"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop." - Robert Hughes
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Um, it's not my name for the boat; it's the Union Army designation, as used by General Haupt. Aside from the photographic evidence that they did indeed float -- men, timber, and even a 12 pound cannon with limber, the article called a blanket was a rubber "blanket" designed specifically for this use. For whatever reason the fellow in front wore it, it's still a regulation army stable frock. See attached 1866 photo (hand colored)
See, now right there is your whole dang problem, it's a Union Army term.
