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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4586873, member: 101855&quot;]There are many important lessons to be learned from history, even from the Confederacy. The mistakes they made with their monetary system became unavoidable in the end, but early on, they could have been avoided. They issued too many notes with too many designs in 1861, and it led to trouble.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a similar vein the research into “The Hunley,” the recovered Confederate submarine, has been amazing. The men who built that craft were decades ahead of their time. Yes, it was a deathtrap, but the shape of the boat, the ballast system and the smoothness of the rivets that connected the plates in the hull were all features that would appear on submarines 50 years later. They even toyed with the idea of using a primitive electric motor to power it. Although they couldn’t perfect such a device, it is amazing that they thought of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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