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This is just plain fascinating:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/30380...rs-glowed-dark
http://mentalfloss.com/article/30380...rs-glowed-dark
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[COLOR=Blue][SIZE=4][FONT=Verdana]Bob Dispenza[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
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"We have drawn the Spencer Repeating Rifle. It is a 7 shooter, & a beautiful little gun. They are charged to us at $30.00. 15 of which we have to pay."
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Re: Glowing wounds at Shiloh
Interesting article thanks for posting.
As an aside while at BGA Gettysburg this summer and in the woods for the Culp's Hill scenarios I noticed at night there was some kind of glowing plant on the ground there. It was so dark at first I thought some jackal had dropped his cell phone on the ground. Eventually several other guys in my mess wandered off to see this "light" and found the same thing. It was some kind of plant that apparently absorbed light during the day and glowed at night. Matter of fact roaming around there was quite a few of them in the area. I never did find out exactly what they were but it was pretty fascinating.Louis Zenti
Pvt. Albert R. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-W.I.A. February 15, 1862)
Pvt. William H. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-K.I.A. February 15, 1862 Ft. Donelson)
Pvt. Simon Sams (Co. C, 18th Iowa Inf.-K.I.A. January 8, 1863 Springfield, MO)
Pvt. Elisha Cox (Co. C, 26th North Carolina Inf.-W.I.A. July 3, 1863 Gettysburg)
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Re: Glowing wounds at Shiloh
Sounds like foxfire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxfireOriginally posted by Cumpston1862 View Post
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Re: Glowing wounds at Shiloh
Saw this at 150 Chickamauga also. Not surprising, given the rain situation.Originally posted by Hank Trent View Post[COLOR=Blue][SIZE=4][FONT=Verdana]Bob Dispenza[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
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"The publick give credit for feat of arms, but the courage which is required for them, cannot compare with that which is needed to bear patiently, not only the thousand annoyances but the total absence of everything that makes life pleasant and even worth living." - Lt. Percival Drayton, on naval blockade duty.
"We have drawn the Spencer Repeating Rifle. It is a 7 shooter, & a beautiful little gun. They are charged to us at $30.00. 15 of which we have to pay."
William Clark Allen, Company K, 72nd Indiana Volunteers, May 17, 1863Comment
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Re: Glowing wounds at Shiloh
Hallo!
I would suspect Panellus, a bioluminescent mushroom/fungi. The blue or green glow is the result of a digestive enzyme.
"Foxfire" is also a fungi, but is more an invisible in punkwood, rotten log organism rather than a mushroom with a seeming leaf-like look. But, the loose term "foxfire" or "Will o' the Wisp" often gets applied to bio-glow mushroom/fungi types as well.
It is a neat experience to encounter or find!
IIRC, the glowing wounds at Shiloh were attributed to luminescent Photohabdus bacteria found in the dirt there from the vomit or excretions of soil nematode "worms."
CurtLast edited by Curt Schmidt; 12-03-2013, 01:35 PM.Curt Schmidt
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