22457. Duffus, Kevin P., THE LOST LIGHT-A CIVIL WAR HISTORY OF EXTINGUISHED SOUTHERN SENTINELS AND HIDDEN LIGHTHOUSE LENSES. 2003.
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22457. Duffus, Kevin P., THE LOST LIGHT-A CIVIL WAR HISTORY OF EXTINGUISHED SOUTHERN SENTINELS AND HIDDEN LIGHTHOUSE LENSES. 2003.
- Duffus, Kevin P., THE LOST LIGHT-A CIVIL WAR HISTORY OF EXTINGUISHED SOUTHERN SENTINELS AND HIDDEN LIGHTHOUSE LENSES. 2003. 230 P. Soft cover. The missing first-order lens from the Hatteras lighthouse had become a pawn in the Civil War. Confederates took the apparatus, believing it was their lawful property. The Federal government wanted the lens back and the Hatteras light re-lit for humanitarian reasons and to prove that the Union, like the lighthouse, would prevail. It was a dark period in the divided nation’s history but out of the conflict’s darkness were found the better instincts of humankind. After the war, the U.S. government endeavored to re-establish Southern lights, to locate and repair its lost lenses, to rebuild damaged towers and to appoint new, trustworthy keepers. It was at times, the most distressing, the most courageous, and in the end, the most triumphant period in 3 centuries of American lighthouse history. The author describes in great detail how the Southern lights were extinguished and their lenses hidden. The hiding place of the Hatteras lens eluded 28,000 men of Sherman’s army. The magnificent first-order lens simply vanished into the mists of time. It is a mystery no longer. The original Cape Hatteras Henry-Lepaute lens has been found by author, filmmaker and historian, Kevin P. Duffus. This story of the Hatteras lens’s extraordinary odyssey is a stunning tale of plot-twists, ironies, redemption and dishonor, spanning 200 years of American history. Wonderful reading and a mystery finally solved. (M). Published at $21.95.