Encrusted Cannons Recovered From Civil War-Era Shipwreck
- 9 years ago
A long process of recovery is going well in the depths of the Savannah River. Crews under the direction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are slowly but surely removing the wreckage of the CSS Georgia in order to conserve the artifacts and begin a river-deepening project.
Civil War buffs take heart; the lengthy task of raising the CSS Georgia from its watery tomb is anything but a lost cause. In fact, it’s going quite well.
The Civil War relic has been resting at the bottom of the Savannah River since 1864 and is slowly—and laboriously—being raised and moved in order to accommodate digging necessary for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.
So far, three cannons have been removed from the wreckage.
U.S. Navy divers, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, have been working over the past few weeks to
Civil War buffs take heart; the lengthy task of raising the CSS Georgia from its watery tomb is anything but a lost cause. In fact, it’s going quite well.
The Civil War relic has been resting at the bottom of the Savannah River since 1864 and is slowly—and laboriously—being raised and moved in order to accommodate digging necessary for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.
So far, three cannons have been removed from the wreckage.
U.S. Navy divers, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, have been working over the past few weeks to