Back on April 8th, I reported about the excavation at Fort Anderson, NC. I'm happy to tell you that archaeologists have discovered a 147 year old gun platform at Battery B, the excavation site. It was intended to support a 11, 350 pound Sea Coast 32 Pounder cannon.
This is the first major excavation to take place at the Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson site on the Cape Fear River south of Wilmington, NC, in 40 years. It was conducted under the direction of John J. Mintz of the NC Office of Archaeology. Many volunteers helped as well.
This is all part of an effort to recreate a gun emplacement at the fort for the upcoming 2001 sesquicentennial of the Civil War.
I read several accounts and have not been able to determine if the whole gun platform was found or just parts of it.
Good News from North Carolina. --B-R'er
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
