Some New News About an Old War.
1. MARS BLUFF-- Christopher Amer, South Carolina's underwater archaeologist from the University of South Carolina says that the Mars Bluff site has been explored since the 1990s. From 1863 to 1965, naval ships were built there. The guns from the CSS Pee Dee have been found and divers have also found shells.
2. BIG FLAG-- June 8th, the SCV raised a 25 by 15 foot Confederate flag near Bristol, Tennessee, which can easily be seen from I-81. Two hundred attended the event. I wonder WHO is not going to like this very much?
3. CONFEDERATE SHIPS AT SAVANNAH-- On June 9th, the HMdb (Historical Marker Data Base) spotlighted a marker about ironclads and gunboat that protected the port during the war. It was called the Savannah River Squadron.
Some information: In November 1861, the British-built blockade-runner Fingal arrived in Savannah and was quickly converted into an ironclad. The CSS Georgia was called the "Ladies Gunboat" and was commissioned in November 1862. The CSS Savannah was completed in 1863 and blown up when the city was evacuated in December 1864. It would have looked like the CSS Chicora at Charleston as it was a Richmond Class Ironclad. Two other gunboats at Savannah were the CSS Isondiga and CSS Macon.
Thanks Guys. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
