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Hi Mike.
Here is another site confusing Bushnell with the
1812 (turtle like) submarine shown in Samuel Colts drawing which was built by
Silas Halsey, NOT Bushnell..
It did resemble an improved turtle. Although
not built by Bushnell, possibly inspired by his original turtle.
And still another site that erroneously mentions
"sketchy" records indicate Bushnell built another turtle and used it in
1812
Again, this was Silas Halsey, not Bushnell.
And yet ANOTHER site that erroneously says Bushnell
rebuilt the turtle and used it again against british shipping in 1812
The below link tells of Silas Halsey who lost his
life in 1814 in a sub trying to blow up a british ship, NOT
Bushnell.
But since Bushnell's fame had spread because he was
first, a lot of people believed it was Bushnell. You must remember
in those days, information traveled by word of
mouth a lot and people had (and have) a tendency to repeat something in a
way
that is familiar to them. They were familiar with
Bushnell and his turtle, but not familiar with Silas Halsey. So it
is
easy to understand that when people heard of a sub
trying to sink a british ship in 1814, they would remember Bushnell
and
claim it was him.
It's funny that even in our modern age with
computers and instant information, this misinformation confusing Halsey with
Bushnell still exists!
I hope this answered your question Mike,
of "where are they getting the information?"
Bill Akins.
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