The January 24th Charleston (SC) Post and Courier reported that the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of South Carolina received a $28,000 grant to map the many Civil War wrecks in and around Charleston Harbor.
This is a part of the American Battlefield Protection Program and they plan to look at blockade runners, ironclads, some Confederate defenses now underwater, and torpedoes.
Some wrecks to be looked at are the 677-ton Monitor Keokuk which is buried in the sand off Morris Island, the side-wheel blockade runner Mary Bowers by Isle of Pines, and the Monitor Patapsco which I wrote about yesterday.
A total of 31 wrecks are in Charleston, many well-known, but few with up-to-date GPS coordinates. Some are now on land and others covered by beaches.
Where Did We lose That Ship? --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
