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Confederate blockade runner sleeps with the fishes near Surfside Beach

By Murray Montgomery  -  Staff Writer Many years ago, I spent much of my leisure time surf fishing along the coast in Brazoria County, Texas.I remember one spot, at Surfside Beach, where the fishing was always pretty good. Most fishermen in the area referred to the place simply as the "boilers.

H.L. Hunley, world's first combat submarine

Today we have many sophisticated weapons such as the world has never seen. We have stealth bombers and many of our navy ships contain some sort of stealth technology. It might surprise some people that there was a stealth weapon used over 150 years ago in the American Civil War.