tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233646528750691573.post5253319496441421189..comments2022-04-02T11:09:30.783-05:00Comments on Arkansas in the Civil War: Did the White River Monster sink a Gunboat?Dale Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756272433232589890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233646528750691573.post-91594255460233385572010-03-30T14:47:52.226-05:002010-03-30T14:47:52.226-05:00Hey, thanks for commenting on this one. It is a re...Hey, thanks for commenting on this one. It is a really strange story that, so far as I can tell, has no basis in an actual incident. I've pretty much reached the same conclusion on it that you have. Thanks for checking out the blog, by the way!<br /><br />DaleDale Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756272433232589890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233646528750691573.post-40318102072699121142010-03-30T12:17:48.807-05:002010-03-30T12:17:48.807-05:00I was just looking into this strange tale and I fo...I was just looking into this strange tale and I found that it was told by country singer Jimmy Driftwood but I don't know if he came up with it himself of heard it somewhere. There was a federal gunship disabled on the white river by a confederate shore gun (the water was too shallow for the ship to actually sink). The monster was not first reported until many years after the civil war. Perhaps this is where the tale came from.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906522706676940340noreply@blogger.com