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Offline vtsaogames

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USS Cairo, City Class Ironclad
« on: September 06, 2020, 06:11:45 PM »
Rediscovered photos of my 2016 trip to Vicksburg. Steam punk? Look here  https://corlearshookfencibles.blogspot.com/2020/09/uss-cairo-city-class-ironclad.html
And the glorious general led the advance
With a glorious swish of his sword and his lance
And a glorious clank of his tin-plated pants. - Dr. Seuss


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Offline Ray Rivers

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Re: USS Cairo, City Class Ironclad
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2020, 07:01:31 PM »
There are lots of videos of the Cairo too.

Like this one:

Exploring A Civil War Gunboat

Offline vtsaogames

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Re: USS Cairo, City Class Ironclad
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2020, 07:57:44 PM »
Thank you Ray, very nice video. Hmm, should post it on my blog.

Offline has.been

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Re: USS Cairo, City Class Ironclad
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2020, 10:08:42 PM »
On my last holiday to the USofA the tour diverted a LONG way to, 'Include Vicksberg'.
Only we got there late & were leaving early in the morning. 'Ah well' I thought, not enough
time to do anything like a tour of ACW Vicksberg, then, when the coach pulled out & went
around the corner... there was the USS Cairo !!!!!! I didn't even have time to get a snap
as we went passed. Damn & Blast! I could have WALKED to it, had I have known.
Thanks for your posting.

Offline flatpack

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Re: USS Cairo, City Class Ironclad
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2020, 11:17:08 PM »
Sounds to me, like you missed the boat there Pete...
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Offline has.been

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Re: USS Cairo, City Class Ironclad
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2020, 07:06:58 AM »
[quoteSounds to me, like you missed the boat there Pete...][/quote]

And I didn't even have an Ironclad excuse.

Offline vtsaogames

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Re: USS Cairo, City Class Ironclad
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2020, 04:15:41 PM »
Next rainy day I have to go post some more photos. I visited the Vicksburg siege works and took a guided tour of Champion Hill battlefield from Sid Champion V. In retrospect I didn't take enough photos but do have some.

Offline syrinx0

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Re: USS Cairo, City Class Ironclad
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2020, 02:52:11 AM »
Nice pictures of the ship.  I will have to keep that in mind if I am nearby.
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Offline Gangleri

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Re: USS Cairo, City Class Ironclad
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2020, 12:02:20 AM »
Rediscovered photos of my 2016 trip to Vicksburg. Steam punk? Look here  https://corlearshookfencibles.blogspot.com/2020/09/uss-cairo-city-class-ironclad.html

Seems like we just missed each other. I was there in 2016 too.  Loved walking around the Cairo and thought the display quite remarkable.
Now what is this whole life of mortals but a sort of comedy, in which the various actors, disguised by various costumes and masks, walk on and play each one his part, until the manager waves them off the stage?

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Offline vtsaogames

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Re: USS Cairo, City Class Ironclad
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2020, 03:12:53 PM »
I was there in November, a few weeks after the election.

 

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