Civil War (Temporal Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert F. Cande.

In 1995, Geo-Marine, Inc., under contract to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, conducted an archeological survey of Little Rock Air Force Base, Pulaski County, Arkansas, and associated lands. As a result of this intensive survey, 37 previously unrecorded archeological sites and 16 non-site localities or isolated finds were located and recorded on Little Rock AFB. Of the 37 archeological sites that were located, three are presently identified as being entirely prehistoric in date,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Terry. G Powis.

This report summarizes the Phase I survey and Phase II excavation of portions of the 765 acre Pickett’s Mill State Historic Site. Pickett’s Mill State Historic Site, located along Little Pumpkin Vine Creek in eastern Paulding County, Georgia, was the scene of fierce fighting during the Civil War. On May 27, 1864, a bloody battle was fought at Pickett’s Mill. Although the battle of Pickett’s Mill is considered to have been a minor engagement in the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, it is regarded as...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Terry. G Powis.

This report summarizes the Phase I survey and Phase II excavation of portions of the 765 acre Pickett’s Mill State Historic Site. Pickett’s Mill State Historic Site, located along Little Pumpkin Vine Creek in eastern Paulding County, Georgia, was the scene of fierce fighting during the Civil War. On May 27, 1864, a bloody battle was fought at Pickett’s Mill. Although the battle of Pickett’s Mill is considered to have been a minor engagement in the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, it is regarded as one...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard B. Davis.

Photo log from the Semi-Annual Technical Report 72 Archaeological Surveys at Forestry Activity Areas Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard B. Davis.

Photo log from a Archaeological Survey of Proposed Forestry Activities Training Areas 21, 23, 24, and 30, Fort A.P. Hill.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Stephen James. Gordon Watts.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, in partnership with the Georgia Ports Authority, is proposing to expand the Savannah Harbor navigation channel on the Savannah River.  As designed, the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) will consist of deepening and widening various portions of the harbor. Previous surveys identified the remains of the CSS Georgia, a Civil War ironclad-ram within the Area of Potential Effect, and as proposed, the SHEP would adversely affect this...

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This proposal discusses the drawbacks of the then-proposed method of lifting the H.L. Hunley from its resting place through a system of straps and outlines a procedure for a mechanical device to scoop up the submarine and its supporting surrounding sediment. The proposal includes a timetable for construction, testing, demonstration, and actual recovery of the Hunley.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Adams.

This proposal discusses the drawbacks of the then-proposed method of lifting the H.L. Hunley from its resting place through a system of straps and outlines a procedure for a mechanical device to scoop up the submarine and its supporting surrounding sediment. The proposal includes a timetable for construction, testing, demonstration, and actual recovery of the Hunley.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jeffrey A. Pardee.

In 2015, the remains of the CSS Georgia, a Civil War ironclad-ram and a National Register of Historic Places listed site, were fully archaeologically documented and removed as a permitting requirement for the proposed construction of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). Conducted and overseen by archaeologists with Panamerican Consultants, the data recovery project required the development and implementation of unique methodologies relative to both the working environment and artifact...

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The report discusses the background (discovery of the ship), ownership, French jurisdiction, required permissions and agreements necessary to undertake reconnaissance, funding, equipment, and the results of the two-day reconnaissance.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gordon Watts.

The report discusses the background (discovery of the ship), ownership, French jurisdiction, required permissions and agreements necessary to undertake reconnaissance, funding, equipment, and the results of the two-day reconnaissance.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Walter H. Birkby, Ph.D..

On or about May 19, 1975, the Arizona State Museum was informed by Mr. Alan Gross of the State Parks System that the monument commemorating the Union dead at the Battle of Picacho Pass had been moved from its original location. Further, that while excavations for this removal were being conducted (either by the Parks personnel or the Tucson firm employed for the removal), allegedly human skeletal remains were uncovered beneath the monument. The ASM was requested to investigate and to remove the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Mullin.

The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with proposed forestry activities in 72 forestry blocks located in Training Areas 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, and 30, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The proposed forestry activities included one hardwood selection cut (Block 05B06HS),...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Mullin.

The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with proposed forestry activities in 10 forestry blocks located in Training Areas 5, 7, and 8; Controlled Access Area 16; the Boy Scout Jamboree (BSJ) area; and the unmanned aerial vehicle landing area, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The proposed forestry activities included one...

PROJECT John Mullin.

The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with proposed forestry activities in 72 forestry blocks located in Training Areas 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, and 30, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The proposed forestry activities included one hardwood selection cut (Block 05B06HS),...

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The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with proposed forestry activities in seven forestry blocks located in Training Areas 7, 11, 15, 16, 18, and 23, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The proposed forestry activities consist of seven prescribed burns (Burns 07-C-FY08, 11-A-FY08, 15-A-FY08, 16-A-FY08, 18-A FY08, 18-A-FY09, and...

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The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with proposed forestry activities in 10 forestry blocks located in Training Areas 5, 7, and 8; Controlled Access Area 16; the Boy Scout Jamboree (BSJ) area; and the unmanned aerial vehicle landing area, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The proposed forestry activities included one...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Mullin.

The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with proposed forestry activities in seven forestry blocks located in Training Areas 7, 11, 15, 16, 18, and 23, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The proposed forestry activities consist of seven prescribed burns (Burns 07-C-FY08, 11-A-FY08, 15-A-FY08, 16-A-FY08, 18-A FY08, 18-A-FY09, and...

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Archaeological investigations associated with the Shade Tree Tract, also known as Cane Slash Plantation on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lowell A. Nelson.

Draft letter to SHPO regarding notification to install a boundary fence at Fort Fisher Air Force Recreation Area in New Hanover County, Kure Beach, NC.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Philip B. Mink.

ESRI Story Maps are a new strategy for combining geographic information with text, images and multimedia content in an easily shareable web interface.  The technique is especially useful for presenting historic archaeology to the public, as archaeological and archival data can be juxtaposed to present a more complete story.  In this presentation we will exhibit the story map created for the Beech Grove area of the Mill Springs Battlefield and discuss its potential as a public archaeology tool. ...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Julia Steele. David Lowe. Philip Shiman.

Petersburg, Virginia, is known for the mine explosion that destroyed a Confederate fort and initiated the Battle of the Crater.  This was not the only mining effort on the siege line.  Even before the July 30, 1864, explosion, the Confederate defenders of Petersburg constructed countermines in places where the terrain was susceptible to underground enemy approaches.  The use of LIDAR imagery, map and photographic analysis, documentary research and field survey has revealed two extensive sets of...

IMAGE Richard B. Davis.

Photographs of site 44CE0575, taken during a Semi-Annual Technical Report, 10 Archaeological Surveys at Forestry Activity Areas, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Earl Zarbin.

Each year thousands of people come to the Salt River Valley, some to visit and some to live. They see a thriving, growing community. But like many who have spent most, or all, of their lives there, they don't know much about the Valley's origins or how it developed. The men and women who built the Valley were like today's people. They were trying to improve their own condition. In doing that, they contributed to the well-being of one another. Jack Swilling was one of them. Swilling...

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This project funded management plans for shipwrecks in South Carolina and Virginia.