Topic ID #12117 - posted 6/3/2011 1:49 AM
Jennifer Palmer
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'Mystery' shipwreck artifacts will tell unwritten story about Civil War-era Mobile, AL
Jennifer Palmer
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'Mystery' shipwreck artifacts will tell unwritten story about Civil War-era Mobile
Published: Thursday, June 02, 2011, 6:20 AM Updated: Thursday, June 02, 2011, 7:15 PM
David Ferrara, Press-Register By David Ferrara, Press-Register
FORT MORGAN, Alabama -- A Gulf Shores company plans to tell a previously unwritten story about the Civil War era along the Alabama coast today by unveiling artifacts from a “mystery” shipwreck.
Marking the 150-year anniversary of the shipwreck just southwest of Fort Morgan, David Anderson, CEO of Fathom Exploration, the archaeological group that discovered the ship, said it was part of an exploration first launched about seven years ago.
“We’re adding to the very early history of the war,” Anderson said. “There are not many things that fall through the cracks, but if you look closely, you can find them. And this is certainly one.”
Read more here.
Published: Thursday, June 02, 2011, 6:20 AM Updated: Thursday, June 02, 2011, 7:15 PM
David Ferrara, Press-Register By David Ferrara, Press-Register
FORT MORGAN, Alabama -- A Gulf Shores company plans to tell a previously unwritten story about the Civil War era along the Alabama coast today by unveiling artifacts from a “mystery” shipwreck.
Marking the 150-year anniversary of the shipwreck just southwest of Fort Morgan, David Anderson, CEO of Fathom Exploration, the archaeological group that discovered the ship, said it was part of an exploration first launched about seven years ago.
“We’re adding to the very early history of the war,” Anderson said. “There are not many things that fall through the cracks, but if you look closely, you can find them. And this is certainly one.”
Read more here.
Post ID#18766 - replied 6/3/2011 6:25 AM
Dmack89
update on the story - http://blog.al.com/live/2011/06/story_of_civil_war-era_merchan.html
for those that might wonder where West Troy, NY is (place where the bell was made) - it no longer exists - but is today known as Watervliet - home to a longtime US Arsenal (weapons manufacturing) - where the Bunker Busters used in Gulf War I were made
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