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Brickbat: The South Will Rise Again

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Thirty different law enforcement agencies – state, local and federal—mobilized when someone reported that a driver was hauling something around New York City that looked sort of like a torpedo, or maybe a boat. Well, it definitely looked suspicious. When they finally tracked down the mysterious object, it turned out to be a replica of the H.L. Hunley, a Civil War submarine credited as the first sub to sink an enemy ship. The replica is a traveling educational exhibit that was being hauled to Connecticut for a Civil War show.