Thursday, October 28, 2010

Dolls, Drug Smuggling, and Civil War Blockade Runners

There's a blog post title I never thought I'd type. But check out the link below for a fascinating look at a clever way in which the Confederacy smuggled in contraband drugs for medicine. Doesn't this sound like a sly trick that Rhett would think up?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101027/ap_on_re_us/us_civil_war_dolls_2

2 comments:

  1. I saw this story this morning and was going to alert you to it. I have it on my FB wall...pretty cool stuff, eh? I thought "thisis right up Rhett's alley".

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  2. Yep, I agree. It's a pretty neat little trick. And I think it's definitely right up Rhett's alley too!

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