Organizers of a planned dig in Hampton say they hope to shed light on a little-known chapter in Civil War history. Read Entire Article
Exploration
Race To Unearth Civil War-Era Artifacts Before Developer Digs In
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About a dozen or so archaeologists in downtown Columbia, S.C. are focused on a 165-acre sliver of land that used to be a prisoner of war camp during the Civil War. Read Entire Article
Clues found about Civil War ship commandeered by slave on S.C. coast
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The remains of a ship that was commandeered in Charleston harbor by an enslaved black man during the Civil War and used as an escape vehicle may have been discovered off the South Carolina coast Read Entire Article
Volunteers excavate Ohio Civil War island prison
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Civil War history hides under a grassy field tucked amid barren trees on Johnson Island, a patch of land in Sandusky Bay where captured Confederate prisoners were confined 150 years ago. Read Entire Article
N.C. team to search for Civil War ironclad’s artifacts
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The CSS Neuse is a rare piece of Civil War history – a remarkably intact ironclad ship freed 50 years ago from the Neuse River. Now the state’s archaeologists are going back for more. Read Entire Article