Sunday, November 1, 2020

Gordon Watts has dived many historic shipwrecks. Here's what the archaeologist wants you to know about the CSS Georgia recovery

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Possible configuration of ironclad, drawn from research over the years (USACE/Savannah Post-Civil War salvage operations, dredging damage in...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

A staggering haul: Final report on CSS Georgia recovery details thousands of artifacts pulled from Savannah River

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Dahlgren cannon, bayonet hilt, eagle breast plate (USACE-Savannah) It’s been more than three years since the last of  an estimated 13,601 ar...
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Friday, October 2, 2020

Man who created and sold a fake Civil War-themed desk gets probation. His victims say the pain endures. Why did he do it?

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(Courtesy of John Banks' Civil War blog) Harold Gordon says he fashioned and sold a fake Civil War memorial desk because debilitating me...
Thursday, September 17, 2020

Remembering Ed Bearss: Marine veteran, Civil War historian, author, speaker and one-of-a-kind Pied Piper of the battlefield

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Bearss at Allatoona Pass, Ga., in 2010 (Georgia Battlefields Association) Whether leading a battlefield tour, giving a lecture or appearing ...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

'Doc' Holliday's father and adopted brother served during the Civil War. Here's the Georgia city where the Western gunfighter's legend began

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Did John Henry “Doc” Holliday kill nearly a dozen men, or perhaps only a few? Was Holliday’s tuberculosis contracted from his mother? Was...