Civil War era / 19th century (Temporal Keyword)

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The Documentation, Interpretation, and Partial Restoration of Civil War Era Forts on the Lower Cape Fear River: Common Archaeological Threads from 50 Years of Investigations (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas E. Beaman.

Located in southeastern North Carolina, Wilmington was one of the most active trans-Atlantic ports for Confederate blockade runners during the American Civil War. Second only to Charleston, it was also the most heavily fortified port on the Atlantic Coast. Four primary forts—Johnston, Caswell, Fisher, and Anderson—were seated along the Lower Cape Fear River between Wilmington and the Atlantic Ocean to protected the port and its brisk trade of blockade running. While early investigations began...

"…in a shanty I have constructed of planks, logs, and sand:" Final Interpretations for the "Peace-ful" Investigations of Temporary Civil War Barracks at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Vincent H. Melomo. Thomas E. Beaman. Jr..

Constructed in 1862 over the ruins of the Colonial port of Brunswick, Fort Anderson was part of the Confederate coastal defense network designed to protect Wilmington, North Carolina. Early archaeological work in the 1950s documented the presence of Civil War-era chimney falls comprised of recycled colonial bricks and ballast stones in an undeveloped, wooded area of the public historic site. Archaeological investigations undertaken within this area by the 2009 and 2011 William Peace University...