[snip] > Dixon had been wounded at Shiloh in 1862, but his life was > spared when a > bullet hit a gold coin in his pocket. He was said to have had > the coin with > him when the Hunley sank in 1864. [snip] It would take more than a lucky gold coin to get me to climb into a boat that had already killed two crews. Guess he thought it was a legend chip. John Davis