It's quite a bizarre tragedy to think of that shell, possibly being fired sometime around 1864, not detonating and instead disappearing into a muddy field. Then nearly 150 years later being found and sent to Sam for cleaning where it would finally detonate and exact its toll. I suppose it was that strange connection to the past that drove Sam to collect Civil War relics in the first place. RIP.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
US Civil War Claims Another Victim
A US Civil War relics dealer was killed Monday when what appears to be Civil War era ordinance exploded while he was cleaning it. The man, Sam White
It's quite a bizarre tragedy to think of that shell, possibly being fired sometime around 1864, not detonating and instead disappearing into a muddy field. Then nearly 150 years later being found and sent to Sam for cleaning where it would finally detonate and exact its toll. I suppose it was that strange connection to the past that drove Sam to collect Civil War relics in the first place. RIP.
It's quite a bizarre tragedy to think of that shell, possibly being fired sometime around 1864, not detonating and instead disappearing into a muddy field. Then nearly 150 years later being found and sent to Sam for cleaning where it would finally detonate and exact its toll. I suppose it was that strange connection to the past that drove Sam to collect Civil War relics in the first place. RIP.
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Nicely put. All things considered he probably couldn't have thought of a better way to go... RIP indeed.
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