First artifacts raised from Rebel ironclad

About 400 artifacts have been brought up by divers in the initial stage of the recovery of the CSS Georgia, which must be moved for a deepening of the channel in Savannah, Ga. "We have scratched the surface as far as the artifacts are concerned. There are a lot more to come up," Jim Jobling of Texas A&M University, which will conserve the items, told CNN. • Article

Civil War POWs: Clawing for survival

Confederate soldiers at Camp Douglas in Chicago (Library of Congress)

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the peak year of suffering in Civil War prisons. At Andersonville alone, nearly 13,000 men died over 14 months -- an average of more than 30 a day in that span. Overall, 30,000 Union and 26,000 Confederate soldiers died in captivity. Thousands of Civil War POWs clawed for life. When not dreaming of home and freedom, they were obsessed with food, sometimes consuming rats or boiling grass to ward off scurvy. • Article