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DOCUMENT Citation Only Patrick H. Garrow.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of Arms: New Analytical Approaches", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. A proposed expansion of the Florence National Cemetery triggered archaeological data recovery of a nine-acre area adjacent to the Florence Stockade. The Florence Stockade was constructed in Florence, South Carolina in September, 1864 to house Union enlisted prisoners of war. The prison was an open stockade on the...