



I might have missed this but are they using original old hand tools to
build it?

Just noticed that you're close to Newport, my mom and sister live there, I'm
supposed to go there in the next coupla weeks.
I'll stop by.
I wanna see that big boat in person.
Wouldn't mind seeing the old one too.
Restorations are my bag, sort of.
I've done historic restorations on some of the oldest homes around here.


"Backlash" wrote in message
...
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

"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
oups.com...
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!

great - I went by to see the original about 20 years ago while on vacation -
the first year the place was closed and the next year when I came by it was
being renovated - but the guy working there took pity on me (I'm from
Florida and made a special detour from I-95 jus to see the Neuse) and let me
look around by myself.


"Backlash" wrote in message
...
Since it's built of wood, I thought I would introduce the group to a
project being constructed at the moment here in my hometown. It is a full
scale replica of a Civil War gunboat that was built here in the 1860's to
fight for the Confederacy. The remains of the original gunboat are also on
display here by the State. This new gunboat construction was started as a
private venture by locals. The idea is to promote Civil War tourism in the
area, as there were 2 battles here within a few miles of town. These
battlefields are also being preserved and promoted. In fact, I happen to
live smack in the middle of one of them. I've often found bullets and
shrapnel just digging in the yard for home projects.

The link is
http://www.cssneuseii.com/

Hope you find this interesting,

RJ

No, they are using modern tools and equipment.

RJ

"G Henslee" wrote in message
...
Backlash wrote:
The boat is a full size replica, 136 feet in length, with a 37 foot
beam. I
have a book that was published on the boat titled " C.S.S. Neuse, A
Question
of Iron and Time." ISBN 0-86526-187-3, by Leslie S. Bright, William H.
Rowland, and James C. Bardon..

RJ



I might have missed this but are they using original old hand tools to
build it?

Backlash wrote:

The link is
http://www.cssneuseii.com/

Hope you find this interesting,

Yeah, that's pretty cool!

It's a bit disappointing to me as a woodworker that there are no real
explanations for what is going on in the pictures though.

I can relate to how you feel about the thing rotting for lack of funds too.
We have a transportation museum hereabouts that is basically a cemetery for
old vehicles in various pathetic states of decay. Some few of the exhibits
are in good shape, but most of them are little more than a scrap heap.

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For those interested, the full scale replica of the Ram Neuse II has now
been opened initially on weekends for public tours.

http://www.kinston.com/SiteProcessor...&Section=Local

RJ

"Don" wrote in message
ink.net...
Just noticed that you're close to Newport, my mom and sister live there,
I'm supposed to go there in the next coupla weeks.
I'll stop by.
I wanna see that big boat in person.
Wouldn't mind seeing the old one too.
Restorations are my bag, sort of.
I've done historic restorations on some of the oldest homes around here.


"Backlash" wrote in message
...
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

"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
oups.com...
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!